International Convention Against War and Destructive Use of Science: Scientists Against Israeli Apartheid, Occupation and Genocide in Gaza
On 9th December 2023, more than 500 scientists from 40 countries, including physicists, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, medical doctors, engineers, and social scientists, working in academia and in industry, are compelled by the events in Gaza to call for an immediate permanent ceasefire and take a stand against war and the destructive use of science in an “International Convention Against War and Destructive Use of Science: Scientists Against Israeli Apartheid and Genocide in Gaza”.
Prof. Richard A Falk, Emeritus Professor of International Law at Princeton University and Former UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, was the keynote speaker in the Convention. He spoke ‘On the situation in Gaza.’ The Convention was moderated by Dr. Manabendra Nath Bera, a quantum information scientist from India. Dr. Flavio del Santo, a scientist from Switzerland, Dr. Natalya Dinat, a medical doctor from South Africa, Prof. Josh Dubnau, from Sony Brook University, USA, and Prof. Assaf Kfoury, Boston University, USA. They discussed possible amendments proposed by participants on the draft of the Declaration by the scientists. In the end, the amended Declaration was adopted after voting, with an absolute majority (97%).
The adopted Declaration embodies scientists’ protest against the destructive use and militarisation of science, Israeli occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Gaza, and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, academic and scientific boycott and to stand by the Palestinian professors, scientists, researchers, scholars, and students.
Watch the video of the Convention on YouTube.
NEWS COVERAGE:
University World News (English),
World Beyond War (English),
Radio Islam (Podcast, English),
Italian Public Media service “RAI” (Italian),
Italian national newspaper “La Stampa” (Italian),
Liberainformazione (Italian),
Pars Today (Iran, in Italian),
Sangbad Pratidin (Bengali, India),
Aajkaal (Bengali, India),
ZNetwork (English)
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