Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82h Science and technology for development, published in 1988.

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5 subjects

Anniversaries Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Resolutions and Decisions Science and Technology

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Endorses the resolutions and decisions adopted by the lntergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development at its ninth session;79 2.

Also endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/79 of 8 July 1987;

Emphasizes the need for careful and comprehensive preparation of the end-of-decade review of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development, in 1989, taking into account the important role that science and technology play in the development process, in particular in developing countries;

Reaffirms the crucial role of the United Nations in promoting and catalyzing international co-operation in the field of science and technology for development, in particular in developing countries, and in helping solve global scientific and technological problems;

Decides to observe at its forty-fourth session, at a commemorative plenary meeting, the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development, and encourages the participation of distinguished professionals in the field of science and technology;

Also decides that, in the light ofthe importance and priority accorded to science and technology for development, the general debate on the question will be conducted at its forty-fourth session in plenary meeting.

GUIDELINES FOR NA TIONAL ACTION 11.

GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION 20--31 August

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