The Secretary-General informed the meeting of his intention to engage the scientific community in taking forward the science-related recommendation of his High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with support from Director-General Bokova.
The Secretary-General informed the meeting of his intention to engage the scientific community in taking forward the science-related recommendation of his High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with support from UNESCO Director-General Bokova.
The objective of this Board will be to advise the UN Secretary General on science-related issues, and enable him to provide advice to UN Member States in these areas.
The event aimed to inform the general public on science-related news that have an impact on their and the planet's future.
Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Science, Prof.
The Director-General went on to highlight the importance of science for sustainability and underlined the need to strengthen the science-policy interface.
Launch of the UNESCO Science Report 2010 by Mrs Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.
Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General, tasked Irina Bokova to convene an Ad Hoc Group to advise him on the science-related recommendations of the Report.
The Secretary-General presented the Organization with a natural science textbook printed by UNESCO in 1956 and distributed to school children, Ban Ki moon among them, in post-war Korea.
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Without question, the documentation, protection and presentation of heritage sites requires the support of science and technology, said Ms Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences.
The Director-General underlined the importance of a better interface between science and policy, and to engineering as one of the pillars of science, innovation and technology.
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Through this Board, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will obtain comprehensive advice on all dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.
The Secretary-General tasked UNESCO, the UN specialized agency with a mandate for science, to take the lead on following up on the science-related recommendations, the first step in their implementation.
The Secretary-General tasked Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, the UN specialized agency with a mandate for science, to take the lead on following up on the science-related recommendations of the report.
Ms Bokova toured several classrooms with the Secretary-General and Mr Brown, listening to young students read and show basic science experiments.
The Director-General started by assembling an ad hoc group of UN agencies with substantive science portfolios and leaders of major international scientific bodies to provide advice.
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In line with the discussions from the previous day, the Moroccan authorities and the Director-General concentrated their talks on projects for future cooperation in the field of science and research.
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Through this mechanism, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will be provided with comprehensive advice on all of the dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development, as well as on how to promote cooperation among various UN agencies and with the international scientific community.
The Director-General also informed the President about the new assignment given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to UNESCO in the field of a new UN-systemwide science initiative for sustainability, in the wake of the High level Report on Global Sustainability, and the formation of a new Science Advisory Board, to be hosted and managed by UNESCO.
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