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United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
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<h2 id="membership">Membership</h2> <p>The commission has forty-three member states elected by ECOSOC for a term of four years. Experts nominated by their respective governments are supposed to possess the necessary qualifications and professional or scientific knowledge. The commission has eleven members from African States, nine members from Asian States, eight members from Latin American and Caribbean States, five members from Eastern European States, and ten members from Western European and other States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h3>Africa</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/C%25C3%25B4te_d%2527Ivoire/mSSED5Yl">Côte d'Ivoire</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mauritania/JcP8EJku">Mauritania</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mauritius/lVUARna5">Mauritius</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a> (2016)</li></ul> <p>tunisia </p> <h3>Asia</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Iran_(Islamic_Republic_of)/24yukge8">Iran (Islamic Republic of)</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oman/yNr7BPbm">Oman</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU">Turkmenistan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> <h3>Eastern Europe</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_Federation/jfkCwyxn">Russian Federation</a> (2016)</li></ul> <h3>Western Europe and other states</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_of_America/P0sCdLe5">United States of America</a> (2018)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://unctad.org/topic/commission-on-science-and-technology-for-development/">CSTD official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"UNCTAD | Membership of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development". unctad.org. <a href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/CSTD-Membership.aspx" target="_blank">http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/CSTD-Membership.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>