As Director of the Divisionof Ethics ofScienceandTechnologyof UNESCO from 2003 to 2010, I have seen a growing demand in this area starting with the governments themselves, since it was at the initiative of UNESCO Member States that a global Ethics Education Program was created in 2004.
Lidia Brito is director of the DivisionofScience Policy and Sustainable Development of UNESCO and former Minister of Education, ScienceandTechnologyof Mozambique.