The IHEU General Assembly 2008 will be held in Washington, DC, USA, in conjunction with the 2008 Congress, on Thursday 5th June (9.30 am to 5.30 pm) and Sunday 8th June 2008 (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm). Forms to register for the General Assembly, make nominations to fill the two Vice-President vacancies on the IHEU Executive Committee and propose resolutions for the GA and/or the Congress are available here.

IHEU has announced the recipients of its latest funding round in partnership with HIVOS.

In June 2006, IHEU was awarded a three year “block grant” of €225,000 from HIVOS for the purpose of funding projects in the developing world. The grant covers the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. IHEU then invited grant proposals through this web site, International Humanist News and by word of mouth. The grants were decided on the basis of IHEU's published grant criteria.

IHEU vice president Rob Buitenweg has published "Human Rights, Human Plights in a Global Village".

Sib Narayan Ray died on 26 February 2008 in Santiniketan, India at the age of 85. He served on the executive committee of IHEU from 1952 to 1962.

The www.iheu.org home page has a new look, aimed at making the site easier to navigate and more focused on the main activities and objectives of IHEU. Feedback on the new design would be very welcome.

Organization charts for IHEU are now available in the About IHEU section of the web site. We have two versions: a photo-chart; and a conventional organogram.

The meeting focussed on the campaigning and lobbying activities of the international movement and how IHEU’s member organisations can participate and contribute to the work. Our main strength is the skills of members within the national organisations and all delegates were asked to go back to their organisation and stimulate them to make a contribution to the international agenda.

If you live in the UK, you can support international humanism through our online charity shop. eBay now allows you to sell unwanted items and give some or all of the proceeds to International Humanist Trust.

The IHEU web site www.iheu.org received more than 259,000 visits in July 2007. This was the first time that over 250,000 visits were made in a month. Created to promote and support international Humanism, the site now carries over 3,000 articles dating back to IHEU's foundation in 1952.