What we seek to achieve

	Academic freedom for all scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars
	Freedom of exchange of scientific and other scholarly information, data and personnel
	Freedom of research, inquiry, publication and travel to and from scholarly and scientific meetings
	Freedom of association
	Freedom of emigration
	Recognition, implementation and preservation of human rights, individual and collective, without distinctions based on race, language, religion, sex or national origin
	Compliance by governments with provisions of international agreements they have signed pertaining to the human rights of scientists

What we do to accomplish our purpose

	Monitor and document violations of the human rights and scientific freedom of scientists all over the world
	Protest directly to repressive governments and urge similar action by professional societies and individual scientists
	Publicize human rights abuses through all available media
	Draw attention to abuses by conducting petition drives at scientific meetings, organizing press conferences and writing letters to the editors of print media
	Maintain close contact with members of U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch to secure their support and intervention for imperiled colleagues
	Obtain invitations for oppressed colleagues to attend scientific conferences or accept visiting professorships at universities, thus giving prominence to their professional standing and building support for them
	Encourage prospective participants in international conferences and exchange programs to relate their participation to the host country's human rights record, and to protest violations to its governmental and scientific officials
	Strengthen the morale of colleagues cut off from mainstream science in their own countries through mail, telephone calls and visits from American colleagues. Sponsor their memberships in scientific societies and their subscriptions to professional journals
	Provide material assistance to those who have been dismissed from professional employment and to the families of those jailed Committee of Concerned Scientists c/o Sophie Cook 400 East 85th Street, Apt. 10K New York, NY 10028 Sophie Cook, Executive Director