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Dear colleagues,<br>
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It was really great opportunity that I could represent GeoForAll for the ICSU - CODATA workshop on Science and the Digital revolution at Royal Society (13-15th Nov) in London. This workshop came at a very important moment in the history of ICSU as just last
month (October 25-26, 2017) , members of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) gathered for a Joint Meeting to vote on the proposed merger of the two organisations where members voted overwhelmingly
(ICSU 97.6%, ISSC 90%) to merge and form the International Science Council [1] in 2018. From now, International Council for Science will be the premier voice of Science worldwide. The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-governmental organisation
with a global membership of national scientific bodies (122 Members, representing 142 countries) and International Scientific Unions (31 Members).
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On behalf of GeoForAll, I have send our greetings and best wishes to all our scientists colleagues globally for this happy development on the new the International Science Council . We look forward to work with all our colleagues globally for Open Principles
in Science and Education for creating a better world for everyone.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.icsu.org" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk191049">https://www.icsu.org</a> </div>
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