just completed the creation of Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant the world's first nuclear power plant in Obninsk. The first vice-directors of JINR were professors Marian Danysz (Poland) and V. Votruba (Czechoslovakia). The history of the formation of the JINR is associated with the names of prominent scientists and Professors. The following list provides some of the names of prominent Scientists. Nikolay Bogolyubov Lajos Jánossy Leopold Infeld Igor Kurchatov Heinz Pose G. Nevodnichansky AM Petrosyants E. Slavsky Heinz Barwich Igor Tamm H. Hulubey L. Janos Alexander Baldin Wang Ganchang Vladimir Veksler Nikolay Govorun M. Gmitro E. Tsyganov Venedikt Dzhelepov I. Zvara Jaroslav Kožešník D. Kish Jaroslav Kožešník Moisey Markov Șerban Țițeica VA Matveev MG Meshcheryakov Georgi Nadjakov Le Van Thiem Yuri Oganessian Heinz Pose Bruno Pontecorvo VP Sarantsev N. Sodnoy Boris Arbuzov R. Sosnovski Albert Tavkhelidze I. Todorov I. Ulegla I. Ursu Georgy Flyorov Ilya Frank H. Hristov Șerban Țițeica F. Shapiro Dmitry Shirkov D. Ebert Heinz Barwich E. Yanik (Polish: Jerzy Janik) Cooperation The JINR cooperates with many organizations. One of the main organizations with which JINR cooperates is UNESCO; its collaboration with JINR started in 1997 in order to develop basic sciences and try to achieve sustainable development. Joint activities include training programmes and grant mechanisms for researchers in the basic science. This international scientific cooperation and knowledge sharing in key scientific fields is one of the main 2030 UNESCO goals, the achievement of Sustainable Development. The United Nations General Assembly and UNESCO General Conference named 2019 as The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPTE 2019); this reinforced the cooperation between these two organizations. In addition, JINR was one of the observers of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from 2014 till 25 March 2022. As of 1st of January 2023, JINR members are 13 states: Associate members are: Scientific collaboration with organizations including: CERN – since 2014, subject to restrictions detailed in the CERN Council resolutions 3671 and 3638 following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Collaboration to be reviewed well in advance of January 2025 (expiration date of the International Cooperation Agreement). UNESCO – since 1997 BMBF (since 1991) INFN (1996) University of Turin (since 1999) EPS since 1990 Former members: In December 2022 the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine terminated their membership and Bulgaria and Romania suspended their participation in JINR. Democratic People's Republic of Korea was one of the