| Description | The Royal Society UNESCO Committee acted as the Natural Sciences Advisory Committee to the UK National Commission for UNESCO. When the National Commission was reconstituted in 1966 Thompson was invited by the Minister of Overseas Development to serve as a member of the Commission for three years, and with the agreement of the Royal Society, to act as Vice Chairman of the Natural Sciences Advisory Committee. The establishment of a Sub-Committee on Man and the Biosphere was Thompson's idea. |