Welcome to the Glass Age

16 to the international art community. Buoyed by this groundswell of enthusiasm, ICG’s current President, Alicia Durán, took up the baton to become Chair of an International Steering Committee for the proposed IYOG. The die was cast. Creating the right environment Throughout the past 60 years the General Assembly of the United Nations has honored contributions to society in many fields by declaring ‘ International Years ’. A UN badged International Year requires a United Nations Resolution. The Spanish ambassador at the Mission of UN in New York, Agustín Santos Maraver, agreed to lead the process through the United Nations and explained the steps and documents needed. The application finally submitted included a main document justifying the role of glass following the Goals of Agenda 2030, an eco-social document reporting state of the art in glass industry and an Executive summary. They showed how the glass community is supporting UN developmental goals (2030 agenda): responsible production and sustainability; innovation and infrastructure; affordable and clean energy; climate action; unpolluted water and oceans; sanitation, health and well-being; education and gender equality. From these documents, the final Resolution was written promoting glass, its past and future potential. The chair of the group that led to the International Year of Light, Prof. John Dudley, University of Franche- Comté, willingly shared his experiences with an initial IYOG team consisting of Professors Duran, Pye and Parker and explained more of the procedures involved. In March 2020, talks with senior administrators of UNESCO were held after learning of its approval of a 2022 International Year of Basic Figure 1.3. Flag of the United Nations adopted in December, 1946. Source: Pixabay.