Logo of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development

The year 2022 will be considered as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development by the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, stressing that the applications of basic sciences are vital for advances in medicine, industry, agriculture, water resources, energy planning, environment, communications and culture, and that basic sciences rupture technologies respond to the needs of humankind by providing access to information and increasing societal well-being, and promoting peace through improved collaboration toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and 40 other science unions and organizations have constituted an Steering Committee, chaired by Michel Spiro, which goal from 2017 is to promote the proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2022 as the International Year for Basic Science for Sustainable Development. If the resolution is passed by the UNGA 76, UNESCO will act as the lead agency and focal point for the Year. The programme for the Year will be developed in collaboration with other relevant entities of the United Nations system, IUPAP, CERN, and their associated organizations and federations across the world.