156. The annual membership conference of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council was held at Courmayeur from 4 to 5 October 1996.

The programme of the Conference included interdisciplinary aspects of Near Earth Objects from the point of view of natural science.

Last school year, vocational schools admitted 1.1 more girls than in the previous school year.

UN Biotech has met twice at UNCTAD headquarters in Geneva in conjunction with the annual sessions of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, in May 2004 and May 2005.

23. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation generally requires two conference rooms for parallel sessions during its annual meetings.

A. P. Mitra (India), President, National Academy of Sciences Bhatnagar Fellow (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) National Physical Laboratory, India

UNESCO's Cairo Office assisted the Education Students Society and Science and Math Education Centre of the American University in Beirut in organizing the eleventh annual Science, Math and Technology Fair on the weekend of April 16 18, 2004, at the American University of Beirut.

2005, Issue 1 Science, Technology and the Chemical and Biological Weapons Regimes

9. Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research

The 31st general conference committed UNESCO to actively addressing the recommendations of the World Conference on Science (Budapest, 1999) as they relate to science policy.

VI. Evaluation of the annual report submitted by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to the General Assembly in 1998

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU), established in 1958.

Mr. Maurizio Iaccarino, Assistant Director General in charge of the Science Sector, UNESCO, will give a briefing on The World Science Conference, 1999 quot today, 30 October 1997, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Conference Room 7.

Noting the proposal by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to convene a world science conference in 1999,

CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR

The original proposal, made by IAU in 2002, was to form a working group to examine the NEO problem, not only from an astronomical perspective, but also from the point of view of different disciplines in the scientific and social fields.

(a) Conferences, workshops and seminars (academic lectures, scientific meetings, press conferences)

India had cooperated closely with the Committee as Indian scientists had participated actively in the Committee s meetings and made positive contributions in the preparation of its annual reports.

33. The committee should be expected to draw up an annual report on the state of science and technology for submission to the General Assembly.

On September 10, 2004, Virtue Foundation and the United Nations NGO Section of DESA hosted the 3rd annual multidisciplinary symposium commemorating the anniversary of 9 11 in the Trusteeship Council Chamber in New York.

35. Mr. HAMAD (Observer for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)) said that the Director General of UNESCO intended to convene, in 1999, the World Science Conference with the joint sponsorship of the International Council of Scientific Unions.

II. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN A quot NORTH SOUTH quot CONTEXT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT (VIENNA, 1979)

Mr. Maurizio Iaccarino, Assistant Director General in charge of the Science Sector, UNESCO, will give a briefing on The World Science Conference, 1999 quot on Thursday, 30 October 1997, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Conference Room 7.

Informal meetings Mr. Maurizio Iaccarino, Assistant Director General in charge of the Science Sector, UNESCO, will give a briefing on The World Science Conference, 1999 quot on Thursday, 30 October 1997, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Conference Room 7.

Inter Academy Council (2003).

CONSIDERATION OF WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMEMORATING IN 1999 THE

59. The secretariat, through the Caribbean Council on Science and Technology (CCST), assisted in the preparations for global and regional conferences in science and technology.

V. CONSIDERATION OF WAYS AND MEANS OF COMMEMORATING IN 1999 THE

A. P. Mitra (India), President, National Academy of Sciences Bhatnagar Fellow (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) National Physical Laboratory, India

Preparation of scientific documents requested by the Scientific Committee for review and discussion at its annual sessions, as required (1) publication of the Scientific Committee's next major report, with detailed scientific annexes, of the sources and effects of ionizing radiation (1).

He serves as chair and member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific and international institutions and civil society efforts which include the Institut d'Egypte (Egyptian Academy of Science), the Third World Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

B.Sc. in Social Sciences, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1957.

The SBSTA agreed to return to the consideration of scientific and methodological aspects of the proposal by Brazil at its twenty fourth session (May 2006).

At the same meeting, the Commission heard an introductory statement by the Chief of the Science and Technology Section of UNCTAD.

Subregional meeting to establish a Multidisciplinary Scientific and Technical Consultative Committee (MSTCC) of SADC

What is the state of science?

6 quot Basic space science proceedings of the Third United Nations European Space Agency Workshop quot , American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, vol. 320, 1994.

9 quot Basic space science proceedings of the First United Nations European Space Agency Workshop quot , American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, vol. 245, 1992.

Ministry of Higher Education, Employment Creation, Vocational Training, Science and Technology. Annual Reports, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001. Windhoek.

Scientific and technical presentations to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee at its thirty first session (A AC.105 574, 12 May 1994)

Scientific and technical presentations to the scientific and technical subcommittee at its thirty second session (A AC.105 606, 27 April 1995)

Scientific and technical presentations to the scientific and technical subcommittee at its thirty third session (A AC.105 638, 7 May 1996)

Scientific and technical presentations to the scientific and technical subcommittee at its thirty fourth session (A AC.105 673, 7 May 1997)

Scientific and technical presentations to the scientific and technical subcommittee at its thirty fifth session (A AC.105 699, 20 April 1998)

On the issue of science and technology, UNCTAD should continue to work closely with the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, which since 2003 has been examining the importance of science and technology for achieving the MDGs.