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<p>Dear Jean-Claude + Ahmed,</p>
<p>as a white South African who grew up under apartheid I agree with
Ahmed. The cultural boycott was effective and made many white
South Africans think and react to the impact of apartheid. There
were not enough of us white South Africans who did thus but it
definitely contributed to isolate South Africa + South Africans
and accelerate the end of apartheid. <br>
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<p>I think sanctions against a country have a strong role to play
while at the same time we need to distinguish between individuals
and their government. We cannot say individuals=governments
otherwise we would have to change our opinions of people based on
the change of governments. Individuals (especially if they are
many) can and do influence governments which is why sanctions
help.</p>
<p>Sincerely<br>
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<p>Andy Gotz<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
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impact of the boycott against apartheid was due primarily to
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leaders but at thousands of passive academics who may not
openly supported the system but who thrived on its benefits
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Russia is waging a full-scale
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We are very grateful to the
international community for
their help. Thanks to the
international support of
partners from all over the
world, the armed forces of
Ukraine are now holding back the
onslaught of one of the
strongest armies in the world.
We understand that Putin will
not stop to the conquest of
Ukraine. In future plans - to
unite under the auspices of
Russia all the countries of the
Warsaw Pact, which threatens to
destroy the fragile balance of
global security.<br>
<br>
Therefore, it is now extremely
important for all progressive
forces to unite and repulse the
aggressor in all possible
directions. Tough times call for
tough decisions. We encourage
the international scientific
community to express their
support for Ukraine not only in
words but also in deeds. In
addition to the sanctions
imposed by your countries, we
ask you to initiate the
termination of all forms of
cooperation with Russian
scientific organizations
(including the consideration of
applications for new projects,
the termination of funding for
existing projects, the temporary
exclusion/restriction of
participation in the
international scientific
councils and unions, and etc.). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We
also urge you to temporarily
suspend Russia's membership in
CODATA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We
have many great colleagues in
Russia, we know them personally,
we know that many of them do not
support the government's actions
to attack Ukraine. But now we
are not talking about
individuals. The proposed
restrictions should concern
institutions. It so happened
that Russian scientific and
educational institutions are one
of the pillars of the current
regime in Russia. Therefore, it
is extremely important to send a
strong signal to such
organizations through the
introduction of restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">With
hope for the victory of Ukraine
and all progressive forces,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kostiantyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kostiantyn
V. Yefremov<span
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">,
PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Director,
World Data Center for
Geoinformatics and Sustainable
Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">National
Technical University of
Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv
Polytechnic Institute”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Address:
37, Peremohy ave., 03056,
Kyiv, Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="tel:%28%2B380%2044%29%20204%208014" target="_blank"
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44) 204 8014</a><br>
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href="tel:%28%2B380%2044%29%20204%208153"
target="_blank"
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44) 204 8153</a><br>
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href="mailto:k.yefremov@wdc.org.ua"
target="_blank"
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target="_blank"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">ср,
2 мар. 2022 г. в 17:24, Asha CODATA
<<a href="mailto:asha@codata.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">asha@codata.org</a>>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img
style="width:6.1736in;height:2.7152in" id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:part4.0ML5qj02.QFkybHae@esrf.fr"
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class="" width="593"
height="261" border="0"></span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA
joins with our parent body, the </span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a
href="https://council.science/current/news/isc-statement-ukraine/"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
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1.0pt;padding:0cm">International
Science Council</span></a><span
style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm"> (ISC),
with </span><a
href="https://council.science/statements-international-scientific-community-conflict-ukraine/"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">other
partners, including ISC
members</span></a><span
style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">, in
stating its deep dismay and
concerns about the military
operations being carried out
in Ukraine and the resulting
humanitarian crisis.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">As
the Committee on Data of the
ISC, we call for the respect for
international humanitarian law,
and the preservation of
scientific institutions and
their valuable data resources.
Most of all, we demand that the
safety and well-being of our
fellow scientists, data experts
and colleagues be maintained.</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Ukraine
and Russia are both members of
CODATA, and we work closely with
many dear colleagues and friends
at scientific and data
institutes in both countries.
Kyiv, now under attack, hosted
the 2008 CODATA Conference and
is the location of our partner
organisations, the </span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a
href="http://wdc.org.ua/"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">World
Data Centre for
Geoinformatics and
Sustainable Development</span></a><span
style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">, the </span><a
href="https://kpi.ua/en"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">Igor
Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic
Institute</span></a><span
style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm"> and the </span><a
href="https://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">National
Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine</span></a><span
style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm">. Many
colleagues from these
institutes, colleagues who
have attended CODATA
conferences and workshops, and
young scientist alumni of our
training activities, remain in
Kyiv and are in danger. These
women and men are our
scientific colleagues, our
partners in advancing the
science of data and our
friends in global
collaborative work to use data
better. Their freedom to
pursue their scientific and
human activities and their
safety is paramount. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="https://codata.org/about-codata/our-mission/" target="_blank"
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style="color:#2EA3F2;border:none
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mission</span></a><span
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connect data and people to
advance science and improve
our world. We exist to bring
scientists and data experts
together to share knowledge
and to collaborate across
borders. Our origins lie in
the bold and determined
actions of scientists reaching
across the Cold War divides in
the great data gathering
exercises of the International
Geophysical Year of 1958, and
subsequent concerted efforts
to gather fundamental
reference data in a host of
research domains. We will
continue to work in this
spirit with all our
colleagues. As stated by ISC
we are “committed to continue
advancing the equal
participation and
collaboration between
scientists in all countries in
its activities and the
principle of the free and
responsible practice of
science which is enshrined in
its </span><a
href="https://council.science/what-we-do/freedoms-and-responsibilities-of-scientists/"
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style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
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Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The
Officers, Executive Committee
and Secretariat of CODATA are
united in their wish for a
peaceful resolution and are
committed to the
internationalism and
collaboration that has been a
notable feature of CODATA’s
history.</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;border:none
windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">CODATA
Officers and Executive
Committee, 2 March 2022</span></i><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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discussion of all issues related to data. It is an
open subscription list with only lightweight
moderation to remove spam. Messages posted on the
list by third parties do not necessarily imply
endorsement by CODATA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CODATA-international@lists.codata.org">CODATA-international@lists.codata.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org">http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org</a>
The CODATA International list is for announcement of of activities, events and outputs by CODATA and by other organisations and initiatives. It is also for discussion of all issues related to data. It is an open subscription list with only lightweight moderation to remove spam. Messages posted on the list by third parties do not necessarily imply endorsement by CODATA.
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