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The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024-2033 (IDSSD) took place at the UNESCO HQ in Paris, on 4 September 2024.
IDSSD is a resolution adopted in August 2023 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
This resolution offers a distinctive opportunity for humankind to advance and leverage science in the pursuit of sustainable development and cultivate a new science culture—to engage everyone to advance science further and equally benefit from it.
Entrusted as the lead agency by the UNGA, UNESCO is diligently formulating and disseminating a clear vision and dedicated mission for the Sciences Decade through extensive consultation with Member States, partners from other UN agencies, international scientific unions, science academies, private sectors, and NGOs.
WFEO, as one of the International Originations of IDSSD, was represented by its President Mustafa Shehu and Executive Director Jacques de Méreuil.
The Executive Committee serves as the principal responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight for the Sciences Decade’s implementation. It ensures that the strategic plan for the implementation of the Decade, which was presented and endorsed during the meeting, aligns with the objectives outlined in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution and oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of initiatives under the Decade.
The Executive Committee was chaired by the Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences at UNESCO, Engr. Dr. Lidia Brito.
From Left to Right.
Standing: Ms Elvie Indayani, First Secretary of Ambassador Permanent Delegate of Indonesia; Jacques de Méreuil, WFEO Executive Director; Salvatore Arico, International Science Council CEO; Mustafa Shehu, WFEO President; Lidia Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences; Mr Adam Al Mulla, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Kuwait; HU Shaofeng, UNESCO Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector; Amal Kasry, UNESCO Chief of Section for Basic Science, Research, Innovation and Engineering.
Sitting: Sabine Becker-Thierry, United Nations University Executive Officer; Michel Spiro, Earth-Humanity Coalition President; Stein Van Oosteren, Attache, Permanent Delegate of Netherlands; H.E. Mr Ismunandar, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Delegate of Indonesia and Vanessa McBride, International Science Council Science Director.