IBI membership peaked in 1985 with 43 member countries, of which three were developed countries, France, Italy and Spain and also its largest contributors. The rest were developing or underdeveloped countries. In 1985, France withdrew its membership from IBI and by the end of 1986 Spain also withdrew. This was the start of a crisis within the IBI which led to the dissolution of this organisation in 1969. The archives of the IBI were deposited at the UNESCO. The member countries of the IBI at the time when it had the most members were the following: Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso (formerly the Republic of Upper Volta), Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Sao Tomé and Principe , Senegal, Spain, Syria, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zaire. From 1976 onward IBI-ICC organized a series of workshops on the study of policies and strategies in informatics that were held in Punta Ala and in Venice, (Italy). These workshops ended with the Strategies and Policies International Conference (SPIN) in Informatics. The SPIN Conference was organized by the IBI-ICC and the UNESCO with the support of the Spanish Government and took place in September 1978 in Torremolinos, (Spain) with the participation of 86 countries, among them the "big powers", the USA and the USSR. Within this context of Policies and Strategies for Informatics, the IBI-ICC also organized regional conferences. In Latin-America it organized the Latin-American Conferences for Information Managers (CALAI) held in Argentina (1970), in Mexico (1972), in Argentina (1979), in Mexico (1980), in Chile (1981), in Brazil (1982), in Uruguay (1983), in Mexico (1984), in Argentina (1985 and 1987). Subsequently  these conferences were pt on by other organizations. The International Compuational Centre published a Bulletin from 1962 to 1969. The demise of IBI was proximally caused by the loss of funding as several countries withdrew from the organization. In 1984, persisting divergences between the IBI leadership and UNESCO, about the politics and character of the field, resulted in the decision by UNESCO to create a separate [Intergovernmental Informatics Programme] (IIP), which was launched in 1986. Besides being more attuned to the interests of computer manufacturing countries, this new entity was financed by UNESCO ’ s regular budget, whereas IBI required separate contribution from member countries. France was the first to switch from IBI to the just-created IIP (then headed by French scientist [André Danzin]). In the next three years, several other countries followed suit, including Spain and Italy. In addition, several developing countries failed to pay their dues. The financial situation having become untenable, the IBI decided to ends its activities in its 4th extra-ordinary session in 1987, and nominated a Liqudation Committee fot that purpose. Two other extraordinary sessions took place in 1988, the 5th in April 28-29 and the 6th in November 28-29. At the time of its closure, the IBI had 108 employees and debts of US$20 million. UNESCO refused to assume these debts or incorporate IBI ’ s programmes. Instead it took over only those of IBI ’ s responsibilities which were not already included in the IIP. The IBI was the only international body to disappear from the League of Nations. It has been claimed that the closure was largely due to pressure from the U.S. government, who would have put pressure on the governments of Spain and Italy. By these claims, the U.S. blamed ISI for the fall in equipment sales to developing countries, and were displeased by IBI's projects in Nicaragua and Cuba, for which the U.S. government threatened commercial reprisals in Brazil between 1986-1988.
IBI membership peaked in 1985 with 43 member countries, of which three were developed countries, France, Italy and Spain and also its largest contributors. The rest were developing or underdeveloped countries. In 1985, France withdrew its membership from IBI and by the end of 1986 Spain also withdrew. This was the start of a crisis within the IBI which led to the dissolution of this organisation in 1969. The archives of the IBI were deposited at the UNESCO. The member countries of the IBI at the time when it had the most members were the following: Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso (formerly the Republic of Upper Volta), Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, São Tomé and Príncipe , Senegal, Spain, Syria, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zaire. From 1976 onward IBI-ICC organized a series of workshops on the study of policies and strategies in informatics that were held in Punta Ala and in Venice, (Italy). These workshops ended with the Strategies and Policies International Conference (SPIN) in Informatics. The SPIN Conference was organized by the IBI-ICC and the UNESCO with the support of the Spanish Government and took place in September 1978 in Torremolinos, (Spain) with the participation of 86 countries, among them the "big powers", the US and the USSR. Within this context of Policies and Strategies for Informatics, the IBI-ICC also organized regional conferences. In Latin-America it organized the Latin-American Conferences for Information Managers (CALAI) held in Argentina (1970), in Mexico (1972), in Argentina (1979), in Mexico (1980), in Chile (1981), in Brazil (1982), in Uruguay (1983), in Mexico (1984), in Argentina (1985 and 1987). Subsequently , these conferences were pt on by other organizations. The International Computational Centre published a Bulletin from 1962 to 1969. The demise of IBI was proximally caused by the loss of funding as several countries withdrew from the organization. In 1984, persisting divergences between the IBI leadership and UNESCO, about the politics and character of the field, resulted in the decision by UNESCO to create a separate [Intergovernmental Informatics Programme] (IIP), which was launched in 1986. Besides being more attuned to the interests of computer manufacturing countries, this new entity was financed by UNESCO ' s regular budget, whereas IBI required separate contribution from member countries. France was the first to switch from IBI to the just-created IIP (then headed by French scientist [André Danzin]). In the next three years, several other countries followed suit, including Spain and Italy. In addition, several developing countries failed to pay their dues. The financial situation having become untenable, the IBI decided to ends its activities in its 4th extraordinary session in 1987, and nominated a Liqudation Committee fot that purpose. Two other extraordinary sessions took place in 1988, the 5th in April 28–29 and the 6th in November 28–29. At the time of its closure, the IBI had 108 employees and debts of US$20 million. UNESCO refused to assume these debts or incorporate IBI ' s programmes. Instead it took over only those of IBI ' s responsibilities which were not already included in the IIP. The IBI was the only international body to disappear from the League of Nations. It has been claimed that the closure was largely due to pressure from the U.S. government, who would have put pressure on the governments of Spain and Italy. By these claims, the U.S. blamed ISI for the fall in equipment sales to developing countries, and were displeased by IBI's projects in Nicaragua and Cuba, for which the U.S. government threatened commercial reprisals in Brazil between 1986–1988.
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Principe
Príncipe
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USA
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Compuational
Computational
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extra-ordinary
extraordinary
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28-29
28–29
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28-29.
28–29.
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1986-1988.
1986–1988.