A/RES/54/201 Page 3 2. Takes note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/61 of 30 July 1999 and Council decision 274 of 28 July 1999 in which the Council approved the provisional agenda and substantive theme for the fifth session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development; 3. Recognizes the role of the Commission in coordinating the activities of the United Nations system in the area of science and technology for development, emphasizes the importance of the activities that are to be pursued within the framework of the Commission, including a broad spectrum of new global challenges in science and technology, and encourages support to these undertakings; 4. Also recognizes the importance for developing countries of having access to science and technology so as to enhance their productivity and competitiveness in the world market, and stresses the need to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies and the corresponding know-how, in particular to the developing countries, on concessional, preferential and favourable terms, as mutually agreed, taking into account the need to protect intellectual property rights and the special needs of developing countries; 5. Further recognizes the role of Governments in science and technology for development, in particular in providing appropriate regulatory frameworks and incentives for the development of science and technology; 6. Stresses the role of Governments and international development institutions in facilitating the transfer of privately owned technologies on concessional terms, as mutually agreed, to developing countries, especially the least developed countries; 7. Recognizes the role of partnership among the public and private sectors, academic research centres and international funding agencies in science and technology for development, in particular in the transfer, creation and development of science and technology capabilities; 8. Reaffirms that capacity-building in science and technology in developing countries should remain a priority issue in the United Nations agenda, and urges that international cooperation efforts be intensified and strengthened towards endogenous capacity-building in developing countries in science and technology, including their capacity to utilize scientific and technological developments from abroad as well as to modify and adapt them to suit local conditions; 9. Recognizes the role of the public and private sectors, industry and academia in science and technology for development, in particular in the transfer and development of science and technology capabilities; 10. Stresses the importance of facilitating the transfer of technology to developing countries, in particular in knowledge-intensive sectors, with the objective of enhancing technological capacities, capabilities and skills in developing countries; 11. Recognizes the need for Governments and regional and international bodies to take measures to ensure better access to and participation in scientific and technological areas for women, especially where they are not represented or are under-represented, bearing in mind the important role that they can play in further developing innovation and methodologies for science and technology; /...