Commission 15, recognizing the unique opportunity of the 1998-1999 Leonid meteor showers for meteor studies, for cometary studies, and for studying the hazard of future meteor storms to spacecraft, and considering that this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity both because of the expected intensity of the events and because precession of the orbits will inhibit such intense activity for the foreseeable future (i.e., for centuries), urges all national and international agencies and organizations with relevant resources to encourage, coordinate, and support as wide a range of studies as possible, including airborne and space-borne studies as well as amateur and professional ground-based investigations.