Science and Technology for Development

A/RES/48/179View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91h Science and technology for development, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1981–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/211

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/211	Science and technology for development	1,074	76%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/212	Science and technology for development	990	96%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/201	Science and technology for development	982	27%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/205	Science and technology for development	945	18%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/200	Science and technology for development	673	19%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2003–2013

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2013	A/68/227	Science and technology for development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/211
2011	A/66/208	Science and technology for development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/212
2005	A/60/184	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 58/200 science and technology for development : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/200
2003	A/58/76	Impact of new biotechnologies, with particular attention to sustainable development, including food security, health and economic productivity report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/56/182

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Budget Contributions Comparative Advantage Conferences Coordination Within UN System Medium-Term Plan Resources Mobilization Science and Technology Science and Technology Capability Technical Cooperation Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries Technology Assessment Traditional Technology

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Report of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, Vienna, 20-31 August 1979 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.I.21 and corrigenda), chap. VII.

Resolution S-18/3, annex.

Resolution 45/199, annex.

"A New Partnership for Development: The Cartagena Commitment", see Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Eighth session, Report and Annexes (TD/364/Rev.1) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.II.D.5), part one, sect. A.

Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I and Vol. I/Corr.1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II.

A/48/465.

Endorses the relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1993 on the basis of the report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its first session, 7/ including the recommendation that the Council, at its organizational session for 1994, include science and technology for development as a priority subject to be considered at the coordination segment of the Council in 1994;

Stresses that endogenous capacity-building in science and technology in the developing countries is indispensable to their efforts to mobilize indigenous resources for science and technology for development;

Emphasizes the vital role of the United Nations in supporting the developing countries in endogenous capacity-building in the field of science and technology;

Urges that national efforts and international development cooperation, in particular through supportive financial and technical assistance from donor Governments, multilateral lending institutions and international agencies, be intensified and strengthened towards endogenous capacity-building in science and technology in the developing countries;

Welcomes the initiative for a consultative meeting to consider ways and means for organizing a more effective coalition of resources to meet the scientific and technological needs of the developing countries, and requests the Secretary-General to make provisions for convening such a meeting, within existing resources, as soon as possible;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure the full implementation of programme 17, science and technology for development, of the medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997 8/ and the activities planned for the biennium 1994-1995 in the field of science and technology for development, in accordance with the specific mandates provided for in relevant General Assembly resolutions;

Stresses the urgent need to strengthen the vital role of the United Nations in the field of science and technology, particularly through better coordination, including in the fields of technology assessment, monitoring and forecasting;

Calls upon the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and the Commission on Sustainable Development to interact effectively, through the Economic and Social Council, in carrying out their respective mandates;

Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1993, Supplement No. 11 (E/1993/31).

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 6 and corrigendum (A/47/6/Rev.1 and Corr.1), vol. I.

Recognizes the importance of cooperation among the developing countries in the field of science and technology, building on their comparative advantages and complementarities, and urges the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and other relevant international, regional or subregional organizations and programmes to provide continued and enhanced support, through technical assistance and financing, as appropriate, for such efforts;

Recognizes also the potentially important role of the United Nations Fund for Science and Technology for Development in enhancing endogenous capacity-building in science and technology in the developing countries, and calls upon all countries in a position to do so to contribute generously to the Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on progress in the implementation of the present resolution, as well as on ways and means of reinvigorating the Fund and ensuring its effective operation.

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