THIRD PREPARATORY SESSION FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

MEETS IN GENEVA, 15-26 SEPTEMBER

Draft Declaration, Action Plan to Be Focus of Negotiations

ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

OF UN TASK FORCE MEETING IN GENEVA, 12 – 13 SEPTEMBER

The role of information technology in education and development will be the central topic of the fifth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, to be held on 12 and 13 September at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.

DIGITAL DIASPORA NETWORK FOR LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

TO BE LAUNCHED ON 5 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 3 September -- Representatives of leading technology companies, global banks and non-profit organizations will address the digital divide in Latin America and the Caribbean and explore ways to bridge it at a conference on

UN 2001 YEARBOOK PUBLISHED, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT

OF ORGANIZATION’S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL PROBLEMS

ROLE OF MEDIA IN INTERNET AGE FOCUS OF WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 9–11 DECEMBER

Organized by UN, Switzerland, European

Broadcasting Union as Part of World Summit on Information Society

United Nations Cartographic Conference for Asia and Pacific CONCLUDES IN Okinawa

(Delayed in transmission.)

DPI/UNITAR WORKSHOP ON WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT, UN INTERNET RESOURCES

TO BE HELD 7 - 11 JULY, FOR MEMBERS OF PERMANENT MISSIONS

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF WIRELESS INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

EXPLORED AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

SEMINAR ON POLICY AWARENESS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 27 JUNE

The ongoing series of Seminars on Policy Awareness and Training in Information Technology will continue on Friday, 27 June 2003, at 10 a.m., in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber, with the fifth module on “Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology”.

UNITED NATIONS VIDEO TEAM WINS ‘BEST POLITICAL STORY’ AWARD