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5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding--Abulhassan Vafai
Pages 33-36

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... Having paid visits to our respective countries and having participated in discussions with various representatives of the relevant institutions, a number of promising proposals were made and put into action with unprecedented success. The results of our first endeavors were particularly encouraging and established the precedence for almost a dozen activities 33
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... I would like to briefly summarize the major cooperative activities that have taken place during the period of 1999-2007: WORKSHOPS • Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics, 2002, Bellagio, Italy • Ecology of the Caspian Sea, 2002, Tehran, Iran • Higher Education, 2002, Tehran, Iran • Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling, 2002, Tunis, Tunisia • Food Safety and Food-Borne Disease Surveillance Systems 2004, Tehran, Iran • Drought Forecasting and Management, 2005, Tehran, Iran • Science and Society, 2006, Toutour, France OTHER EVENTS The 2007 visit of a delegation from the U.S. National Academies included a workshop at Sharif University of Technology (SUT)
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... It is through the dedication of people within scientific institutions that such models of bilateral scientific cooperation can be implemented. Although there has been a most fruitful beginning, even more can be attained by positive allegiance to the spirit of international scientific dialogue and a confirmation of our commitment of the promotion of peace and open scientific exchange.
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... Of one Essence is the Human Race Thusly has Creation put the Base, One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace.1 1 This poem by Saadi Shirazi calls for breaking all barriers between peoples and graces the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the United Nations building in New York.
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