Meeting of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Member States of the Group of 77
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 September 2006
Presentation of the G77 Achievement Award to
Prof. Mohamad Hassan

"I now call upon Professor Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World.

Professor Hassan is being recognized for his outstanding leadership and for his commitment in promoting science and technology for development in the South. He has been the glue that has held together the collaboration of the science research Institutions in Trieste and has been the link with the Developing World, especially with the Group of 77 and China."

H.E Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology of South Africa and Chairman of the Meeting