CONFÉRENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR
LE COMMERCE ET LE DÉVELOPPEMENT
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
DTL/STICT/MISC/2014/3
(14/26gd)
NOTIFICATION
Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Geneva, 12–16 May 2014
The seventeenth session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development will be
held in Geneva from 12 to 16 May 2014. The Commission will address two of its priority themes within
the framework of its multi-year work programme, namely (a) science, technology and innovation for the
post–2015 development agenda, and (b) information and communications technologies for inclusive
social and economic development.
The Commission will also review the progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and, in addition, will hear presentations on national
science, technology and innovation policy reviews. The participants will include representatives of
Governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations.
The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 12 May 2014, in room XVIII of the Palais des
Nations. The first day will consist of an opening ceremony and two ministerial round tables: one entitled
“Review of progress made in the implementation of WSIS outcomes”, held in the morning, and another
entitled “Science, technology and innovation for the post–2015 development agenda”, held in the
afternoon.
The text of the related note verbale dispatched from New York by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations is attached for your information.
A list of the member States of the Commission is attached. Travel expenses (but not per day) are
paid by UNCTAD for one representative of each member of the Commission. International
organizations and member States of UNCTAD that are not members of the Commission may attend the
session as observers on the understanding that the cost of their attendance will be borne by their
authorities. Please inform the secretariat before 7 April 2014 of the composition of your delegation and
the name of the focal point for the session, so that the necessary arrangements for their participation can
be made.
Any questions about the preparations for the seventeenth session of the Commission should
be addressed to Ms. Anne Miroux, Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics and Head of
the Commission on Science and Technology for Development secretariat, tel.: +41 22 917 1167;
fax: +41 22 917 0052; e-mail: anne.miroux@unctad.org, and Ms. Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Chief,
Science and Technology Section, UNCTAD, tel.: +41 22 917 4446; fax: +41 22 917 0052;
e-mail: padmashree.gehl.sampath@unctad.org.
(signed)
Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
26 March 2014
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