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| | Encyclopedia: International-Council-of-Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The International Council for Science (ICSU), formerly called the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science. |
 | | Its members are national science research councils or academies (98 of them), and international scientific unions (27 of them), including the International Mathematical Union, the International Astronomical Union and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. |
 | | One of the fundamental principles of ICSU is that of the universality of science, which affirms the right and freedom of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without regard to such factors as citizenship, religion, creed, political stance, ethnic origin, race, colour, language, age or sex. |
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