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CHAPTER II-THE 1980 REPORT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

A. Summary of the President's Report

In his message, the President reviewed major accomplishments of 1979, emphasized the need to stimulate greater attention in four areas of science, technology, and diplomacy and also stressed the importance. of improved training.

In regard to the first, he identified the following accomplishments of 1979:

1. Eliminating from the United States-Soviet program in science and technology a number of specific activities deemed incompatible with Soviet military adventurism in Afghanistan;

2. A commitment to aid the People's Republic of China with specific cooperative efforts in science and technology described as being "of great importance to the building of a strong and modern China, which is clearly in the interests of this country";

3. Further expansion of the cooperation of the United States with Japan, primarily in the field of energy technologies, but also venturing into space research, environmental studies, health, and agriculture;

4. Presidential missions aimed at strengthened U.S. science and technology relations with Latin America;

5. A presidential appeal for congressional support and funding of the proposed "Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation," which he described as capable of providing "a new and explicit focus on the scientific and technological resources that can be brought to bear on the difficult problems of development"; and

6. The United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, held in Vienna in August 1979. (An Intergovernmental U.N. Committee for Science and Technology for Development was formed, to which the President wants to pledge $15 million for its activities.)

The President emphasized in his message the need to stimulate greater attention in these four areas:

1. strengthening domestic research and development objectives through international initiatives;

2. scientific exchanges to effect bridges to differing cultures and societies;

3. aid to developing countries; and

4. enhanced management of "global" technologies."

In the remainder of his message, the President: (1) stressed the importance of a trained cadre of officers skilled in and aware of the

• Report of Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy-Message from the President, op. cit.

impact of science and technology policy on foreign societies and (2) directed the Secretary of State to take the following six actions aimed at evaluating programs in this area:

1. To study the relationship of U.S. foreign policy objectives and international activities in science and technology to provide advice on new agreements;

2. To maintain a data base of bilateral and multilateral science and technology activities;

3. To develop and apply cost effectiveness criteria in reviewing the utility of bilateral and multilateral science and technology agreements;

4. To play a major role in assessment of agreements for major bilateral and multilateral science and technology activities;

5. To maintain continuous oversight of major international science and technology agreements and activities; and

6. To maintain awareness of research and development findings of other U.S. mission agencies potentially useful in solving problems of developing countries.

The President's report also called the attention of the Congress to the future need for "intelligence application of our vast scientific and technological capabilities" to deal with such global problems as economic development, resource conservation and management, environmental protection, and the struggle against disease and hunger.

B. Scope of the Department of State Supplementary Report

The supplementary report contains a broad discussion of relating to U.S. bilateral and multilateral science and technology activities, including their foreign policy implications and benefits. In addition, the report also discusses briefly personnel and training as well as funding of these activities. In the following chapter, the CRS analysis of the State Department report is presented.

CHAPTER III—ANALYSIS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

Introduction

The supplementary report prepared by the Department of State is the first report presented to the Congress pursuant to section 503 (b) of Public Law 95-426. It provides for the first time in history a useful description of the scope of U.S. science and technology-related foreign policy issues and activities and reflects considerable work. However, the report does not fully meet the legislative intent of the statute in several ways, including:

(1) the organization and presentation of the material;

(2) the attention to the foreign policy implications of the bilateral and multilateral activities including personnel, training and funding; and

(3) the attention given to the longer-range implications of the scientific and technological activities.

Each of these points is discussed in the following paragraphs in order to contribute to improving subsequent reports.

A. Organization and Presentation of the Material

The organization and presentation of the material is illustrated by the Table of Contents of the Department of State's report, as follows:

Summary

Chapter 1. International relations aspects of civil space activities

Activities

Chapter 2.

Population

Chapter 3.

Chapter 4.

Agency for International Development

Oceans: Law of the Sea; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The Antarctic Treaty

International Whaling Commission

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

International Marine Consultative Organization (IMCO)

Environment

Multilateral Mechanisms

Department of State Goals for Coming Year

Foreign Policy Implications

S&T Benefits

Review Process

Chapter 5. Food and natural resources

Multilateral Mechanisms

Foreign Policy Aspects

S&T Benefits

Review Process

Bilateral Development Assistance Activities in Agriculture

Fish Cultivation

Nutrition

Using Satellites to Identify Minerals, Monitor Environmental

Threats

Improving Management of Water Resources

Helping to Design Reforestation Programs
Using Satellites to Provide Disaster Warnings
Expanding Aquatic Resource Productivity

Chapter 6. Nuclear energy, nonproliferation, and energy technology cooperation International Atomic Energy Agency

Chapter 7.

Chapter 8.
Chapter 9.

International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
International Energy Agency

International Energy Technology Group

Science and Technology in NATO and OECD

The U.N. Conference on Science and Technology for Development
Health

Multilateral Involvement

Multilateral Mechanisms

Significant Health Issues and Programs

Foreign Policy Implications of Selected Activities
S&T Benefits

Chapter 10. Bilateral agreements and activities

Andean Pact

Caribbean

Brazil

Canada

Egypt

Federal Republic of Germany

France

India

Israel

Japan

Mexico

Peoples Republic of China

Poland

Romania

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Yugoslavia

Chapter 11. Personnel and Training

Personnel Standards

Training for Other Domestic Agencies

Needs for Additional Training

Interagency Personnel Exchanges

Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 12. Funding for United States Government International Scientific and Technological Activities

Survey of Existing Funding Procedures

Legislative Mandates for International S&T Activities
Assessment of Present System

APPENDIXES

1. Inventory of bilateral technical agreements, listed by lead agency
2. Inventory of bilateral technical agreements, listed by partner country
3. Government-to-government bilateral technical agreements

As the Contents indicate, the Report begins with a brief introduction and summary. In several subsequent chapters, the report addresses a number of "global issues", then deals with "bilateral activities" and agreements, and concludes with two chapters respectively that deal with personnel and training and with funding of scientific and technological activities. The three appendices focus on U.S. bilateral agreements in various areas of science and technology.

We found the discussion of the subject matter very interesting and useful. However, we also found certain problems of organization and presentation of the material overall and within each of the chapters. Each of these is discussed briefly below.

First, the overall organization and presentation raises several concerns that could, we think, be dealt with rather easiliy. One concern

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