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United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)

The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

The Commission provides the General Assembly and ECOSOC with high-level advice on relevant science and technology issues.

UNCTAD is responsible for the substantive servicing of the Commission.

News

01 July 2014Information Society stakeholders invited to share experience of progress made since WSIS in 2003/05

The UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, of which UNCTAD is the Secretariat, is holding an open consultation on the ten-year review of World Summit on the Information Society.

24 June 2014Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Draft resolutions

The seventeenth session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), which convened in Geneva on 12–16 May 2014, concluded with two draft resolutions for the consideration by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

29 May 2014Science, technology and innovation central to economic development in the future, speakers tell UN Commission

Ministers focus on critical role of science, technology and innovation in the post-2015 development agenda at the opening of UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

18 December 2013The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development highlights the role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Development Agenda

2013-2014 Inter-sessional Panel of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) took place in Washington DC, from 2 to 4 December 2013.

05 June 2013Debate: Harnessing science and technology to spur development

Ministerial roundtable meetings have discussed how to use the information society and scientific and technological advances to speed economic progress in developing countries.

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Documents

2013 Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels (A/69/65–E/2014/12)

03 Mar 2014, 185.6 KB

2012 Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels (A/68/65–E/2013/11)

26 Mar 2013, 362.7 KB

GA Resolution 67/195. Information and communications technologies for development (A/67/434)

29 Jan 2013, 65.9 KB

2011 Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels [includes Addendum] (A/67/66–E/2012/49)

12 Mar 2012, 326.0 KB

2010 Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels (A/66/64–E/2011/77)

14 Mar 2011, 230.6 KB

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Annual sessions

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
04-08 May 2015	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, eighteenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
12-16 May 2014	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, seventeenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
03-07 Jun 2013	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, sixteenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
21-25 May 2012	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fifteenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
22-27 May 2011	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fourteenth session	Geneva
16-21 May 2010	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, thirteenth session	Geneva
24-29 May 2009	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twelfth session	Geneva
25-30 May 2008	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, eleventh session	Geneva
22 May 2007	CSTD-GAID panel on ICT for Development – A follow up to the World Summit on the Information Society
20-25 May 2007	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, tenth session	Geneva
14-19 May 2006	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, ninth session	Geneva
23-27 May 2005	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, eighth session	Geneva
24-28 May 2004	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, seventh session	Geneva
05-09 May 2003	Commission on Science and Technology for Development, sixth session	Geneva
28 May-01 Jun 2001	Economic and Social Council, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fifth session	Geneva
17-21 May 1999	Economic and Social Council, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fourth session	Geneva
12-16 May 1997	Economic and Social Council, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Third session	Geneva
14-24 May 1995	Economic and Social Council, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Second session	Geneva
11-23 Apr 1993	Economic and Social Council, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, First session	Geneva

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Inter-sessional panels

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
12-15 Dec 2011	CSTD 2011-2012 Inter-sessional Panel	Manila (Philippines)
14-17 Dec 2010	CSTD 2010-2011 Inter-sessional Panel	Geneva
08-11 Nov 2009	CSTD 2009-2010 Inter-sessional Panel	Geneva
11-14 Nov 2008	CSTD 2008-2009 Inter-sessional Panel	Santiago (Chile)
27-30 Nov 2007	CSTD 2007-2008 Inter-sessional Panel	Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
06-08 Nov 2006	CSTD Panel - Promoting the building of a people-centred, development-oriented and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital opportunities for all people	Paris
10-12 Nov 2005	CSTD Panel - Bridging the technology gap between and within nations	Rabat
26-29 Oct 2004	CSTD Panel Meeting on Science and Technology Promotion, Advice and Application for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals	Vienna
29-31 Oct 2003	CSTD, Panel Meeting on Promoting the Application of Science and Technology to Meet the Development Goals contained in the Millenium Declaration	Tuñez (Tuñez)
15-17 Jan 2003	CSTD-Third Panel Meeting on Enhancing Strategic Competitiveness in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)	Luanda (Angola)
15-17 Oct 2002	CSTD-Second Panel Meeting on Linking Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Technology Development for Capacity Building and Strategic Competitiveness	Colombo (Sri Lanka)
22-24 May 2002	CSTD-First Panel Meeting on Indicators of Technology Development	Geneva
07-09 Jan 2013	CSTD 2012-2013 Inter-sessional Panel	Lima	Peru
26-28 Nov 2014	CSTD 2014-2015 Inter-sessional Panel	Geneva	Switzerland
02-04 Dec 2013	CSTD 2013-2014 Inter-sessional Panel	Washington, D.C.	United States of America

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WGIGF

Start Date	Title	Location
25-26 Feb 2011	First meeting of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)	Montreux
20-22 Feb 2012	Fifth meeting of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
11-13 Jan 2012	Fourth meeting of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
31 Oct-02 Nov 2011	Third meeting of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
24-25 Mar 2011	Second meeting of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
06 Dec 2010	Consultation meeting on the establishment of the CSTD Working Group on the Internet Governance Forum

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