December 11, 2023 – Informal Consultations on Chapter 3: Science, Technology and Innovation; Digital Cooperation

Lead author: Jebilson Raja Joslin


Closed member state consultations on Chapter 3: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and Digital Cooperation was held in the morning of 11th of December 2023 in Conference Room 2 in the UN General Assembly. Member states stressed on closely linking STI to the 2030 Agenda and the need to expand digital connectivity, so as to leave no one offline. The areas where member states lacked consensus were technology transfer and intellectual property rights, among others. Get more on the latest negotiations on Chapter 3 in the following ICH bulletin.


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Letter with the draft decision on scope of the SOTF (rev. 3) – 30 August 2023

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