United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development

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United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Head
Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Peter Major
Parent organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council
WebsiteCSTD at unctad.org
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The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the

UNCTAD
secretariat provides substantive support to the Commission.

The commission met for the first time in April 1993 in

Palais des Nations
.

The CSTD was established to provide the

General Assembly
and the Economic and Social Council with high-level advice on relevant issues through analysis and appropriate policy recommendations or options. This is done in order to enable those organs to guide the future work of the United Nations, develop common policies and agree on appropriate actions.

Peter Major is currently the Chairman of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

Membership

The commission has forty-three member states elected by ECOSOC for a term of four years. Experts nominated by their respective governments are supposed to possess the necessary qualifications and professional or scientific knowledge. The commission has eleven members from African States, nine members from Asian States, eight members from Latin American and Caribbean States, five members from Eastern European States, and ten members from Western European and other States.[1]

Africa

tunisia

Asia

Eastern Europe

Western Europe and other states

References

  1. ^ "UNCTAD | Membership of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development". unctad.org.

External links

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