Cooperation among scientists in the Western Hemisphere will be facilitated by the formation of the Coordinating Committee of the Associations for the Advancement of Science in the Americas. The committee's purposes are (1) to unite the American scientific community, to serve the development of the nations and the well-being of their peoples; (2) to promote, in a cooperative manner, the use of science for the benefit of the people of the hemisphere; and (3) to stimulate the formation of associations for the advancement of science in those countries which do not have such an association. (PEB)