Internet

Governments are installing the Internet, but not using it much - UN study

4 November 2003
About 91 per cent of Member States are installing and using Internet services, but "online government" has raised questions of cost-effectiveness in developed and developing countries, according to a United Nations study released today.

UN agency agrees to new standards to reduce costs in cyberspace

18 August 2003
In a bid to reduce capital and operational costs in cyberspace, the United Nations telecommunications agency has approved a set of standards that will allow greater interoperability between different network elements, reducing the need for extra investment.

UN forum to examine media’s role in Internet age

29 July 2003
Media leaders and policy makers from around the globe will convene in a landmark meeting to be broadcast worldwide from Geneva this December to discuss the role of the media in the information society as well as in issues ranging from violence to development.
Mark Malloch Brown

UN agency signs new agreement to support 'democratic' Internet in poor States

14 August 2001
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed an agreement with a global world wide web initiative to support the adoption of a framework for an open and democratic Internet in developing countries.
Kenzo Oshima

UN to open Asian office of Internet clearinghouse for emergency, disaster information

14 August 2001
The top United Nations official in charge of humanitarian affairs will open the Asian office of ReliefWeb, the world body's electronic clearinghouse for information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.