World Science Day for Peace and Development

• Poster "World Science Day 2008"

10 November - the role of the sciences in forging a better world.

Celebrated each year on 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development provides an opportunity to shine the spotlight on the contribution science makes to achieving sustainable development and enhancing the prospects for peace.

This year, the major event will be take place in Mexico City from 10 to 13 November 2008, to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). Highlights of the celebration will include a wide-ranging series of symposia focusing on genes and human health, the state of mathematics, the growth of the knowledge economy in the developing world, megacities in the South, nanoscience, physics, and climate change and so on. There will also be a ministerial forum examining strategies for enhancing South-South cooperation in science, technology and innovation.

Established by UNESCO in 2001, World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated worldwide on 10 November each year. The Day is an occasion to recall UNESCO's mandate and commitment to science.

This annual event was instigated as follow-up to the World Conference on Science World Conference on Science, organized jointly by UNESCO and the International Council on Science in Budapest (Hungary) in 1999. The Day offers an opportunity to reaffirm each year our commitment to attaining the goals proclaimed in one of the twin documents adopted by the World Conference on Science: the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge and to follow up the recommendations contained in the Conference’s Science Agenda: Framework for Action.

Contact:
::  Ms D. Malpede, Programme Specialist, Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development, UNESCO
 

Related links:
::  What is the "World Science Day for Peace and Development" (More) 
::  Previous celebrations (More)
::  World Science Day for Peace and Development 2008 Poster
::  Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (twas)
::  Official website (More)

• Source:UNESCO SC
• 01-11-2008