United Nations Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development (IGCSTD)
Comité intergouvernemental des Nations Unies pour la science et la technique au service du développement
Comité Intergubernamental de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas
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Founded
1979-12-19 New York NY USA
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Assist the United Nations General Assembly in the following functions: (a) Formulating policy guidelines for the harmonization of policies of the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in regard to scientific and technological activities, on the basis of the Vienna (Austria) Programme of Action; (b) Promoting the improvement of linkages between the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, with a view to ensuring the coordinated implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action; (c) Identifying priorities for activities within the Vienna Programme of Action with a view to facilitating operational planning at the national, subregional, regional, interregional and international levels; (d) Monitoring the activities and programmes related to science and technology within the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system; (e) Promoting the optimum mobilization of resources in order to enable the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to carry out the activities of the Vienna Programme of Action; (f) Initiating arrangements for the early identification and assessment of new scientific and technological developments which may adversely affect the development process as well as those which may have specific and potential importance for that process and for strengthening the scientific and technological capacities of the developing countries; (g) Providing policy guidance and priorities for activities of the United Nations Fund for Science and Technology for Development.
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United Nations organs and bodies represented at the Committee's ninth session: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD; E-XE4161 - UNEP. Special agencies represented at the ninth session: B-XB0971 - FAO; B-XB2183 - ILO; B-XB3383 - UNESCO; B-XE3386 - UNIDO; B-XB3548 - WHO. Intergovernmental organizations represented at the ninth session: H-XD3027 - Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Regular cooperation with:
- U-XE2741 - Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Science and Technology Development (IGCESTD);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- U-XE3430 - United Nations World Food Council (WFC);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Concerned non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and other concerned organizations which have participated in the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development may be invited to participate as observers in the sessions of the Committee. Other non-governmental organizations whose names have been submitted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations for consideration by the Committee may be equally invited if the Committee so approves. Non-governmental organizations represented at the Committee's ninth session: B-XB1490 - International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); C-XC2323 - Organisation internationale des experts (ORDINEX); F-XB3085 - Pax Romana, International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA). Links indicated by: U-XF0039 - Asian Network for Industrial Technology Information and Extension (TECHNONET ASIA).
Publications
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- Nation State → Intergovernmental
- Technology → Technology
- Science → Science
- International Relations → United Nations
- Development → Development
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE8866
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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