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Beginning at the World Congress of Physical Societies,
in Berlin December 2000, more than 40 physical societies
from around the world approved the proposal to declare 2005
as the World Year of Physics.
This was followed by the approval of the EPS Council in
March 2001 to mobilise support in Europe for this initiative.
In October 2002, the International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics unanimously adopted a resolution declaring 2005
as the World Year of Physics.
A number of international organisations have already expressed
their support for WYP2005.
The 32nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO adopted
in November 2003 a resolution supporting the initiative
of 2005 as the World Year of Physics.
The WYP has been upgraded to the International Year of
Physics (IYP) as a result of a resolution passed by the
UN. The 58th Session of United Nations
General Assembly's agenda item 169 had declared it.
In this connection Neo-Knowledge Physics Group (NKP),
Manipur is also observing the year 2005 as International
Year of Physics with various programmes based on the promotion
& popularization of Physics among the students of Manipur.
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