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4 Exchanges, Planning Meetings, and Special Events
Pages 47-56

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... It simply became too complicated for individual scientists to navigate on their own through the political, legal, and financial obstacles to cooperation that have characterized U.S.-Iranian relations. Even the initial workshops took 12-18 months to organize despite strong efforts of the academies in the two countries to show results of the program at an early stage.
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From page 48...
... Also, they realized that there were few, if any, funding sources for travel to Iran or follow-on activities, thereby dampening enthusiasm for developing unsustainable partnerships. Many travelers preferred to participate in workshops organized by the National Academies and then add side visits to the proposed workshop itineraries.
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From page 49...
... About a dozen Americans traveled to Iran, and a comparable number of Iranians visited the United States. In some cases, the activities supported by the National Academies were add-on activities to visits already planned by the travelers and financially supported in part or entirely by other organizations.
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From page 50...
... During an inter-academy meeting, the president of the National Academy of Engineering was awarded a medal by the Iranian Academy of Sciences for his contributions to enhancing U.S.Iranian cooperation in science and technology. In November 2007, senior leaders of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences went to Iran to engage in more detailed discussions with colleagues concerning future directions for engagement.
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From page 51...
... Visits by American scientists to Iran and by Iranians to the United States, as well as meetings on the fringes of international conferences in other countries, provided opportunities to discuss common seismic interests. They reviewed experiences following the Bam earthquake, needed measures to prepare for a serious earthquake in Tehran, and the possibility of bringing together earthquake specialists representing the city of Tehran with counterparts in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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From page 52...
... He also met with Grand Ayatollah Haeiri who repeated the views previously voiced by the Vice President of Iran for Science on the importance of directing science toward peace throughout the world and avoiding the misuse of science for destructive purposes. vISIT OF PRESIDENT kHATAMI TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES In June 2006, advisors to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami suggested that the National Academies arrange a meeting with him during his visit to the United States.
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From page 53...
... None of the cases required hospitalization or resulted in deaths. Medical treatments varied, with 60 percent of patients using antibiotics, 50 percent using oral rehydration solution, 36 percent using anti-diarrhea/cholinergic medicine, and a few using herbal medicine or self-prepared medicine.3 Limitations on the monitoring and reporting system included the following: • underreporting, • incomplete cooperation by patients and by night-shifts of staff members who were not well supervised, • slow transportation of stool samples, • incomplete pathogen identification due to incomplete knowledge or technical problems, and • lack of precise epidemiological investigations during outbreaks.4 The major strength of the pilot project was that it was a systems project addressed to upgrading both field and laboratory capacities.
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From page 54...
... , which is the focal point for regularly bringing together presidents of about 60 leading research universities of the United States and Canada to address common problems and opportunities for enhancing higher education. The National Academies and the AAU decided that the AAU would be the most appropriate sponsor of the proposed visit of university presidents to Iran.
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From page 55...
... Schweitzer, U.S.­Iranian Cooperation in Addressing Global Issues, The National Academies, August 20, 2003, unpublished report.
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