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UNITED NATIONS LABORATORY [5 records]

Record 1 2023-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Scientific Research Facilities
  • Oceanography
OBS

The Laboratory, formerly the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] Marine Environment Laboratory, was established in 1961 in Monaco as part of the IAEA Department of Research and Isotopes and is the only marine laboratory within the United Nations system. It responds to regular requests for technical assistance from other United Nations agencies and programmes, such as the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Maritime Organization. Nevertheless, the promotion of nuclear and isotopic techniques and the improved understanding of marine radioactivity continue to be central to the Laboratory's work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
  • Océanographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Instalaciones de investigación científica
  • Oceanografía
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Record 2 2012-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Scientific Co-operation
CONT

The International Centre for Scientific Culture, ICSC-World Laboratory, is an international Non-Governmental organisation recognised by the United Nations.

CONT

The goal of the World Laboratory is to demonstrate that one of the better ways of helping Developing Countries is to promote the participation of their scientific elite in collaboration with their peers in Developed Countries, in projects aimed at the solution of their particular problems, as well as the advancement of science and human knowledge as a whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération scientifique
CONT

Jean-Paul II a reçu ce matin une délégation de la Fédération mondiale des Chercheurs, venue lui remettre le Prix Erice - Ettore Majorana - Sciences pour la Paix. Après avoir remercié ses hôtes de ce prix attaché "à la mémoire du grand physicien italien qui contribua largement au progrès de la physique nucléaire théorique", le Pape a indiqué qu'il destinerait la somme jointe "à des bourses d'étude pour des étudiants du Tiers Monde". Le Saint-Père a également rappelé que le Centre international de culture scientifique fondé il y a 40 ans à Erice (Sicile) par le Prof.Antonio Zichichi est intitulé à Ettore Majorana. Il s'agit, a-t-il dit, d'un "cénacle d'importance dont les actions culturelles touchent à plusieurs domaines du savoir contemporain...

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Facilities
OBS

material research laboratory : term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de recherche scientifique
OBS

laboratoire de recherche sur les matériaux; laboratoire de recherche sur les matières : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Environment
OBS

UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme] provisionally jointly financed for a period of four years, at RISO National Laboratory(Denmark), promotes information exchange on energy technologies in the development of environmentally sound national energy plans.

Key term(s)
  • Collaborating Center on Energy and the Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Environnement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Medio ambiente
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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

Source : UNSCOM [United Nations Special Commission on Iraq]. Consisting of 3 persons in Baghdad and a photographic processing laboratory and a technician at the UNSCOM Field office at Muharraq, Bahrein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
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