International Social Science Council

The International Social Science Council ( ISSC ) "is an international non-profit-making scientific organisation with headquarters at UNESCO House in Paris. It is the primary international body representing the social and behavioural sciences at a global level.

"The ISSC was founded in 1952, following a resolution adopted at the VIth UNESCO General Conference in 1951. The Council continues to be supported by UNESCO."

Member Associations
Accessed September 2008:


 * International Association of Legal Science
 * International Economic Association
 * International Federation of Social Science Organizations
 * International Geographical Union
 * International Institute of Administrative Sciences
 * International Peace Research Association
 * International Political Science Association
 * International Sociological Association
 * International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences
 * International Union of Psychological Science
 * International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
 * World Association for Public Opinion Research
 * World Federation for Mental Health

Contact

 * Web: http://www.unesco.org/ngo/issc/

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