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COMEST Extraordinary Session
Recommendations to UNESCO's Director-General - 27-28 June 2006
Agenda item 4.7.1 - approved

Code of Conduct for Scientists

COMEST recommendation to the Director-General:

Taking into account the resolution 39 of the General Conference, mandating further reflections on the issue of science ethics and scientists responsibility, COMEST recommends the following to the Director-General:

  • Member States should be reminded of the principles adopted by them in the 1974 Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers, and this instrument, together with the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge, should be taken as a general reference for future works.


  • An assessment, from an ethical perspective, of the implementation of previous work of UNESCO in this area was deemed necessary, especially the 1974 Recommendation and the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge.


  • The work that has been undertaken by UNESCO so far, such as the collection of codes of conduct worldwide, the critical and comparative analysis of existing codes, as well the elaboration of educational tools should be supported and encouraged.


  • Further international reflections and consultations should be carried out and fostered in order to identify a general ethical framework to guide scientific activity that will cover other stakeholders beyond the focus on scientists.


  • UNESCO, with the advice of COMEST, should work out such a general ethical framework.


  • The subsequent elaboration and/or implementation of specific codes of conduct for scientists should rely on Member States and the scientific community.


  • In this regard, it is necessary to set up a wide participatory process, involving all stakeholders as well as the society at large with a view to initiate actions in relevant sectors in the society.
Author(s) COMEST
Publication Year 2006
Keywords ethics




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