Commission on Science and Technology for Development

Commission on Science and Technology for Development
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The United Nations´s 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.

The commission met for the first time in April 1993 in New York, 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.

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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 eight members from African States; seven members from Asian states; six members from Latin American and Caribbean states; four members from Eastern European states; and eight members from Western European and other states.

At each session, the commission elects a new Bureau (a chairperson and four vice-chairpersons) for the next session. The Bureau assumes responsibilities for the forthcoming activities during the inter-sessional period.

Members of the Commission (and the years of the end of their mandates) are:

Africa

Asia

Eastern Europe

Latin America and Caribbean

Western Europe and other states

External links

v · United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Membership

List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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Functional commissions

UN Commission for Social Development · UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR - Disbanded 2006) · Commission on Narcotic Drugs · Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice · Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) · Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) · UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) · Commission on Population and Development · UN Statistical Commission · United Nations Forum on Forests
Regional commissions
Europe (ECE) · Africa (ECA) · Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) · Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) · Western Asia (ESCWA)
Specialized agencies

International Labour Organization (ILO) · Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) · United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) · World Health Organization (WHO)  · International Monetary Fund (IMF) · International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)  · International Maritime Organization (IMO) · International Telecommunication Union (ITU)  · Universal Postal Union (UPU) · World Meteorological Organization (WMO) · World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) · International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) · United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)  · United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) · United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) · International Refugee Organization (IRO – ceased to exist in 1952)  · International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
Other entities

United Nations Development Group (UNDG) · United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) · United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
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