Iceland acquired full voting rights at the ECMWF Council, starting at the 75th Council session on 16 and 17 June 2011. To mark the event, Árni Snorrason, Director-General of IMO raises the Icelandic flag in front of the headquarters in Reading. Watching: Alan Thorpe, new Director-General of ECMWF, Dominique Marbouty, former Director-General of ECMWF, and Francois Jacq, president of ECMWF.