Declaration of Intent

MEETING OF THE ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE OF LATIN AMERICA AND

THE CARIBBEAN REGION

MEXICO CITY, AUGUST 15-16, 2003

DECLARATION OF INTENT

The undersigned, members of the Executive Boards of Academies of Science of Latin America and the Caribbean Region, in the spirit of the InterAcademy Panel (IAP), express their intention to create an Interamerican Network of Academies of Science , IANAS, together with the Science Academies of the United States and Canada, whose Presidents expressed the same intention, with the aim of promoting and reinforcing the activities of our associations, strengthening science and technology relationships among our countries and influencing the scientific decision making processes in the hemisphere.

IANAS will closely collaborate with national, regional and multilateral organizations, particularly with the Organization of American Sates, OAS.

Jorge Crisci
General-Secretary
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Argentina

Antonio Saavedra-Muñoz
President
National Academy of Sciences
Bolivia

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
President
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Co-chair of the IAP Executive Committee

Hernan Chaimovich
Director
Brazilian Academy of Sciences


Paulo de Góes Filho
Secretary of International Affairs
Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Harold Ramkissoon
President
Caribbean Scientific Union

Winston Mellowes
President
Caribbean Academy of Sciences


Moisés Wasserman
President
Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Colombia

Ismael Clark
President
Cuban Academy of Sciences

Sergio Jorge Pastrana
Secretary of International Affairs
Cuban Academy of Sciences

Maria del Carmen Samayoa
President
Academy of Physical and Natural Sciences
Guatemala

José Antonio de la Peña
President
Mexican Academy of Sciences

Alberto Giesecke Matto
President
National Academy of Sciences of Peru

Claudio Bifano
Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Venezuela

Hugo Aréchiga
President
Latin American Academy of Sciences

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