THE DARWIN PROYECT (1978 - 1986)

34. program, trustLng that this initiative will he followed by other regional qroups.

Just as in the IGY, the Darwin Project will examine the role of science and technology in the solution of international proh1es through the joint work of scientists, government officials, and representtivPS of the prvate and acaemic sectors ir ar initiative totally unrelated to any are多 or topic poli.tically conflictivE'.

By promnoting international qood-wll towards the soluion of interr.ational politic'l prohlems generated by the scientific comnnunity, IGY deserved tO be regarded as "humanity's most sigriificarit pacific enterprise since Renaissartce up until present days'. 18/ on a smaller scale, the DE' also wishes te generate an attitude of greater understnding and reciprocal respect amorig the participant countries.

In surnnary, and with the already-mentioned limiting factors, the DE' aspires to continue IGY'S work by const1tutin a supranatonai scientific enterprise ' wbere men of science, entrepreneUrs with foresight, academician and public-officials unite in the task of generating a greater understandiria amortg participant nations and create the possibility to design ideal methods artd instruer.tS for the solution of regional problems.

18/ 5cience TechnolOgy, arid American Diplomacy, Vol. 1, C'napter 5, p.

348. The lessons left by IGY in matters of international scientific cooperation are well shown in the foliowing paragraph of the quoted book: "The spirit de corps engendered by IGY seems to have replaced man o s natural conservationism, and expressions of optimism floated freely imnrnediately after that spectacular scientific activity... It was observed, for example, that IGY united many men under the conditjons which favored appreciation and harnony among them and it demonstrated that meri of science could play a fructiferoUs role in international organizatiofls such as ICSU 多md its parent, UNESCO..." (ibid. 347).