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 Member States of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development Members 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Austria Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Central African Republic Chile China Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Finland France Germany Hungary India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Latvia Lesotho Liberia Malta Mauritius Mexico Nigeria Oman Peru Philippines Portugal Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Togo Tunisia Turkey United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Zambia Term expires on 31 December 2016 2016 2014 2016 2016 2016 2014 2016 2014 2014 2014 2016 2014 2016 6 2014 2014 2014 2016 2014 2014 2016 2014 2014 2016 2016 2016 2014 2014 2016 2016 2014 2014 2016 2014 2016 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2016