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<div>-------</div><div>With Best Wishes</div><div>Prof. LS Shashidhara</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div>President, IUBS</div><div><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 08-Mar-2022, at 1:36 AM, John Helliwell <<a href="mailto:john.helliwell@manchester.ac.uk" class="">john.helliwell@manchester.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Dear Colleagues,
<div class="">Here is the IUCr’s denouncement of the invasion of Ukraine:- </div>
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<div class="">Yours sincerely,</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Emeritus Professor John R Helliwell DSc</div>
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