UNESCO promotes new science and technology

On June 28, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said the agency is shaping and promoting a new global science and technology approach for the future of humanity's desire. , oriented by the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20).

UNESCO stressed, in order to achieve sustainable development, Rio + 20 has confirmed the irreplaceable role of the science and technology community, the importance of technology transfer to narrow the technology gap between countries. developing and developing, the need to strengthen scientific policy interface, the need to strengthen each country's scientific and technological capabilities as well as the need to strengthen international research collaboration on sustainable development.

UNESCO plays a role in maintaining and promoting these processes towards a sustainable future with extensive consultations to all geographic regions of the planet, related to the role of science and technology in broadcasting. sustainable development.

UNESCO states that after Rio + 20, the international community needs a new global science and technology approach to integrate international policies and solutions, combining economic, social and environmental factors in all. both research areas and local knowledge systems.

At the Forum on Science and Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in July in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the world's leading scientists and policy makers will propose help directions. set up policy agendas, research and technology.

Alliance of partners from the international scientific community, scientific donor agencies and the United Nations will launch a new 10-year initiative on the study of global environmental change for sustainability. This initiative will coordinate global scientific research, designed and promoted in partnership with governments, business circles and society.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked UNESCO to set up an International Scientific Advisory Committee comprising international leading experts on natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and scientific sciences. representing diverse sources of knowledge and different regions of the world.

Through this mechanism, the United Nations and UN agencies are provided with comprehensive advice on all areas of science and technology and innovation for sustainable development, measures to promote cooperation. between UN agencies and the international scientific community, and at the same time promote cooperation on issues related to science and technology.