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RefNoCMB/108/1/18
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the British Committee for Co-operation with UNESCO in the Natural Sciences.
Date6 October 1952
Description ' At the tenth meeting of the Britis Committee for Co-operation with UNESCO in the Natural Sciences, held in the rooms of the Royal Society on Monday, 6 October at 11 a.m.

Present: Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society, Chairman; Brigadier R A Bagnold (National Committee for Geography); Professor J D Bernal, Association of Scientiric Workers; Dr H F Boulind, Science Masters Association; Mr Ritchie Calder, Ministry of Education; Mr T Dewhurst, Parliamentary and Scientific Committee; Dr F H K Green, Medical Research Council; Professor W V D Hodge, Natinal Committee for Mathematics; Mr E D Jourdain, Advisory Council on Scientific Policy; Mr E Bolton King, British Council; Mr L P Kirwan, Ministry of Education; Mr B Robbins, Institution of Mechanical Engineeers; Sir William Slater, Agricultural Research Council; Professor F J M Stratton; Professor G Temple, nationakl Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mathematics.

Joint Secretaries; Mr H C Rockham, Ministry of Education; Dr D C Martin (Royal Society

Sir Ronald Adam and Sir James Chadwick attended by invitation. Mr H L Verry attended in place of Sir Ben Lockspeiser, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Mr F R Cowell, Ministry of Education, and Dr A King, Department of Scientific and Industrial Reserch, also attended.

The Chairman welcomed the new members of the Committee.

83. Minutes

84. Matters arising from the Minutes

85. Membership fo the British Committee

86. Advisory Committee on the European Nuclear Research Council

87. Advisory Panels of UNESCO

88. Programme and Budget of UNESCO for 1953/1954

89. Ratification of the UNRSCO agreement in the free flow of eductinal, scientific adn cultural materials.
The Comittee urged that the United Kingdom should speedily ratify the agreement with UNESCO on the free flow of educational, scientific and cultural materials. '

Appendix;
Brief to UK delegation to the VIII Session of the Genreal Conference of UNESCO, Paris, 12 November 1952
Lists instructions given to British delegation to the VIII Session of the General Conference on UNESCO to support the programme of the Natural Sciences Division.
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FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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