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About the Year of Light On 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).
OVERVIEWS AND AIMS
In proclaiming an International Year focusing on the topic of light science and its applications, the UN has recognized the importance of raising global awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to global challenges ∈ energy, education, agriculture and health. Light plays a vital role ∈ our daily lives and is an imperative cross-cutting discipline of science ∈ the 21st century. It has revolutionized medicine, opened up international communication via the Internet, and continues to be central to linking cultural, economic and political aspects of the global society.
IYL 2015 programs will promote improved public and political understanding of the central role of light ∈ the modern world while also celebrating noteworthy anniversaries ∈2015 – from the first studies of optics 1,000 years ago to discoveries ∈ optical communications that power the Internet today.
This International Year will bring together many different scientific societies and unions, educational institutions, technology platforms, non-profit organizations and private sectorpartners.
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Select the proposition(s) which contains (contain) the CORRECT definition for the underlined words as they are used ∈Text 1.
01. awareness (line 05) – consciousness
02. sustainable (line 06) – capable
04. challenges (line 07) – affairs
08. imp erative (line 08) – essential
16. noteworthy (line 13) – remarkable
32. role (line 13) – opening
64. partners (line 18) – ventures
