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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR DEVELOPMENT ELECTED
The Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development
this afternoon elected 14 members to the Advisory Committee on Science and
Technology for Development, a 28 member body of experts in different
applications of science and technology to development.
A decision on the frequency of its future meetings was postponed until a
later date.
The Committee also concluded its general discussion of the programme
performance for the biennium 1986-1987 and the draft programme for the
medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997, which was introduced by
Sergio Trindade, Executive Director of the Centre for Science and Technology.
Statements were also made by representatives of the Soviet Union, Japan and
Egypt.
When the Committee meets again at 3 p.m. on Monday, 28 August, it will
begin consideration of draft proposals on the end-of-decade review of the 1979
Vienna Programme of Action and on the activities of the United Nations system
in science and technology for development.
Committee Work Programme
The Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development
this afternoon began consideration of programme questions including programme
performance for the biennium 1986-1987, the medium-term plan for the period
1992-1997 and a review of recurrent documents and publications. The Committee
was also to consider other matters such as the appointment of members to the
Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development and the frequency
of future sessions of the Committee.
(For further information and background on the Committee's session, see
Press Release TEC/542 of 18 August.)
Frequency of Committee Sessions
The Chairman, CELSO LAFER (Brazil), proposed that the frequency of future
Committee sessions remain under discussion by regional groups and be taken up
by the Committee at a future session.
Advisory Committee Appointments
SERGIO TRINDADE, Executive Director of the Centre for Science and
Technology for Development, said the Advisory Committee on Science and
Technology for Development had been established in the wake of the 1979 Vienna
Conference and was intended to include members from beyond the scientific
community and from a variety of geographical regions. Its members served in
their personal capacity and could serve a maximum of two three-year terms. If
the members nominated by the Secretary-General were approved, 25% of its
members would be women.
Following the recommendations of the Secretary-General (document
A/CN.11/92), the Committee appointed the following 14 experts to the Advisory
Committee for a three-year term beginning 1 January, 1990: Carlos R. Abeledo
(Argentina); Elisabeth Birman (Hungary); Harvey Brooks (United States);
Karl E. Ganzhorn (Federal Republic of Germany); Seeiso Liphuko (Botswana);
Joanna Olutunmbi Maduka (Nigeria); Marcos Mares Guia (Brazil);
Thomas R. Odhiambo (Kenya); Yash Pal (India); Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo
(Portugal); Yangze Sherpa (Nepal); Mikoto Usui (Japan);
Dulce Arnao de Uzcategui (Venezuela); and Josephine Guidy Wandja
(Cote d'Ivoire).
In response to questions, the Executive Director said there were ten new
members and four who were being reappointed. To aquaint the members with the
geographical distribution of the Advisory Committee's Board, he read the names
all the Board members. The countries represented were Argentina,
Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Algeria, United States, Ghana, Republic of Korea,
Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, Japan, Pakistan, New Zealand,
Poland, Jamaica, Swaziland, Brazil, Zaire, United Republic of Tanzania, Canada
United Kingdom, India, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Soviet Union and
China.
Programme Questions
Mr. Trindade said that in considering the programme performance for the
biennium 1986-1987 (document A/43/326) and the medium-term plan (Document
A/CN.11/1989/CRP.2), the Committee needed to express its views on high, middle
and low-level priorities for the medium-term plan. Sub-programmes for the
medium-term plan reflected what was contained in the conclusions of the
end-of-decade review of the Vienna Programme of Action. The proposed
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