The European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Agreement constituting a Council of Representatives of European States for planning an international laboratory and organizing other forms of co-operation in nuclear research (Geneva, 15 February 1952)
TexteOn 15 February 1952 in Geneva, Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia signed the Agreement constituting a Council of Representatives of European States for planning an international laboratory and organising other forms of cooperation in nuclear research.
Signing of the Convention establishing CERN (Paris, 1 July 1953)
ImageOn 1 July 1953 in Paris, under the watchful eye of Miss Thorneycroft, attachée to the Secretariat of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Professor Gustavo Colonetti, head of the Italian delegation, signs the Convention establishing the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). In the background, the Swiss and French physicists Peter Preiswerk and Lew Kowarski can be seen.
Final Act of the Conference to establish the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (1 July 1953)
TexteOn 1 July 1953, in Paris, Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia sign the Final Act of the Conference to establish the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.
Convention on the establishment of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (1 July 1953)
TexteOn 1 July 1953, the Convention establishing the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is signed in Paris.
Review of contributions paid by or due from the Member States (9 January 1954)
TableauIn January 1954, the contributions paid by or due from the Member States are recorded in the minutes of the eighth meeting of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).
A. Hocker, CERN - an example of European cooperation
TexteIn May 1958, Alexander Hocker, Head of Department at the German Ministry of Atomic Energy, presents the results obtained by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) as an example to be followed in terms of European cooperation.
Note by the Italian Government on the technological gap in Europe (Rome, 23 September 1966)
TexteOn 23 September 1966, the Italian Government sends a note to Marcel Fischbach, Luxembourg Minister for Middle Classes and the Armed Forces and Deputy Foreign Minister, in which it calls for a large-scale technological and scientific Marshall Plan to be launched in Europe, within the institutional framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), to close the technological gap in Western Europe compared with the United States and the Soviet Union.