UN DECLARED 2022 TO BE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BASIC SCIENCES

The need for fundamental knowledge has become especially obvious in recent years, when the world has confronted COVID-19. At the UN General Assembly, it was stated that the contribution of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Anthropology and other fundamental sciences to the fight against the pandemic is invaluable.

In 2015, at the UN meeting, the global program "Transforming Our World: The Agenda for Sustainable Development for the Period up to 2030" was adopted. The UN has formulated 17 sustainable development goals and 169 targets. Each goal relates to one of the society spheres. They aim to end poverty, preserve the planet resources and ensure prosperity. For each goal, there are indicators to be achieved in 15 years. This is possible only with the joint work of governments, business representatives and civil society institutions.

The main initiator of the Year of Fundamental Sciences was UNESCO.

The UNESCO General Conference adopted a resolution declaring 2022 to be the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD 2022).

The main task of holding the Year by the international scientific community is to update the crucial role of fundamental scientific research in the development of all spheres of human activity, to emphasize the contribution of basic knowledge to the solution of applied issues until 2030 and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted for all countries for 2016-2030.

The document fixes that the holding of the Year should increase the understanding of the importance of fundamental sciences among politicians, as well as business, industry, international organizations, charitable foundations, universities, teachers and students, the media and the general public.

The proposal for holding the Year was developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) under the leadership of Michel Spiro, President of IUPAP, with the assistance and support of the International Science Council (ISC) and its numerous members, partner institutions and UNESCO.

The decision to designate 2022 as the year of fundamental science on a global scale should be a logical continuation of the Year of Science and Technology, which was announced in 2021 by the President of Russia V.V. Putin. We see a fruitful continuation of efforts to increase the level of research, conducting events and implementation of scientific projects, of course, on the territory of Kursk State Medical University as well.

Sources: https://rg.ru/2021/12/03/oon-obiavila-2022-god-mezhdunarodnym-godom-fundamentalnyh-nauk.html

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ru/sustainable-development-goals/

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