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Science and Technology for Development

A/RES/60/205No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54bScience and technology for development, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1981–2012
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/211
  • 2012A/RES/66/211Science and technology for developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/RES/64/212Science and technology for developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2008A/RES/62/201Science and technology for developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2006A/RES/60/205Science and technology for developmentCompare with previous version
  • 2004A/RES/58/200Science and technology for developmentCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

28 topics
Agricultural EngineeringAgricultural ProductivityBiotechnologyCapacity BuildingCommunication TechnologyDeveloping CountriesDevelopment StrategiesEnvironmental ManagementEnvironmentally Sound TechnologyForeign InvestmentsHuman DevelopmentHuman ResourcesInformation SocietyInformation TechnologyKnow-HowPartnershipPrivate SectorProgramme ImplementationPublic InvestmentPublic Sector

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs
1
Affirms its commitment to:
a
Strengthen and enhance existing mechanisms and to support initiatives for research and development, including through voluntary partnerships between the public and private sectors, to address the special needs of developing countries in the areas of health, agriculture, conservation, sustainable use of natural resources and environmental management, energy, forestry and the impact of climate change;
b
Promote and facilitate, as appropriate, access to, and development, transfer and diffusion of, technologies, including environmentally sound technologies and the corresponding know-how, to developing countries;
c
Assist developing countries in their efforts to promote and develop national strategies for human resources and science and technology, which are primary drivers of national capacity-building for development;
d
Promote and support greater efforts to develop renewable sources of energy, such as solar, wind and geothermal energy;
e
Implement policies at the national and international levels to attract both public and private investment, domestic and foreign, that enhances knowledge, transfers technology on mutually agreed terms and raises productivity;
f
Support the efforts of developing countries, individually and collectively, to harness new agricultural technologies in order to increase agricultural productivity through environmentally sustainable means;
2
Requests the Commission on Science and Technology for Development to provide a forum to address within its mandate the special needs of developing countries in areas such as agriculture, rural development, information and communication technologies and environmental management;
3
Encourages the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and other relevant organizations to assist developing countries in their efforts to integrate science, technology and innovation policies in national development strategies;
4
Recognizes the contribution of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and its affiliated centres as well as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in the area of biotechnology, and encourages those and other relevant bodies of the United Nations system engaged in biotechnology to collaborate with a view to enhancing effectiveness in the implementation of programmes designed to assist developing countries in building capacity in all areas of biotechnology, including for industry and agriculture, as well as for risk assessment and management of biosafety;
5
Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General of the World Summit on the Information Society to transmit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session the report of the Summit;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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