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International Geographical Union (IGU), international body of geographers, founded in 1922, with a membership representing some 100 countries by way of each member country’s National Committee for Geography. Its charter calls for the study of geographic problems, the organization of various regional congresses, and the founding of the quadrennial International Geographical Congress. The General Assembly, usually convoked during main congresses, consists of the heads of the national delegations of the member countries and elects an executive committee that organizes the activity of the IGU. A number of commissions, organized at the main congresses for the advancement of geographical research, produce ...(100 of 129 words)

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