A/RES/74/229
Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development
to continue to undertake science, technology and innovation policy reviews, with a
view to assisting developing countries, upon request, in identifying the measures
needed to integrate science, technology and innovation policies into their national
development strategies and ensuring that they are supportive of national development
agendas, as appropriate, and in this regard takes note of the new science, technology
and innovation policy review framework developed by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development;
25. Emphasizes the importance of better coordination and coherence among
existing mechanisms, including the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, United
Nations agencies and international organizations in providing support to Member
States in the field of science, technology and innovation directed towards
development priorities and needs;
26. Invites the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and
the Technology Facilitation Mechanism to strengthen synergies and mutually
reinforce their work on science, technology and innovation, and invites the Secretariat
to coordinate the dates of their meetings in order to avoid overlap and to ensure
coherence and coordination between both entities;
27. Continues to encourage the United Nations inter-agency task team on
science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals to further
refine and update its mapping of science, technology and innovation activities in the
United Nations system with a view to guiding further efforts at collaboration and
capacity-building and formulating coherent advice for Member States advancing
national science, technology and innovation frameworks within the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, 11 including through developing STI for SDGs road maps;
28. Reiterates its call for voluntary contributions for resources from both the
private and the public sectors to support the full operationalization of all components
of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, in particular the online platform;
29. Encourages the World Intellectual Property Organization to continue to
undertake technical support activities, including helping countries to design, develop
and implement national intellectual property and innovation strategies aligned with
their development strategies;
30. Welcomes the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least
Developed Countries, and calls upon Member States and other stakeholders to provide
voluntary funding to the trust fund of the Technology Bank so that it can pursue its
objectives in the area of science, technology and innovation for the least developed
countries;
31. Continues to encourage the United Nations system to take an active role
in forging a closer link with national science advisory bodies to optimally leverage
science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, and looks
forward to receiving updates and outcomes of the actions through the report of the
Commission on Science and Technology for Development;
32. Calls upon the United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized
agencies, at the request of Member States, to support, as appropriate, technical
and scientific cooperation and North-South, South-South, triangular, regional and
international cooperation on access to science, technolog y, innovation and
knowledge-sharing, on mutually agreed terms;
33. Reiterates its call for continued collaboration between United Nations
entities and other international organizations, civil society and the private sector in
implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society;
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