(d) Rooting of the Special Political Committee: A/SPC/43/SR.21: (e) Plenary meetings A/43/W.71. / . . . A/45/100 English Page 209 At its twenty-eighth session, the General Assembly decided to increase the membership of the Scientific Committee to a maximum of 20 (resolution 3154 C (REVIII)) and, at its forty-first session, the Assembly decided to increase the membership to a maximum of 21 (resolution 41162 8). At present, the Committee is composed of the following 21 Member States; Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Braail, Canada, China, Caechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Sudan, Sweden, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America. Substantive scientific reports reviewing in detail the levels, doses, effects and risks of ionising radiation were submitted by the Scientific Committee to the Asasmbly at its thirteenth session (A/3838), seventeenth session (A/5216), nineteenth session (A/5814), twenty-first session (A/6314 and Corr.l), twenty-fourth session (A/7613 and Corr.l), twenty-seventh session (A/8125 and’ Corr.l), thirty-second session (A/32/40), thirty-seventh session (A/37/45), forty-first session (A/41/16) and forty-third session (A/43/45). Shorter reports on progress of work were also submitted at the intervening sessions. At its forty-fourth session, Urp/ the General Assembly cosnnended the Scientific Committee for the valuable contribution it had been making in the course of the past 34 years to wider knowledge and understanding of the levels, effects and risks of atomic radiation7 noted with satisfaction the continued and growing scientific co-operation between the Scientific Cosxnittee and UNEP: requested the Committee to contiaue its work, including its important co-ordinating aativitiea, to increase knowledge of the levels , effects and risks of ionising radiation from all sources; endorsed the Committee’s intentiona and plane for its future activities of scientific review and aaaeaament on its behalf8 requested it 
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The text appears to be discussing the activities and reports of the Scientific Committee, which seems to be focused on the study and understanding of ionizing radiation. The language used is technical and scientific, suggesting that the topic is closely related to science and technology.

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Science and technology