Strengthening the Coordination of the Mechanisms on the Commission for Science and Technology for Development :#promoting Complementarity of Activities in the Area of New and Innovative Technologies Within the United Nations System

A/RES/55/185View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92d Science and technology for development, published in 2001.

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7 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Financial Resources Information Networks New Technologies Report Preparation Science and Technology Technological Innovations

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on proposals for strengthening the coordination of the mechanisms on the Commission on Science and Technology for Development within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development with the objective of promoting complementarity of activities within the United Nations system;⁴

⁴A/55/96-E/2000/84.

Welcomes the recommendations regarding the establishment of a knowledge and technology for development network contained in the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests the Commission to report on its biennial session, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, in particular regarding proposals aimed at promoting complementarity of activities in the area of new and innovative technologies within the United Nations system;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to strengthen the Commission and its secretariat within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, by providing it with the necessary resources, in order to enable it to carry out better its mandate of assisting the developing countries with their national development efforts in the field of science and technology;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, through the Economic and Social Council, an analytical report on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, containing, in particular, concrete proposals for strengthening the critical role of the Commission in coordinating the activities of the United Nations system in support of the efforts of developing countries to obtain, effectively utilize and benefit from science and technology for their development;

Decides that, as from the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, the item entitled “Science and technology for development” will normally be included in its agenda on a biennial basis.

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