International Science Council: ISC
Recently, the International Science Council (ISC) has released a report titled “Unpredicted and Unfinished: COVID-19 and Applications for National and Global Policy”.
- In this, the ISC has called on the United Nations to establish a new science advisory mechanism.
- According to the report, this step will help in mitigating the impact of the global pandemic. Also, it will ensure better coordination to address inequalities and vulnerabilities that have increased as a result of COVID-
- These effects of Covid-19 will continue at least till the year
- The headquarters of ISC is located in Paris. It is a non-governmental organization. It was created in the year 2018 by merging the International Science Council and the International Social Science Council.
- It is the third largest global science organization with over 200 international scientific associations, institutions, national and regional scientific organizations, etc.
Source – The Hindu
