Photograph by Stefano Montesi.

Stefano Mancuso The roots of plant intelligence

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), made a statement.

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), made a statement.

Facilitor, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), on a draft resolution on the International Year of the Potato

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), orally corrected the draft resolution.

The Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), orally corrected the draft resolution and also made a statement.

Also at the same meeting, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), orally corrected the text of the draft resolution.

He also ranked as the fifth best player in South America, and as the third best in Argentina, behind Diego Maradona and Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Draft resolution submitted by the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), on the basis of informal consultations held on draft resolution A C.2 60 L.21

Draft resolution submitted by the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), on the basis of informal consultations held on draft resolution A C.2 60 L.19

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly will need to fill the vacancies that will arise upon the expiry of the terms of office of Mr. Bettati, Mr. Endo, Ms. Myers, Mr. Paranhos Velloso and Mr. Stephanou.

The most important task of the Congress was to decide the fate of the Principality of Bulgaria established in the Treaty of San Stefano, even though Bulgaria itself was excluded from participation in the talks at Russian insistence.

Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

At the 36th meeting, on 13 December, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), introduced a draft resolution entitled International Year of the Potato, 2008 (A C.2 60 L.57).

At its 33rd meeting, on 2 December, the Committee had before it a draft resolution entitled Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (A C.2 60 L.44), which was submitted by the Vice Chairman, Stefano Toscano (Switzerland), on the basis of informal consultations held on draft resolution A C.2 60 L.26.