Two thirds of the world’s school-age children have no internet access at home, new UNICEF-ITU report says The International Telecommunication Union and UNICEF call for urgent investment to bridge a...
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Déclaration conjointe sur la protection des données et le respect de la vie privée dans le cadre de la riposte à la COVID-19
L’ONU, l’OIM, l’UIT, l’OCHA, le HCDH, le PNUD, le PNUE, l’UNESCO, le HCR, l’UNICEF, l’UNOPS, l’UPU, les Volontaires des Nations Unies, ONU-Femmes, le PAM et l’OMS sont favorables à l’adoption de la...
Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the COVID-19 Response
The United Nations, IOM, ITU, OCHA, OHCHR, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS, UPU, UN Volunteers, UN Women, WFP and WHO support the adoption of the following joint statement, in line with the...
Gestión de la infodemia sobre la COVID-19: Promover comportamientos saludables y mitigar los daños derivados de la información incorrecta y falsa
Declaración conjunta de la OMS, las Naciones Unidas, el UNICEF, el PNUD, la UNESCO, ONUSIDA, la UIT, la iniciativa Pulso Mundial de las Naciones Unidas y la Federación Internacional Sociedades de la...
COVID-19 pandemic: countries urged to take stronger action to stop spread of harmful information
New York, 23 September 2020 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the UN, specialised agencies and partners today called on countries to develop and implement action plans to promote...
COVID-19: se insta a los países a tomar medidas más contundentes para detener la difusión de información dañina
Declaración conjunta de la OMS, ONU, UNICEF, PNUD, UNESCO, ONUSIDA, UIT, ONU Global Pulse e IFRC Manejo de la infodemia de COVID-19: promoción de comportamientos saludables y mitigación del daño de...
Gestion de l’infodémie sur la COVID-19 : Promouvoir des comportements sains et atténuer les effets néfastes de la diffusion d’informations fausses et trompeuses
Déclaration conjointe de l’OMS, des Nations Unies, de l’UNICEF, du PNUD, de l’UNESCO, de l’ONUSIDA, de l’UIT, de l’initiative Global Pulse et de la FICR 23 septembre 2020 La maladie à coronavirus...
Managing the COVID-19 infodemic: Promoting healthy behaviours and mitigating the harm from misinformation and disinformation [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
Joint statement by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the first pandemic in history in which technology and social media are...
Women, ICT and emergency telecommunications: opportunities and constraints
Introduction Disasters are the result of events that overwhelm local response capacity and impact social and economic development. Humanitarian response sets out to save lives and alleviate suffering...
Ericsson and UNICEF launch global partnership to map school internet connectivity
Three-year initiative to identify connectivity gaps in 35 countries is a critical first step in connecting every school to the internet **NEW YORK/STOCKHOLM, 26 August 2020 **– Ericsson (NASDAQ:...
The World Bank, WEF, GSMA and ITU Mobilized in the Fight Against COVID-19
Partners discussed a set of concrete actions to help governments and private sector cope with the pandemic. WASHINGTON, APRIL 21, 2020 — During a high-level dialogue, Finance and ICT ministers, ICT...
Déclaration conjointe de l’UIT et de l’OMS : Exploiter les technologies de l’information pour venir à bout de la COVID-19
L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé et l’Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT), avec le soutien de l’UNICEF, sont prêtes à collaborer avec des entreprises de télécommunication pour...
ITU-WHO joint statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19
The World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with support from UNICEF are set to work with telecommunication companies to text people directly on their mobile phones...
ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao’s statement on the launch of a global platform to help protect telecommunication networks during the COVID-19 crisis
New platform will assist governments and the private sector in ensuring that networks are kept resilient and telecommunication services are available to all Geneva, 23 March 2020 Never before have...
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ITU launches "Ebola-Info-Sharing" mobile application
Mobile apps are critical emergency telecommunications component responding to epidemics Geneva, 19 December 2014 – ITU has launched a free mobile Application to be used in the campaign against the...
ITU, GSMA and Internet Society unite in fight against Ebola
Busan, 3 November 2014 – At the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the GSMA and the Internet Society (ISOC), announced that they are joining...
ITU deploys satellite communications to prepare for hurricane in Haiti
High-speed data capability to assist in applying telemedicine and overall humanitarian effort Geneva, 5 November 2010 - ITU has dispatched thirty broadband satellite terminals to Haiti as the country...