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APPENDIX A: The Delegation and the Committees
Pages 45-50

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... Appendix A The Delegation and the Committees Following are brief biographical sketches of the members of the delegation to Somalia and a description of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences and the Committee on Health and Human Rights of the Institute of Medicine.
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... of the Society for the Study of Evolution, a member of the National Advisory Council of the Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, and a member of the executive committee of the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. Carol Corillon, a professional associate at the National Academy of Sciences, has been director of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences for seven years and was also recently appointed director of the new Committee on Health and Human Rights of the Institute of Medicine.
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... The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Human Rights was created in 1976 in response to increased concern by Academy members over repression of scientists in many areas of the world. The committee's membership includes voting representatives from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
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... The Institute of Medicine was chartered by the National Academy of Sciences in 1970. Its approximately 460 active members are elected on the basis of their professional achievement and serve without compensation in the conduct of studies, conferences, and other IOM inquiries into matters of national policy for health.
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