According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Mission to the UN, the 193-member assembly’s decision is an acknowledgement of the country’s technological advancement in applications of peaceful uses of nuclear radiations in the fields of health, agriculture, environment and research & development.
The UN Scientific Committee, which was established in 1955, consists of 27 member states and is based in Vienna, Austria. Pakistan had been an observer of this committee since 2007. The committee members are designated to provide scientists to serve as members of the body which holds formal meetings annually and submits a report to the General Assembly, the body was established solely to “define precisely the present exposure of the population of the world to ionising radiation”.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2011.
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