In April 2005, ECA will also hold the fourth meeting of the Committee on Development Information, the Subcommittee on Information and Communication Technologies and the Subcommittee on Geo Information.

B. Information sharing among Member States

Review of the Information Systems Coordination Committee

OIOS anticipates that the recently established Information Technology Coordinating Committee at Headquarters will provide information technology support to the commissions and promote the re establishment of information technology planning and coordinating committees.

In the area of information and communication technology, the Committee will continue to focus on capitalizing on investments in that field.

The Committee welcomes this information.

(iv) Technical material development and maintenance of a portal for information and communication technology partnerships and networks (2) development and maintenance of a Web based platform for measuring the Information Society (2) maintenance of ESCWA home page on information and communication technology and profile of information and communication technology and the information society in ESCWA member States

The Committee requests that such information be provided to the Fifth Committee.

They take note of the information and intention contained in your letter.

Main actors access to available information,

The Committee will also continue to update the Directory of Counter Terrorism Information and Sources of Assistance and the Assistance Matrix, as important sources of information for Member States interested in receiving technical assistance.

Information is being collected that may help the developers fix the problem you report.

REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS

The Advisory Committee recommends approval of the post for the Information Management Officer.

The NEC broadcast the same message repeatedly.

(a) Providing substantive servicing to the Commission, the Committee on Managing Globalization and the Subcommittee on Information, Communication and Space Technology, on issues relevant to information, communication and space technology

Furthermore, an ICT advisory board and ICT steering committee have been established to streamline the introduction of new ICT initiatives at UNOPS, and the new ICT infrastructure has complied with guidelines and industry best practice.

The inter committee meeting recommended that NGOs should send information well in advance of treaty body sessions to allow committee members the opportunity to take these important submissions into account.

The Committee points out that the Information and Communication Technology Service provides mainly basic maintenance services in the area of information technology and communications.

We are still convinced that both the First Committee and the CD would benefit from such sharing of information.

Members of the Council were invited to take note of the information, as appropriate.

8 Based on information provided by the Economic Commission for Europe.

The secretariat also acts as a member of the GFIS Steering Committee.

Members of the Alliance for Global Business are Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG), and World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA).

In order not to be left behind, his Government had systematically taken the necessary measures, from establishing the Myanmar Computer Science Development Council to guide the incipient ICT industry to setting up the Myanmar Computer Science Federation to develop computer science in the country.

They take note of the information contained in your letter and welcome the intention expressed therein.

I am sure that all members of the Conference on Disarmament have taken note of your message.

The Commission relied on the Sixth Committee for advice from Governments and information on State practice, when that information was not readily available.

The ACC Information Systems Coordination Committee has created formal mechanisms for the exchange of information and sharing of experiences on the activities undertaken.

The Advisory Committee recommends approval of this proposal and trusts that those redeployments will not compromise information technology capacity and thereby lead to future additional requests for posts related to information technology.

Information Systems Management Supervisor, Identification Commission (P 4 one post)

Taking note also of Economic and Social Council resolution 2003 56, in which the Council invited the Commission to interact closely with the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force to promote greater information exchange and coordination of activities in the field of information and communication technologies in order to contribute to the World Summit on the Information Society,

(a) Training modules for planners and decision makers on the following (i) the importance of AISI (ii) developing African information content training modules for planners and (iii) how to utilize information and information technology to build competitiveness of African economies and society (1998)

On the basis of information provided, the Advisory Committee recommends approval of this post.

On the basis of information provided, the Committee recommends the approval of this post.

While some entities had made progress (for example, the Economic Commission for Africa had established an ITC committee), most offices needed to formalize operations, formulate ICT strategies and bring these in line with the global ITC strategy of the Secretariat.

The standards task force of the ICT Board continues to address ICT standards throughout the Secretariat.

All new information and communication technology initiatives throughout the Secretariat are reviewed by the Project Review Committee, which recommends to the Information and Communication Technology Board whether or not such initiatives should be approved.

Information and communication technologies for development report of the Second Committee (A 60 485)

Information and communication technologies for development report of the Second Committee (A 60 485)

The Supreme Council took cognizance of the conclusions of the ninth meeting of Information Ministers, held in November 1998, and approved the recommendations submitted concerning support and encouragement for joint information activities carried out by the information organs of Council States.

National initiatives include the United States Task Force on the National Information Infrastructure, the Danish INFO 2000 project, the Canadian Information Highway Advisory Council on the Information Society, consideration of the role of citizens in the European Information Society in the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom s Information Society Initiative.

The Committee takes note of the information received on the national Commission for Minors.

The Information Services Section of the UNCC secretariat was mindful of the importance of information security and consistently paid close attention to this matter.

The Global Information Infrastructure Commission, the OECD and the European Commission are analysing and discussing new ways to exploit the social and economic benefits of advanced ICTs.