§ 20. Mr. Woofasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will state the name and number of international research organisations in which there is United Kingdom participation.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethI have set out below a list of 58 international organisations in which staff employed by the Research Councils, the Atomic Energy Authority, or the Office of the Minister for Science participate, and which co-ordinate scientific research or have their own research programmes. There are also a considerable number of international societies, congresses and symposia attended by this staff.
- Association International pour le Calcul Analogique.
- British Commonwealth Scientific Committee.
- Commonwealth Aeronautical Advisory Research Council.
- Commonwealth and Overseas Fire Services Association.
- East African Council for Medical Research.
- European Association for Exploration Geophysicists.
- European Committee for Concrete.
- European Nuclear Energy Agency.
- European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).
- Preparatory Commission for European Space Research Organisation.
- Food and Agriculture Organisation.
106 - Informal Study Group on Domestic Heating.
- Institute of Aerospace Sciences.
- International Advisory Committee for Rarefied Aerodynamics.
- International ALGOL Committee (Computing Processes).
- International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.
- International Association for Hydraulics Research.
- International Association for Shell Structures.
- International Association of Navigational Congresses.
- International Atomic Energy Agency.
- International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
- International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis.
- International Committee of Chemists of the Customs Co-operation Council.
- International Commission on Illumination.
- International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
- International Commission on Radiological Protection.
- International Committee on Concretes for Large Dams.
- International Committee on Mental Retardation
- International Committee on Wear Testing of Floors.
- International Conference on a Single Convention for Narcotic Drugs— Technical Committee.
- International Congress on Metallic Corrosion.
- International Council for Building Research.
- International Council of Museums.
- International Council for Scientific Unions (and over a dozen specialized International Unions under I C.S.U.).
- International Federation for Re-stressing.
- International Geological Congress.
- International Institute of Refrigeration.
- International Oreanisation for Standardisation.
- International Palaeontological Union.
- International Road Federation.
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
- International Telecommunications Union.
- International Towing Tank Conference.
- International Union Against Cancer.
- International Union Against Tuberculosis.
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
- International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures.
- International Wildfowl Research Bureau
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
- O.E.E.C. /O.E C.D
- Permanent International Association of Road Congresses.
- Standing Advisory Committee on Medical Research in the British Caribbean.
- U N.E.S.C.O.
- United Nations.
- West African Council for Medical Research.
- World Touring and Automobile Association.
- World Power Conference.
- World Health Organisation.