CNR firms up nursing's stand on critical issues.

For the ICN, the decisions made by its governing body, the Council of National Representatives (CNR), give focus to its work programme and set policy. At the its pre-Congress meetings in Seoul at end-May, the CNR set the pace for nursing's direction by taking a stand on a variety of important issues. The subjects tackled were of significance both internationally and for ICN. The CNR passed some potentially contentious and decisive resolutions. Reasoned debate on these resolutions was followed by some tough decisions-decisions taken with confidence and the knowledge that they involved work for ICN but also for national nurses' associations.