Whereas 



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PFSOLUTION ON 

 Continued U.S. Support of Important UNFSCO Related Programs 



useful and important microbloloqical programs, such as the 

 M,>rofl« . "^rr^^^r*!"' (MIP.CFNs) and Global Impacts of Applied 

 «n^ f ■X^^'*'^^ Conferences, have been developed under thp 

 aegis of UNFSCO and related international organiz?tions; and 



Whereas the United States has been a major financial contributor to these 

 programs through its contribution to the UNFSCO budget; 



Noting the withdrawal of the United States from UNFSCO at the end of lZ?r- , 



Acknowledging the Peagan Administration's stated intent to "continue its 

 support for international activities in the fields of education 

 r.'th^r^h" l;^""^ And communication through other existing channels" 

 rather than through U.S. membership in UNFSCO- 



logy: 



Ee it resolved that the American Society for Microbio 



1) expresses the concern of its members that the United States 

 continue to provide financial support for international educational 

 scientific and cultural programs to an extent commensurate with 

 that which was previously obligated to UNFSCO, and 



2) urges that the Reagan Administration and Congress restore 

 in FY 1986 State Department budget, U.S. funding of important 

 international biological programs such as the MIRCENs and GIAM 

 conferences to the level at which the U.S. has supported under 

 the UNESCO budget in FY 1985. 



Proposed by the International Activities Committee 



