UNGIS

The tenth meeting of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) comprised of a substantive session that took place on the 13 May 2013 (11a.m. to 12 p.m. room E at ITU Headquarters), and the working level meeting took place on 14 May 2013 (11.00 a.m. to 1 p.m., room E at ITU Headquarters).

The UNGIS substantive session concluded with the endorsement of an UNGIS Joint Statement as a contribution to the Post-2015 Development Agenda Process. This UNGIS statement will be submitted to the United Nations Secretary-General and the UN Task Team. The tenth UNGIS working level meeting provide an opportunity to advance the Group’s objectives of the coordination of substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations system in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

At the WSIS Forum 2013 an UNGIS Joint Statement on the Post-2015 Development Agenda was released. This statement is a collective contribution by 30 UN Agencies (UNGIS Members) to the dialogue on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

In keeping with its mandate to promote policy coherence and programme coordination in the UN system, as well as provide guidance on issues related to information and communications technologies (ICTs) in support of internationally agreed development goals, the 30 members of the UN Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) will respectfully submit a joint statement to the UN Secretary General and the UN Task Team. The statement is a collective contribution to the dialogue on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, a unified effort to harness inter-agency expertise and experience to support deliberations on Post-2015 priorities, and a united commitment to a UN community poised to address development challenges in the 21st century.