UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development

It was established in May 2010 by ITU and UNESCO
Aim: To boost the importance of broadband on the international policy agenda and expand broadband access in every country as key to accelerating progress towards national and international development targets

Report: 'State of Broadband'

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOC

Part of UNESCO. Autonomous under UNESCO
HQ: Paris
It is the only competent organization for marine science within the UN system
To promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity-building, in order to learn more about the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal area

Operational Oceanography

It refers to the activity of systematic and long-term routine measurements of the seas and oceans and atmosphere, and their rapid interpretation and dissemination
Now casts- provides the most usefully accurate description of the present state of the sea including living resources
Forecasts- provides continuous forecasts of the future condition of the sea for as far ahead as possible
Hindcasts- assembling long term data sets which will provide data for description of past states, and time series showing trends and changes

Blue Carbon Initiative (Conservation International , IUCN, Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission of UNESCO)

UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS)

Mandate is strengthening the international legal regime governing outer space, resulting in improved conditions for expanding international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space

The Committee is serviced by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs,

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCITRAL

It is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law

Its business is the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business

India is a founding member of UNCITRAL

UNCITRAL cases is also being handled by Permanent Court of Arbitration

UNCITRAL inspiration to Indian laws

the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, ü

the Information Technology Act, 2000 and ü

the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 etc

*27 May 2021

Commissions & Committees