Science and technology for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1993
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SymbolA/RES/48/179
TitleScience and technology for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Stresses that endogenous capacity-building in science and technology in the developing countries is indispensable to their efforts to mobilize indigenous resources for science and technology for development; requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure the full implementation of programme 17, science and technology for development, of the medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997 and the activities planned for the biennium 1994-1995 in the field of science and technology for development; stresses the urgent need to strengthen the vital role of UN in the field of science and technology, particularly through better coordination, including in the field of technology assessment, monitoring and forecasting; calls upon the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and the Commission on Sustainable Development to interact effectively in carrying out their respective mandate; recognizes the importance of cooperation among the developing countries in science and technology and urges the organizations and bodies of the UN system and other relevant international, regional or subregional organizations and programmes to provide continued and enhanced support, through technical assistance and financing for such efforts; recognizes also the potentially important role of the UN Fund for Science and Technology for Development in enhancing endogenous capacity-building in the developing countries, and calls on all countries in a position to do so to contribute generously to the Fund.
Action note1993-12-21
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 86th meeting
Meeting record
A/48/PV.86
Agenda information
A/48/251 91h Science and technology for development. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY--DEVELOPMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 7 Mar. 1994.
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4 p.
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Adopted at the 86th plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1993.