Underscoring Need for Funding to Bolster Radiation Scientific Committee, Fourth Committee Approves Draft Lauding Its Valuable Inputs
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Commending the rigorous, evidence-based work of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved without a vote a resolution concerning that body.
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