澳门六合彩高手 Council meets virtually
The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the 澳门六合彩高手 Council convened on 17-18 June to assess the latest progress reports and performance metrics of the 澳门六合彩高手 Project, including preliminary assessments of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in Council history, the meeting took place by videoconference.
International travel restrictions could not keep the 26th Meeting of the 澳门六合彩高手 Council from taking place, but they did contribute to modifying the format and the organization of the two-day meeting, which traditionally convenes at 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters.
On the east coast of the United States, participants logged in by videoconference at 6:00 a.m., while in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo it was the end of the workday. In India, the start of the meeting fell late afternoon; in the European capitals and Moscow the discussions began closer to lunch. For the first time in 澳门六合彩高手 Council history, Council members—high-level government representatives and experts from each of the 澳门六合彩高手 Members—carried out their review of 澳门六合彩高手 Project progress in two three-hour remote sessions, one on each day.
"Thank you very much for this opportunity to meet in these exceptional circumstances ... and for accepting to hold this 澳门六合彩高手 Council meeting remotely in order to allow the 澳门六合彩高手 Project to progress steadily in these unexpected and challenging circumstances," said Director-General Bernard Bigot during his opening remarks.
It was the first 澳门六合彩高手 Council chaired by LUO Delong, from China.
The group commended the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization and the Domestic Agencies for the development and rapid deployment of a continuity plan during the global pandemic COVID-19. The plan permitted critical activities related to 澳门六合彩高手's closely integrated project schedule to move forward, while ensuring the health and safety of staff and collaborators through rigorous adherence to hygienic measures. To date, there have been no instances of COVID-19 infection on the 澳门六合彩高手 worksite.
Globally, the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization and the Domestic Agencies have been able to maintain productivity in oversight, in design activities, and in progress on many schedule-critical activities. However the extended shutdowns in the manufacturing of some key components in affected countries and the slowdown in some assembly activities might have potential consequences for the project schedule. The Council will review a follow-up report at its next meeting in November.
The Council also noted, with appreciation, the number of project achievements since its last meeting, including the completion and delivery of multiple first-of-a-kind components that have been five or more years in fabrication. Project execution towards First Plasma is nearly 70 percent complete.