The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked academic journals not to publish key parts of the findings.

BBC: Controversial bird flu work resumes

But it is being held up by a review being undertaken by the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).

BBC: When should science be censored?

After the anthrax attacks of 2001, America created the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) to advise the health department.

ECONOMIST: Flu research and biological warfare

The American restrictions have since been eased, following a change of heart by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which advises the government on research financed from the federal kitty.

ECONOMIST: The saga over research into bird flu reaches a climax

The Director-General also informed the President about the new assignment given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to UNESCO in the field of a new UN-systemwide science initiative for sustainability, in the wake of the High level Report on Global Sustainability, and the formation of a new Science Advisory Board, to be hosted and managed by UNESCO.

UNESCO: At Rio+20, the Director-General meets the President of ECOSOC | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Ten years after the first World Science Day, UNESCO remains determined to support international reflection on a science of global sustainability, notably through the Scientific Advisory Board of the United Nations SecretaryGeneral.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN KATHMANDU

Ban Ki-moon has agreed to set up an international scientific advisory board to provide him with guidance on science-related issues, and enable him to provide advice to UN member states on such issues.

UNESCO: keeps momentum going for sustainability driven science after Rio+20 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization