NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia was unanimously chosen by members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for membership within the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) for the 2027–2030 time period.
CSTD — comprising 43 member states elected periodically — serves as the primary advisory physique to the UN General Assembly and ECOSOC on points associated to science and technology and their influence on improvement.
The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) defined that the Kingdom’s election displays its energetic contributions to discussions on world points associated to rising applied sciences, information governance, and synthetic intelligence, in addition to its help for the Sustainable Development Goals.
The commission famous that Saudi Arabia’s membership will contribute to monitoring the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the Global Digital Compact (GDC).
This means the Kingdom will take part within the improvement of associated worldwide suggestions submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for adoption, and assist form a sustainable world digital setting.
CST famous that the achievement was achieved in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reinforcing the Kingdom’s function as an energetic worldwide accomplice inside the United Nations system, significantly within the fields of communications, technology, and area.
It additionally highlighted the Kingdom’s efforts to change experience with member states and worldwide organizations, contributing to the event of a sustainable digital setting and strengthening Saudi Arabia’s world competitiveness and management.
The commission added that Saudi Arabia chaired the commission’s twenty fifth session in 2022, represented by CST.