Proclamation of 2009 as International Year of Astronomy
Secrets of the Night Sky
At UNESCO’s last General Conference in October 2005, Member States endorsed Italy’s proposal for an International Year of Astronomy in 2009.
More information in the UNESCO's "A World of Science Newsletter"
(January - March 2007)

Declaration of Venice
Convention "Light pollution and the protection of the night environment
Venice: Let's save the night". Declaration
IDA Regional Meeting (2002).
Organised by: International Dark-Sky Association
ISTIL, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell’Inquinamento Luminoso, Venetostellato - Coordinamento veneto contro l'inquinamento luminoso.
With the collaboration of: Cielobuio - Coordinamento nazionale per la protezione del cielo notturno. With the patronage of UNESCO Regional Bureau Regione Veneto for Science in Europe (ROSTE). Proceedings...>

Declaration of Genk
Declaration
Proposed at the 5^th European Symposium for Protection of the Night Sky (2005).
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Charte pour la preservation de l'environnement nocturne:
SAUVONS LA NUIT
Charte (2003)
Appel au Conseil Europ�en (ANPCN)...>

Declaration of Lucerne
2^nd European Symposium on the Protection of the Night Sky. Lucerne, Switzerland
Declaration

The Washington Charter
FOR COMMUNICATING ASTRONOMY WITH THE PUBLIC
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OTHER RELEVANT CONFERENCES
AND MEETINGS

The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPI)
The First INSAP Conference. Held at the Mondo Migliore, under the sponsorship of the Vatican Observatory, Rocca di Papa, Italy, July 1994.
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Oxford VI International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture and the S.E.A.C.
sponsored by: Instituto de Astrof�sica de Canarias, Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos del O.A.M. and La Laguna University. La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 1999.
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The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPII)
The Second INSAP Conference. Sponsorship of the OTS Foundation and the Steward and the Vatican Observatories hosted by the International Office of the University of Malta. To be held January 1999, on the Island Republic of Malta.
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Astronomy of Ancient Civilizations Conference (SEAC)
The conference "Astronomy of ancient civilizations" was held in 2000 in Moscow. The basic topics of the conference will comprise a range of problems of archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy as well as other diversified fields of research relevant to the concept of astronomy in the context of the history of the culture of the ancient civilizations
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May 23-28, 2000, Moscow, Sternberg Astronomical Institute
The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPIII)
The Third Conference. Under the sponsorship of the Palermo, the Steward, and the Vatican Observatories; hosted by the Palermo Observatory.  Sicily, January 2001.
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International Conference on Light Pollution
La Serena, Chili, 5-7 mars 2002
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International Symposium on Light and Human Health
CIE Division 6. 2002 - Lake Buena Vista, Florida (USA).
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Cultural Context from the Archaeoastronomical Data
and the Echoes of Cosmic Catastrophic Events Conference
SEAC - Tartu-T�ravere-Viluste-Kaali - 2002.
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Ecology of the Night Symposium
Muskoka Heritage Foundation. Leslie M. Frost Centre, September, 2003.
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The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPIV)
The Fourth Conference. Under the sponsorship of the Steward and the Vatican Observatories,and the University of Luton. Magdalen College, Oxford University, August 2003.
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4�me Symposium Europ�en pour la Protection du Ciel Nocturne
Paris, 24-25 septembre 2004
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The International Symposium on Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow
Organised in by IDA, Division 5 (Outdoor Lighting) of the CIE and Cel Fosc.
Barcelona 2004.
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Light Pollution International Workshop
Rome, Italie, 2003.

6th European Dark-Skies Symposium
Sixth European Dark-Skies Symposium. Portsmouth, September 2006.
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Urban Nightscape 2006
Org. Divisions 4&5. Gaia Center Goulandris Museum of Natural History Kifissia, Greece.
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Dark-Skies Symposium Proceedings
Baskill, Darren, ed.
Proceedings of the Dark-Skies Symposium, Portsmouth, U.K. British Astronomical Associations' Campaign for Dark-Skies. 2006. Including:
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The Night: Why Dark Hours Are So Important.
February 21 & 22, 2007. Carnegie Institution.
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Astronomy and cosmology in folk traditions and cultural heritage
SEAC 15 annual meeting and Oxford VIII conference. Klaip da (Lithuania) from July 22nd to July 31st, 2007 .
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Cosmology Across Cultures
The conference was organized by the Instituto de Astrof�sica de Canarias and the Instituto de Astrof�sica de Andaluc�a and under the patronage of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) .
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