On the CERN website, navigate to the 'Our History' section. Identify CERN's core mission, the year it was formally established, the number of initial signatory states to its convention, and the name of its first Director-General. Summarize these foundational details.
Navigate to 'home.cern' Click on the 'About' link in the main navigation. Click on the 'Our History' sub-section link. Scroll down the 'Our History' page to locate all the requested information. Identify CERN's core mission or purpose. Identify the year CERN was formally established. Find the number of states that initially signed the CERN Convention. Locate the name of CERN's first Director-General. Compile and state all the requested information.
State CERN's core mission or purpose, which includes 'no concern with work for military requirements' and 'results... shall be published or otherwise made generally available', and 'to make great strides in fundamental research and stretch the limits of our technology and imaginations'. State the year CERN was formally established as 1954. State the number of states that initially signed the CERN Convention as 12. State the name of CERN's first Director-General as Felix Bloch.