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International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
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<p>The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by the 76th session of the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_General_Assembly/pNDmCu8X">United Nations General Assembly</a> 2 December 2021 for 2022, stressing that the applications of <a href="/facts/Basic_sciences/QvrBkrRb">basic sciences</a> are vital for advances in <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a>, <a href="/facts/Industry_(economics)/nlB2hvkF">industry</a>, <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a>, <a href="/facts/Water_resources/2j7FJlLE">water resources</a>, <a href="/facts/Energy_planning/I6aocalC">energy planning</a>, <a href="/facts/Natural_environment/NzGY148M">environment</a>, <a href="/facts/Communications/EGEkchsT">communications</a> and <a href="/facts/Culture/c5JgMqpX">culture</a>, and that basic sciences rupture technologies respond to the needs of humankind by providing access to information and increasing societal well-being, and promoting peace through improved collaboration toward <a href="/facts/Sustainable_Development_Goals/b7lVYvFN">Sustainable Development Goals</a> (SDGs). </p><p>The official opening ceremony of the year took place in <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> headquarters in Paris on 8 July 2022 and the official closure took place at <a href="/facts/CERN/y1gwRchm">CERN</a> in Geneva on 15 December 2023, so in the end the UN observance lasted six months longer than initially foreseen. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Pure_and_Applied_Physics/ah3BodlS">International Union of Pure and Applied Physics</a> (IUPAP) and 28 other science unions and organizations constituted a Steering Committee, chaired by <a href="/facts/Michel_Spiro/vfzfPWAS">Michel Spiro</a> with vice chairs <a href="/facts/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Thanh_V%C3%A2n_(physicist)/bf38tugU">Jean Trần Thanh Vân</a>, and <a href="/facts/Prajval_Shastri/zg6AjYKU">Prajval Shastri</a>, which goal from 2017 was to promote the proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2022 as the International Year for Basic Science for Sustainable Development. </p><p>Over 80 other organizations, among them many national science academies and their networks, supported the initiative. </p><p><a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> acted as the lead agency and focal point for the Year. The programme for the Year is developed in collaboration with other relevant entities of the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">UN</a> system, IUPAP, <a href="/facts/CERN/y1gwRchm">CERN</a>, and their associated organizations and federations across the world. A series of regional and international events took place, among others the flagship events “<a href="https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2022/SEHD/overview.html">Science, Ethics and Human Development</a>” in Vietnam and the “<a href="https://www.interacademies.org/event/world-conference-basic-sciences-and-sustainable-development">World Conference on Basic Sciences and Sustainable Development</a>” in Serbia. </p><p>Following the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2024 to 2033 as the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD). </p>