Africa: 'Science Must Have a Place the Policy Table,' World Leaders Urge At Special UN Meeting

20 October 2014

Science, technology and innovation are central in forging development policy and solving some of the world's most pressing problems including in education, health care and peace and security, eminent scientists and world leaders said, marking today at United Nations Headquarters the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Organized by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and CERN, the event "60 Years of Science for Peace" held in New York, highlighted the role that science has played in peaceful collaboration, innovation and development, as well as decades of cooperation between the two organizations.

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