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B. Other Intergovernmental Bodies : 



NATO Committee on Challenges of Modern Society 



(CCMS); 

 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 



(OECD); 

 Organization of African Unity (OAU) ; 

 Organization of American States (OAS) ; and 

 Council of Europe. 



C. Bilateral Cooperation (with the United States) : Japan ,-^ 

 Germany ; France; Soviet Union ; and Canada, 



D. Nongovernmental Organizations : 



International Biological Program of Intemationai Council 



of Scientific Unions ; and 

 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural 

 Kesources (lUCN). 

 In this same context, Senator Warren Magnuson has proposed the 

 creation of a "World Environmental Institute" to serve as a central 

 information center for all nations. 



Every nation— regardless of its form of government or its international and 

 domestic policies — could consult the Institute for expert advice on all forms 

 of environmental problems. The Institute would serve both as a research cen- 

 ter and as the repository of that worldwide pool of knowledge and talent. 

 Through the use of computers, any country could obtain a thorough guide to the 

 scientists and scientific studies around the world that relate to a particular en- 

 vironmental problem. 



Under the auspices of the Institute [Senator Magnuson continued], a con- 

 tinual exchange of scientists and technological information between the coun- 

 tries of the world would be possible on a non-political basis — not simply on 

 the unilateral scale of today but on a multilateral level never dreamed of be- 

 fore. Task forces could be set up — consultants who would work as a team and 

 on request visit the distant parts of the globe to undertake special projects.^** 



THE ASSESSMENT ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 



Just as the legal profession has taken an increasing interest in. 

 teclmology assessment as related to the processes of law in the 

 United States, the role of international law has also been seen as 

 importantly linked to the global function of technology assessment. 

 Herman Pollack, director of the Bureau of International Scientific 

 and Technological Affairs of the Department of State, suggests the 

 need for "systematic technological assessment" at the international 

 level, where it — 



* * * also encompasses an evaluation of the adequacy of international law, 

 arrangements and institutions for the management of technologies which are- 

 inherently international in their scope, such as those relating to weather 

 modification and communications.^'^ 



JVIr. Pollack's point was enlarged on in an article by C. Wilfred Jenks, 

 Principal Deputy Director-General, International Labour Office. He 

 declared that "the progress of advanced technology poses immediate 

 practical problems of legal regulation and legal liability. 



104 "\ World View of the Environment." Remarks of Sen. Warren G. Magnuson before 

 the second annual International Geoscience Electronics Symposium, Washington, D.C. 

 April 16, 1970. In "Senator Magnuson's Plan for a World Environmental Institute." Re- 

 marks of the Honorable Mike Mansfield on the floor of the Senate. Congressional Record, 

 (April 23, 1970), page S6069. 



106 Testimony before Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development, House Com- 

 mittee on Science and Astronautics, July 28, 1970. (Mimeo), page 7. 



