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Nature 399, 296 (27 May 1999) | doi:10.1038/20522

Swedes call for emphasis on access to knowledge

Unesco is being prompted by Sweden's national commission for the UN agency to play a more proactive role in the World Conference on Science by putting its weight behind calls for full public access to scientific knowledge. The Swedish commission would also like to see social scientists play a greater role at the Budapest conference than is currently planned.