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UN digs into 'e-scrap' mountain
News A United Nations-led initiative aims to shrink the world's massive 'e-scrap' mountain by improving recycling processes and extending the lifespan of high-tech hardware. Ruediger Kuehr of the United Nations University, which will host the StEP... [07 Mar 2007]
UN, Microsoft set up Tunisian IT training centre
News The United Nations has partnered with Microsoft to launch a North African IT training centre for young people. Koichiro Matsuura, director general of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), said in a statement... [17 Nov 2005]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunis, Tunisia, have inked a broad agreement on global internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week. By signing the statement, the Bush administration... [16 Nov 2005]
ITU ratifies VoIP standard for videoconferencing
News A United Nations-affiliated telecommunications group has ratified a new standard for videoconferencing using VoIP, or voice over IP, a technology that routes phone calls over the internet and other networks. [08 Sep 2003]
US bids to hold on to net
News Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' influence over domain names. [04 Nov 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News A United Nations working group has published a long-awaited report that effectively challenges US supremacy over internet domain names. Instead of reaching a consensus, the nations participating in the discussions listed four possible options... [18 Jul 2005]
Britain comes third in e-government rankings
News The UK has been ranked third in a global chart measuring the readiness of its e-government strategy, according to a report published by the United Nations (UN) this week. It was put together by United Nations Online Network in Public Administration... [12 Jan 2005]
US moves to keep control of net names
News The European Union and other nations are demanding that the US share responsibility for the domain name system, including decisions over adding and deleting new top-level domains, with the United Nations. [10 Oct 2005]
All US passports to be RFID chipped
News But the Bush administration chose to go ahead with embedding 64KB chips in future passports, citing a desire to abide by "globally interoperable" standards devised by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency. [26 Oct 2005]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News Thursday's announcement also represents an effective snub to a United Nations process that is set to culminate in a summit in Tunisia in November. But the more assertive tack promises to vex nations such as Brazil and Pakistan, which have been... [01 Jul 2005]
Special Report: Kofi Annan's IT challenge
News The United Nations Information Technology Service, a global consortium of volunteer corps coordinated by the UN Volunteers programme, is training people in developing countries in the uses and opportunities of information technology. [06 Nov 2002]
Commonwealth countries set up e-marketplace
News However, he added: "It's important that suppliers follow the standards that are emerging like for example the UNSPSC (United Nations Standard Product Services Code) so that when they provide the catalogue content they may have different... [03 Jul 2000]
UN claims IT can help the poor
News The United Nations (UN) has identified IT as a key way for developing countries to tackle poverty. It recommends that nations should import technology from abroad, as part of their arrangements for foreign direct investment. [09 Apr 1999]
Lack of Y2K preparation prompts US warning to air travellers
News The United States has expressed concern about the safety of air travel to and from more than 30 nations worldwide, after those countries failed to report on their progress in tackling the millennium bug. [30 Sep 1999]
ITU satellite phone deal for disaster relief
News The ITU is a division of the United Nations. Thuraya is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates but its phones can be used from huge swathes of the Earth's surface, at sea and other areas away from cellular and other terrestrial wireless networks. [11 Jul 2006]
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