26 Jan 2011

UN / INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CHEMISTRY ADVANCER

In advance of the launch of the International Year of Chemistry, the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urges educators, industry and policy-makers to promote “the use of chemistry in a responsible and ethical way.” UNESCO

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STORY: UN / INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CHEMISTRY ADVANCER
TRT: 1:46
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: JANUARY 2011, PARIS, FRANCE / FILE

FILE – 2006, MEXICO

1. Various shots, chemists working in a laboratory

JANUARY 2011, PARIS, FRANCE

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Julia Hasler, Science Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: 
"There is a desperate need worldwide in developing countries and developed countries for more people to be interested in chemistry. Chemistry is very important in fact for our life as a whole; health, environment, climate change, food nutrition. Many of the advances in these areas and many of the challenges we face in these areas rely on chemistry for the solution."

FILE – 2005, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

3. Various shots, chemists at Moscow University working

JANUARY 2011, PARIS, FRANCE

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Julia Hasler, Science Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: 
"To attract young people to chemistry is a major goal for the Year. The other goal for the Year, the other need for this Year is to promote amongst all stakeholders, that is industry, policy makers - the role of chemistry for sustainable development to use chemistry in a responsible and ethical way."

FILE – 2010, SOUTH AFRICA

5. Various shots, secondary school students in chemistry laboratory

STORYLINE:

In advance of the launch of the International Year of Chemistry (IYU), the United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged educators, industry and policy-makers to promote "the use of chemistry in a responsible and ethical way."

According to UNESCO, "there is a desperate need worldwide in developing countries and developed countries for more people to be interested in chemistry."

In 2008, the General Assembly proclaimed 2011 as IYU and gave UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) the responsibility for organizing the Year.

With its slogan of "Chemistry – our life, our future", IYC is particularly aimed at raising public awareness of the major role played by chemistry and to highlight the value of the solutions it offers to contemporary challenges.

Given the lack of interest in the sciences, and particularly chemistry, among many students, the IYC aims to attract more young people to this discipline.

UNESCO's Julia Hasler added that IYC's major goal is "to attract young people to chemistry."

The Organization has invited primary and secondary school students to take part in an attempt to break the record for the biggest scientific experiment ever conducted, as part of IYC celebrations.

The Year will be officially launched at a conference on 27 and 28 January at UNESCO's Paris headquarters.