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Sir Isaac Newton remarked in his Principia (1687) that “the descent of stones in Europe and in America” must both be explained by one set of physical laws. Still, one cannot ignore the peculiar environment in which members of a national group of scientists are trained and carry out their research work. The United Nations and the European Space Agency have jointly organized a series of annual workshops on basic space science since 1991.. These workshops have been held for the benefit of astronomers and space scientists in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. Additional to the objective of these workshops to review the status of astronomy and space science on a regional basis, the workshops made efforts to implement follow-up projects, particularly the establishment of astronomical telescope research and education facilities in developing nations. The present paper reviews the background and achievements of the workshops for the period of time from 1991 to 2001. The paper is written from the point of view of one of the organizers of the basic space science workshops.
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Haubold, H.J. (2001). Background and Achievements of UN/ESA Workshops on Basic Space Science 1991–2001. In: Heck, A. (eds) Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 266. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0666-8_4
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