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UNESCO opens global ministerial dialogue on science diplomacy

Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and has been a center of science and diplomacy since its creation along the French-Swiss border near Geneva in 1954. (AN/J. Heilprin)

Scientists and diplomats kicked off two days of talks at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on how to work together on solutions to global challenges while fighting misinformation and eroding public trust.

"These challenges know no borders, no ideologies, no political divisions," Ekaterina Zaharieva, the European Union's commissioner for startups, research and innovation, said in opening the U.N.-led talks on Tuesday. "Science must offer a way forward when politics seems to struggle."

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