ONLINE UNESCO DICTIONARY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Prometheus brings fire
to mankind by Rufino Tamayo.
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DHDR Article 12 The Duty and Responsibility to Promote Safe, Responsible and
Equitable Scientific and Technological Development 1 Members of the global
community have collective, as well as individual duties and responsibilities,
to promote responsible scientific and technological development for the equal
benefit of all humankind. 2 States have the primary duty to promote their own
scientific and technological development for the benefit and upliftment of their peoples. 3 Scientifically and technologically
more advanced States, and competent inter-governmental organisations,
have a duty to contribute to the strengthening and development of the
scientific and technological capacity of lesser scientifically advanced States.
4 States have a duty to cooperate at the international level to promote a free
flow and equitable sharing of scientific and technological information and
knowledge. Such cooperation should ensure a balance between national and
individual interests and the need to establish equitable global access to
technological developments and scientific knowledge...
ICED Article 41 Parties shall
encourage and strengthen cooperation for the development and use, as well as
access to and transfer of, environmentally sound technologies on mutually agreed
terms, with a view to accelerating the transition to sustainable development,
in particular by establishing joint research programs and joint ventures.
/Science and ethics
AGENDA 21
31.7. Scientists and
technologists have a special set of responsibilities which belong to them both
as inheritors of a tradition and as professionals and members of disciplines
devoted to the search for knowledge and to the need to protect the biosphere in
the context of sustainable development.
31.8. Increased
ethical awareness in environmental and developmental decision-making should
help to place appropriate priorities for the maintenance and enhancement of
life-support systems for their own sake, and in so doing ensure that the
functioning of viable natural processes is properly valued by present and
future societies. Therefore, a strengthening of the codes of practice and
guidelines for the scientific and technological community would increase
environmental awareness and contribute to sustainable development. It would build
up the level of esteem and regard for the scientific and technological
community and facilitate the "accountability" of science and
technology. 31.9. The objective should be to develop, improve and promote
international acceptance of codes of practice and guidelines relating to
science and technology in which the integrity of life-support systems is
comprehensively accounted for and where the important role of science and
technology in reconciling the needs of environment and development is
accepted...
DHDR Article 12.6 The
research and scientific communities have a duty to act with full respect for
the life and welfare of every human being and to take all necessary measures,
including the adoption of a code of ethics, to prevent the results of
scientific and technological research being used for the purpose of threatening
peace and security, or in a manner which infringes upon human rights and
fundamental freedoms. 7 Individual researchers and scientists have a duty at
all times to conduct their research in accordance with strict ethical practices
and to inform the public of any unethical or potentially dangerous research of
which they become aware.
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
International migration, urban development, local
populations keen to become involved in drawing up public policies, etc. Today’s world keeps changing. Through
its support for social science research and its efforts to share the findings
with as many people as possible, UNESCO
contributes to a better understanding of current trends on the part of the
international community, thus helping to improve countries’ responses to
the challenges posed by change.
In UNESCO it is the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS) which is responsible
for coordinating the only United
Nations programme on Management of Social
Transformations (the MOST Programme).
It strives to strengthen the links between researchers and, in the broadest
sense of the term, the policy-making community.
"Management of Social Transformations" (MOST) Programme
International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus
(IFSP)
International Journal on
Multicultural Societies
International Social Science
Journal