From its origins in 1955, the Assembly recognized the central role of science and technology in maintaining both the security and prosperity of the nations of the Atlantic Community.  It therefore considers both the military and civil implications of science and technology, and international environmental issues.

The areas covered by the Science and Technology Committee include:

a. Science and technology policies and activities of both military and civil importance to the Euro?Atlantic community.
b. The security challenges posed by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear material, technologies and expertise, and the non-proliferation measures to address these challenges.
c. The technological aspects of efforts to counter the proliferation of conventional weapons such as small arms, anti-personnel landmines, and cluster munitions, and the technological aspects of disposing safely of such munitions.
d. The challenges and opportunities of new technologies for arms control, non-proliferation, and verification.
e. Technology export controls.
f. The impact of new military technologies on strategy and the conduct of military operations.
g. Technology and terrorism, including the technologies with the potential for being exploited by terrorists, and the technologies which can be harnessed to counter terrorism.
h. Civil and military space activities, including missile defence technological issues.
i. The role of science and technology in international relations, including research and development collaboration, and co-operation in high technology.
j. International environmental challenges, including climate change, ozone depletion, the protection of biodiversity, trans-frontier pollution, nuclear safety, and the disposal of nuclear waste.
k. The mitigation and management of natural and technological disasters.

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