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General Assembly, Nov. 16, 2023

Prize session

15:00-16:10 (CET)

During the Prize Session, the Chairs of the Selection Committees for both prizes will announce the results and read out the laudations for the winners. Winners and Honourable Mention recipients will have the opportunity to speak in the following order:

Turriano ICOHTEC Prize

15:00 Introduction by Dr. Antoni Roca-Rosell
15:10 Rebecca Jackson
15:20 Jan Hua-Henning

Maurice Daumas Prize

15:30 Introduction by Dr. Klaus Staubermann
15:40 Diana Montaño
15:50 Helen Ahner
16:00 Hendrik Johannes Theodoor Dekker

16:10 Close ceremony

Agenda of General Assembly

16:10-17:40 (CET)

    1. Appointing a recording secretary
    2. Accepting agenda of the GA
    3. GA minutes of 2022 – GEA 2023
    4. Remarks of the president
    5. Questions concerning the reports of the officers and committees of ICOHTEC
    6. Elections
    7. Report Statutes modernization Committee
    8. Preparing our next symposia: Chile 2024 and New Zealand (DHST): 27th
      International Congress of of History of Science and Technology, Dunedin, New Zealand, 29 June – 5 July 2025.
    9. Report 1st DHST in-between Global Festival, September 29 2023, online
    10. ICON
    11. Different topics

Nelson Arellano-Escudero, Secretary General
Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (UAHC), Santiago de Chile.

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Solidarity with Inhabitants of the Middle East

We are shocked about the brutal attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza which was triggered by this aggression. Although there have been armed conflicts concerning the rights of living in the region of Palestine and Israel for decades, these attacks are on a new level of barbarism and inhumanity; they completely ignore the Hague Warfare Convention and the Geneva Convention.

The Hague Convention was developed when it became clear at about 1900 that technology is not only a tool for prosperity, but also to increase capacity of destruction: technology enables combatants to kill more persons than before. And technology is the key to let civilians suffer much more from armed conflicts than in the past. Due to the horrible experiences of World War II, especially the Geneva Convention aims protecting life and property of civilians: if wars take place, they only should affect governmental infrastructures and the military. War time prisoners are under protection of the convention as well as wounded and sick persons.

In general, we condemn war and violence against people as expressed already in our announcement concerning the war against Ukraine. Especially we condemn the tactics to use civilians as human shields for the protection of warriors. Thus, we denounce the Hamas atrocities and call all sides to prevent further human losses.

All involved parties need to respect each other and accept living together peacefully.

The Executive Board of ICOHTEC