In July 1988, an Advisory Committee was appointed to review the geochemical activities at the Geological Survey of Canada. This report provides the conclusions and recommendations of the committee, as well as a summary of its activities and the findings leading to the conclusions and recommendations. The report describes the current program and reorganization of the GSC; the development of exploration geochemical activities in the exploration geochemistry and Quaternary geology subdivisions; the effect of changes in the administration of the exploration geochemistry subdivision and proposed solutions to identified problems; the importance of environmental geochemistry; a survey of opinion on geochemical exploration activities of the GSC; and a discussion of GSC geochemical exploration activities and their research and methodology. The issues of training, contracting out, archiving of samples, project generation, and the use of computers and databases are also addressed.

Because of extensive promotion of individual amino acids as therapeutic measures, and extensive data which indicated toxicity of single amino acids in experimental animals, 7 amino acids (arginine, ornithine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine) and carnitine, all associated with potential therapeutic acids, were given new-drug status. Submissions were invited to provide information on the non-toxic effects of these substances, but none were received. This Committee was formed to review the metabolic effects of the consumption of supplements of amino acids, singly or in combination; the safety concerns associated with the use of amino acids, singly or in combination; and the level up to which the various single amino acids listed may be consumed without causing pharmacological effects or toxicological concerns, particularly if consumed over a prolonged period. This report covers the replies to information letter no. 710; summaries of committee reports on amino acids; uses and combinations of dipeptides and combinations of amino acids; and a summary of the recommendations.

This report attempts to capture the committee's impressions of young Canadians' concerns about education, employment, peace, social and Nativeyouth and their suggestions for responding to them. These impressions weregleaned from meetings with a wide spectrum of youth throughout InternationalYouth year. The recommendations are directed towards various sectors, institutions, organizations', youth themselves, and are often based oninitiatives already being undertaken by young people in various communitiesacross Canada. The concerns of Native youth have been highlighted in thisreport as a result of the Committee members' increased awareness and concern for the situation of Native youth.

This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.