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COMEST  
COMEST
The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology COMEST* is an advisory body and forum of reflection composed of 18 independent experts. The Commission is mandated to formulate ethical principles that could provide decision-makers with criteria that extend beyond purely economic considerations.
    Questions/Answers

  Has the impact of the work of COMEST been evaluated?
  How do UNESCO and COMEST collaborate with the networks of specialists and other international agencies already dealing with ethics of science and technology?
  How does UNESCO carry out the renewal of COMEST membership?
  UNESCO and COMEST should galvanize the will of the international community to elaborate international normative instruments on ethics of scientific knowledge and technology. How is this being done?
  What happened to the debate on ethics of the information society within COMEST?
  What is expected at the COMEST Fourth Session in Bangkok, March 2005?
  What was the outcome of the Third Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held in Rio de Janeiro in December 2003?
  Why is COMEST in the Social and Human Sciences Sector and not the Natural Sciences Sector?




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Evaluation of the impact of COMEST (169 EX/15)
Evaluation of the impact of COMEST (169 EX Decision 3.6.1)
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