Participation of Academic Entities in the Work of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development

E/DEC/2008/218View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2008.

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2 versions · 2008–2010

This is an older version — the most recent is E/DEC/2010/227

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	E/DEC/2010/227	Participation of academic entities in the work of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development	286	24%Compare
2008	E/DEC/2008/218	Participation of academic entities in the work of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development	402	–

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At its 34th plenary meeting, on 18 July 2008, the Economic and Social Council, recalling paragraphs 14 to 16 of its resolution 2006/46 of 28 July 2006 entitled “Follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society and review of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development”, recognizing that academic entities that had been accredited to the Summit under the category of non-governmental organizations and civil society entities could not be granted consultative status with the Council in accordance with its resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and that their participation in the work of the Commission in accordance with Council decision 2007/215 of 26 April 2007 was therefore limited to the tenth and eleventh sessions of the Commission, and recognizing also that those academic entities were important stakeholders in the information society and made an important contribution to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the Summit and its follow-up:

18 E/2008/CRP.4.

19 A/63/72-E/2008/48.

(a) Decided, on an exceptional basis and without prejudice to existing rules of procedure, that academic entities accredited to the Summit might participate in the work of the Commission in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Council;

(b) Requested that the secretariat of the Commission submit to the Council for its consideration and approval in a timely manner the names of academic entities, including academies of science and engineering, that had not been accredited to the Summit and that had expressed or were expressing the wish to participate in the work of the Commission, with a view to enabling them to participate, on an exceptional basis, in the work of the Commission in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Council;

(c) Emphasized that the present decision had been taken on an exceptional basis and without prejudice to the established rules of procedure of the Council, in particular the provisions of Council resolution 1996/31 concerning the accreditation and participation of non-governmental organizations and other major groups in the work of the Council and its subsidiary bodies, and that it should not be construed as creating a precedent;

(d) Decided to review in 2010 the list of academic entities and the modalities for their participation in the work of the Commission.

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