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5 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 57-62

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... Despite these concerns, there are encouraging signs that the United Nations is making efforts to address these issues and to adopt measures that wiR maintain sovereign equity while at the same time promoting scientific credibility. Continuous management of this balance requires expertise in science advice .
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... Findings The United Nations system operates through a wide range of organs including the General Assembly, commissions, programs, research institutes, agencies, treaty bodies, forums, and conferences. Science advisory mechanisms of one sort or another are found throughout the system.
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... Recommendation I: Governing bodies of the United Nations that have substantial responsibilities for implementing sustainable development programs should each create an Office of the Science Advisor or equivalent facility or organizational function appropriate to its mandate. The science advisory function should be within' the office of the Secretary-General, Director-General, or Executive Secretary of the organ or conference and should serve the governing body of the organization through the Secretariat.
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... The purpose of this recommendation is to ensure that the UN organizations move toward reasonable uniformity of scientific advisory procedures based upon the best practices of the world scientific community.
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... Recommendation 3. The United Nations should help member states to strengthen their own scientific advisory capabilities, and it should recruit scientists associated with these national capabilities for UN scientific advisory functions.
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... Of By strengthening its science advisory processes, the UN system will ensure its effective leadership in reaching goals of ~~nin~hili~v Grin the n~nillrv nhenr1 _ __ A__= ~ ~ A committee of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering selected these developments as the most important engineering accomplishments of the 20th century: electrification; automobile; airplane; water supply and distribution; electronics; radio and television; agricultural mechanization; computers; telephone; air conditioning and refrigeration; highways; spacecraft; Internet; imaging; household appliances; health technologies; petroleum and petrochemical technologies; laser and fiber optics; nuclear technologies; and high-performance materials.
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