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Society Resolutions and Statements
The AAS Mission and Vision Statement
Policies on AAS Resolutions
Resolutions Related to Research
- AAS Statement in Response to FY 2026 President's Budget Request
- AAS Statement on the 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics
- AAS Statement on the National Research Council’s Report Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System
- AAS Statement on Community-based Priority Setting in the Astronomical Sciences (2014)
- AAS Resolution on the Decadal Surveys, Which Guide AAS Advocacy
- AAS Resolution in Support of Research in Astronomy Education
- AAS Resolution on the Protection of Radio Frequencies Used for Radio Astronomy
Resolutions Related to Astronomy as a Profession
- AAS Resolution in Support of LGBTQIA+ Individuals in Astronomy
- AAS Statement on Undergraduate Research Experiences
- AAS Statement on Code of Ethics
- AAS Statement on Limiting the Use of GRE Scores in Graduate Admissions in the Astronomical Sciences
- AAS Statement on Sexual Harassment by Faculty
- AAS Resolution on the Postdoctoral Application and Selection Process
- AAS Resolution on Women, Under-Represented Groups and the Baltimore Charter
Resolutions Related to Education
- AAS Statement on the Teaching of Evolution
- AAS Resolution on Creationism
- AAS Resolution on the Importance of Planetariums
- AAS Resolution on the Teaching of the History of the Universe
Resolutions Related to Society
- AAS Statement on Obtrusive Space Advertising
- AAS Statement on the Atmospheric Impacts of Spacecraft Reentries and Launches
- AAS Statement on Transparency in Cislunar and Interplanetary Spaceflight Activities
- AAS Statement on Satellite Proliferation
- AAS Resolution on Light Pollution
- AAS Resolution on Being an Environmentally Responsible Nonprofit Organization
- AAS Resolution on Endorsement of AGU's 2012 Statement on Climate Change
- AAS Resolution on Society Endorsement of International Dark Sky Week
- AAS Resolution on Endorsement of APS Statement on National Security and Open Conduct of Science