** الوثائــــق الرسميــــة للمجلس الاقتصادي والاجتماعي، 2003، الملحق رقم 4 (E/2003/24)، الفصل الأول - ألف، الفقرة 1.
In accordance with a request of the Statistical Commission at its thirty-fourth session,** the Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the Commission the report on statistics of science and technology, jointly prepared by the Institute for Statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.