[WSIS CS-Plenary] ECOSOC resumed session (11-15 December 2007)

[CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

Find below the extract of the UN Press release on the ECOSOC resumed session
addressing WSIS follow up (ECOSOC/6245,
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/ecosoc6245.doc.htm). Questions
related to the adoption of the draft decision submitted by the 9th session
of the CSTD (May 2006), the election of the 10 CSTD new members and on the
participation of the WSIS accredited CS entities to the next sessions of the
CSTD have been deferred to the February 2007 ECOSOC organisational session.

 

< Also today, the Council approved a draft decision concerning enlargement
of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, by the
inclusion of 10 new members.  Three of those seats would be allocated to the
Group of African States, two to the Group of Asian States, one to the Group
of Eastern European States, two to the Group of Latin American and Caribbean
States and two to the Group of Western European and other States.

 

By other provisions of that text, the terms of office for the new members
would coincide with existing terms of membership, with dates to be
determined for each region by lottery.  The election of the 10 new members
would be held at the organizational session in February 2007.  The Council
agreed, however, to defer consideration of remaining matters, contained in
the report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
(document E/2006/31), until that date. >

 

All the best, 

 

Philippe

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