The commission, noting that nominees for president and vice president had already been forward to the IAU Executive Committee, elected officers for the next triennium, doing so by acclamation for president, vice-president, secretary, chairman of the working group on asteroids, and continuing members of the OC. The new officers will be: President - V. Zappalá (Italy), Vice-President - H. U. Keller (Germany), Secretary - K. Muinonen (Finland), Chair of the WG on Comets - W. Huebner, Chair of the WG on Asteroids - E. Tedesco, and Members of the OC - M. Bailey (United Kingdom), R. Binzel (USA), M. T. Capria (Italy), P. D. Feldman (USA), J. Fernandez (Uruguay), C. Lagerkvist (Sweden), A.-C. Levasseur-Regourd (France), K. Meech (USA), J. Watanabe (Japan), and R. M. West (Germany).