United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
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Abbreviation | CSTD |
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Formation | 30 April 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-30) |
Type | Intergovernmental organization, Regulatory body, Advisory board |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Head | Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development ![]() |
Parent organization | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
Website | CSTD at unctad.org |
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The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six main organs of the United Nations. It was established by the General Assembly in its resolution 46/235 and provides overall direction to the related programme of work. The Commission is composed of 43 members and, pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 2002/37 meets on an annual basis and reports to the Council. In accordance with Council resolution 1993/75 the Commission receives specialized and technical advice from ad hoc panels and workshops that meet between sessions of the Commission to examine specific issues on science and technology for development. The UNCTAD secretariat provides substantive support to the Commission.
The commission met for the first time in April 1993 in New York City, USA. It replaced the former Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development and its Advisory Committee created after the Vienna Conference on Science and Technology for Development in 1979. Since July 1993, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Secretariat has been responsible for the substantive servicing of the Commission. The Commission has subsequently met in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Palais des Nations.
The CSTD was established to provide the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council with high-level advice on relevant issues through analysis and appropriate policy recommendations or options. This is done in order to enable those organs to guide the future work of the United Nations, develop common policies and agree on appropriate actions.
Peter Major is currently the Chairman of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development.
Membership
The commission has forty-three member states elected by ECOSOC for a term of four years. Experts nominated by their respective governments are supposed to possess the necessary qualifications and professional or scientific knowledge. The commission has eleven members from African States, nine members from Asian States, eight members from Latin American and Caribbean States, five members from Eastern European States, and ten members from Western European and other States.[1]
Africa
- Angola (2018)
- Cameroon (2016)
- Central African Republic (2016)
- Côte d'Ivoire (2018)
- Kenya (2018)
- Liberia (2016)
- Mauritania (2018)
- Mauritius (2018)
- Nigeria (2016)
- Uganda (2018)
- Zambia (2016)
tunisia
Asia
- China (2018)
- India (2018)
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2018)
- Japan (2016)
- Oman (2016)
- Pakistan (2018)
- Sri Lanka (2016)
- Thailand (2018)
- Turkmenistan (2016)
Eastern Europe
- Bulgaria (2018)
- Hungary (2016)
- Latvia (2018)
- Poland (2018)
- Russian Federation (2016)
Western Europe and other states
- Austria (2016)
- Canada (2018)
- Finland (2016)
- Germany (2016)
- Portugal (2016)
- Sweden (2018)
- Switzerland (2016)
- Turkey (2018)
- United Kingdom (2018)
- United States of America (2018)
References
- ^ "UNCTAD | Membership of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development". unctad.org.
External links
- CSTD official website
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commissions
- United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
- United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
- United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
- United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
- United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD)
- United Nations Statistical Commission (StatCom)
- United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
- Europe (ECE)
- Africa (ECA)
- Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Western Asia (ESCWA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- UN Tourism
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Bank Group (WBG)
Programmes
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- Committee for Development Policy (CDP)
- Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)
- Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International
Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) - Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)
- United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) - Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
- Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals - Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
training
- United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
- United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
- United Nations University (UNU)
- High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
- International Trade Centre (ITC)
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
- Functional Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD - Replaced in 2013 by UNHLPF)
- Functional Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR - Replaced in 2006 by UNHRC)
- International Refugee Organization (IRO - Replaced in 1952 by UNHCR)
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