The UN Secretary-General has entrusted UNESCO with the establishment of a Scientific Advisory Council, in consultation with the wider UN system.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The Defence Scientific Advisory Council's sub-committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons (DOMILL), an independent group of medical experts, has issued four statements on the medical implications of the use of the Taser.

BBC: Q&A: The Taser electric stun gun

Opened by Zola Skweyiya, former South African Minister of Social Development and current President of the MOST Intergovernmental Council (IGC) and the Chairperson of the MOST Scientific Advisory Committee, the Egyptian academic, Nazli Choucri, renowned scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this session had three main highlights.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences