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The Collaborative Inter-Governmental Scientific Research Institute (CISRI), is an international organization based in Italy. It has a subsidiary body called International Spirulina Program (CISRI-ISP) whose name in extenso is Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, a section of the founding treaties of CISRI granted observer status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council by Decision E/2003/212

Constitution and legal status

CISRI was established by an International Agreement in 2000, listed in the United Nations Treaty Series. The listed member states are Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea with subsequent accession of Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe and Italy. The signature of Italy was performed by Ministry of Agricultural Policies but was not later ratifyed for politcal reasons and therefore should not be considered as voting Member. Dr. Alessandro Manini is the CISRI first Secretary-General.

CISRI commitment is to provide continuous support and aid to the various components of the international cooperation scenario, for the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as of the relevant United Nations General Assembly’ s Resolutions on international cooperation, social development as well as food and water improvement. In this endeavour the Organization's principal subsidiary program (CISRI-ISP) or CISRI-Spirulina Program was granted Observer status to ECOSOC by Decision E/2003/212 of 5 March 2003. Please note that the full name of the Spirulina Program is Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Microalga Spirulina (to which the specification against malnutrition was added in 2002)

In 2005, Dr. Alessandro Manini appointed representatives to ECOSOC as envoys of CISRI-ISP to promote cooperation as intergovernmental organization. A number of them duplicated the acronym of the orgnaization by picking up the initials of its full name so establishing a parallel entity called IIMSAM were therefore were dismissed as clarified by Dr. Alessandro Manini in February 2012. The date of exact dismissal is not known. Mr. Remigio Martin Maradona was appointed as goodwill ambassador and representative to ECOSOC of CISRI-ISP by Dr. Alessandro Manini on 18 May 2005 and later dismissed as he established IIMSAM. The exact date of dismissal is not known. He claimed to assume the charge of the Director-General of the organization on 26 September 2007 which was announced on a press release dated 1 October 2007 on CISRI-ISP's old website (www.pomun.org).The first reference of Mr. Remigio Martin Maradona being called as the Secretary General of IIMSAM is on an official press release dated 27 September 2010.

To promote sport for peace, 8 July 2005, Dr. Alessandro Manini appointed Mr. Alain Lemieux as an Ambassador and Vice Secretary General of CISRI-ISP. However, the Vice Secretary General, H.E. Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary Alan Lemieux who was appointed by H.E. Dr. Alessandro Manini, Secretary-General of CISRI-ISP based in Rome, Italy created World Sports Alliance which is another intergovernmental organization in 2007.

Dr. Alessandro Manini spoke on CISRI-ISP Institution for the Use of Micro Alga Spirulina against Malnutrition at UNIDO on 11 December 2009 as its Secretary General.

Activities

CISRI focus on development activities started with Spirulina aSpirulina can save the lives of a great number of malnourished people, affected by food emergencies

Spirulina is very indicated for fortifying the meals of both adults and children, who recover in a very short time as appears on teh interview performed by Dr. Manini on United Nation IRIN Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) West Africa United Nations- OCHA interview

Many Countries wish to attain completely the objectives of the World Food Summit, but the progress accomplished by now is almost insufficient because agricultural produce is still limited by climatic, meteorological, social end economical problems. It is subsequently necessary to understand that the use of cultivations with a hyper-protein productivity represents a potentiality of great interest. We speak about the Use of Food Micro-Algae (above all Spirulina Platensis), which make the object of the following Declarations:

- The UN World Food Conference of 1974, which affirms the great value of algal biomasses (among all of Spirulina),as the best food for tomorrow,

-the declarations of the Chinese and the Indian Science and Technology Commissions for the diffusion of food micro-algae,

-The Free Agreement for Co-operation in Scientific Research and humanitarian use of micro-alga Spirulina as food.

Food Micro-alga Spirulina is capable of a production of 50 tons of proteins per hectare per year and it means 250 -265 times more than beef proteins, 230 times more than rice and 30 times more than soja, consuming 50 times less water than cattle.

This great productivity should be put in relationship with the fact that food micro-algae, mixed with cereals, are conceived to be of great help to the poorest of the poor (children, refugees, victims of food emergencies) and they can represent a "humanitarian food", to be produced in Specialized Centres funded by the International Community and distributed freely to indigent people and to victims of food urgencies. Food Micro algae can also represent a means through which reinforcing food stability and security in Southern Countries but, above all, they can represent a means to rehabilitate highly malnourished men or children, saving hundreds of thousands of people a year from an horrible death and inhuman sufferances. This is exactly what happens in Viet-Nam, in Ho-chi Min City, where an humanitarian Spirulina productive Centre gives food to 380 thousands marasmic children a year, offering life and hope to them. Even adult people, if indigent and under-nourished , can benefit of the nutritive effects of Spirulina : thanks to a content of 70 per cent of proteins, 15 vitamins ( with the highest content of beta-carotene, plus B and P groups vitamins) 11 mineral salts (among which calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium), pigments and essential fatty acids, this micro alga can represent a real life source for indigent people, famine victims and for all those people suffering for high malnutrition. In addition to that, Spirulina enhances the lactation by under-lactating mothers and strengthens the immuniser defences, helping to stop viruses, bacteria and other pathogens which attack human system. At Harward Medical School, it has been demonstrated that Spirulina is capable to stop AIDS viral penetration in human pheripherical blood cells. These are in fact the results of the studies of Kozlenko, Ayehunie, Hayashi and other researchers at Harward Medical School which have proven that a polymerized sugar molecule (polysaccharide) of Spirulina -named Calcium Spirulan- has effectively stopped the HIV-1 Viral penetration into human cells a fact which will open new horizons on the prevention of AIDS transmission from mother to child) If used in aquaculture Spirulina can nourish Artemia Salina, a small crustacean (zooplankton) which is the food basis for many species of fishes, doubling fishery production. By the end, Spirulina also diminishes the effects of global warming (sierra effect), attaining Kyoto Protocols- because it digest much more Carbon Dioxide (CO2) than any other absorbent. It was Spirulina, in fact, with other ancient micro-algae to fill our atmosphere of oxygen during a long process of 3.5 millions year ago, date of its appearance on Earth).

CISRI facilitated the creation of related organizations such as the International Emergency Management Organization and the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization. Dr. Alessandro Manini the Secretary General of Collaborative Inter-Governmental Scientific Research Institute is also the President of International Emergency Management Organization.

Other activities

Since its inception in 2000 the CISRI-ISP Spirulina Program has the main objective to establish ten (10) Food Microalgae centers to be based in key Countries to study food microalge to combat malnutrition and to be therefore based in Sao Tomé, Togolese Republic, Botswana, Ghana, Senegal, Somalia and Mauritius.

In 2006 the goal was to extend the program to the supporting countries of CISRI including Benin, Burundi, Congo Democratic Republic, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome Principle, Gambia, Cameroon and other African states, as well as expand the program into China and then the rest of Asia, the Indian sub continent and the Middle and Near East.

The Spirulina Program CISRI-ISP was a Subsidiary Body of the CISRI Organization. As constitutionally mandated, all activities were to benefit selected entities, agencies, organizations and programs concerned in the support of the U.N. Millennium development goals. The Spirulina Program of CISRI emphasized the role of food microalge to combat malnutrition and to end starvation through the nutritional elements contained in food microalge Spiruina platensis. CISRI-ISP had a program called Global Sports for Peace and Development which was changed by IIMSAM to Camp Maradona@ ==Related organizations==

• International Emergency Management Organization (IEMO)
• IIMSAM
• Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization

References

1. "Collaborative Inter-Governmental Scientific Research Institute ::". cisri. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
2. http://www.cisri.org/
3. "UN Treaty database". Treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
4. "Remigio Maradona appointed goodwill ambassador of CISRI-ISP by Dr. Alessandro Manini on 18th May 2005". Maradonapoet.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
5. "Iimsam Official Press Release" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-15.
6. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/XL+Generation+Partners+with+United+Nation+Observer+Mission,+to+be...-a0137411960
7. "Statement of Dr. Alessandro Manini, Secretary General of the CISRI-ISP Institution for the Use of Microalga Spirulina against malnutrition during the UNIDO General Conference, 7-11 Dec 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-15.
8. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89675
9. "IIMSAM". IIMSAM. Retrieved 2012-10-15.

External links

• Official site

• Intergovernmental organizations