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News A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN). The manual has been produced to encourage developing countries to use open-source software.
[24 Aug 2004]
News The United Nations (UN) has identified IT as a key way for developing countries to tackle poverty. In its latest survey on Asia and Pacific regions, the UN claims: "Applications of ICT (information & communications technology) can provide a...
[09 Apr 1999]
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]
News The UN is increasingly worried about the estimated four billion people worldwide with no access to computers or the internet. The taskforce will also help UN member states develop effective policy and regulatory frameworks for information technology.
[20 Nov 2001]
News UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has long pressed industry, government and private interest groups to ensure that people in poor nations have greater access to the internet. But the UN group couldn't decide what should be done about it.
[18 Jul 2005]
News Senator Norm Coleman, a Republican from Minnesota, said his non-binding resolution would protect the internet from a takeover by the UN that's scheduled to be discussed at a summit in Tunisia next month.
[19 Oct 2005]
News Speaking at the opening of a four-day UN summit in Athens Yoshio Utsumi criticised the current rules for overseeing domain names and internet addresses, stressing that poorer nations are dissatisfied and are hoping that this week's meeting will...
[30 Oct 2006]
News China, Cuba, South Africa and other nations have argued the US and other wealthier nations must share power - complaints that will now be taken to the new UN forum. The European Union, for instance, implicitly backed the creation of a stronger UN...
[16 Nov 2005]
News The summit brings together governments, businesses, the UN and the man in the street and aims to hammer out a general agreement on ICT strategy and then put a plan of action in place. The anti-Icann countries would prefer to see the internet in the...
[10 Dec 2003]
News The study, released by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday, found that companies in the US and Europe are looking for competitive advantages and cost-cutting measures when they look to developing countries for IT...
[25 Nov 2003]
News Manufacturers including Cisco, Dell, Ericsson, HP and Microsoft are working with the UN and recycling companies on the Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) initiative. A United Nations-led initiative aims to shrink the world's massive 'e-scrap...
[07 Mar 2007]
News When UN workers descend on distressed locales, they often encounter logjams at airport tarmacs and confusion over what exactly is in this or that box, said David Nabarro, who's chiefly in charge of co-ordinating responses to bird and human...
[11 Oct 2007]
News The UN group is providing the hardware for the scheme while Microsoft is to supply the training and technical support for the centre. The United Nations has partnered with Microsoft to launch a North African IT training centre for young people.
[17 Nov 2005]
News Cisco Systems and the United Nations (UN) Development Programme have joined forces to help combat poverty in the developing world - using the Internet. The UN hopes it will help bridge the gap between "the knows and the know-nots".
[12 Aug 1999]
News A Commission of IT experts working for the United Nations has called on head of the UN Kofi Annan to create a $500m treasure chest to help Third World countries connect to the internet. Chuck Lankester, head of the Commission, claimed the fund...
[21 Jun 2000]
whitepaper Significant progress in improving cooperation in the area of international merchandise trade statistics continues to be made by the trade statisticians and Information Technology (IT) specialists of the Statistics Division of the United Nations...
[05 Feb 2007]
whitepaper The ebXML initiative is sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS and is an open public initiative with now over one thousand participants. A primary objective of ebXML is to lower the barrier of entry to electronic business in order to facilitate trade...
[24 Feb 2004]
News Figueres, who promoted the use of IT to help boost his country's development, is to lead the UN Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Advisory Group, which includes technology experts from the public and private sectors.
[14 Nov 2000]
whitepaper In an effort to gain an appreciation of the global e-government landscape in 2001, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the United Nations Division for Public Economics and Public Administration (UNDPEPA) undertook a research...
[11 Jan 2005]
News As part of the efforts to bring internet services to developing countries, top CEOs have signed a charter to donate at least 20 per cent of their charity budgets to the UN's Forum Task Force. There is still a wide digital divide between developed...
[18 Jun 2002]
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