In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of CCOP, this book entitled "A World of Difference" has been published by the CCOP Technical Secretariat in September 2006. This compiles the history of the organisation, highlighting its many achievements and the impact of its activities on the geoscientific and economic development of the CCOP region from 1966 to 2006. This is authored by Drs Anthony Reedman and Yoshihiko Shimazaki, Honorary Advisers of CCOP. This book is available in hardcopy and in PDF file downloadable at
http://www.ccop.or.th/download/pub/WOD_2006.pdf