Early Warnings for All helps to reduce the vulnerability of Maldives Maldives is the first Asian country and first Small Island Developing State to initiate the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings...
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Early Warnings For All Initiative scaled up into action on the ground
People least responsible for climate change suffer most from extreme weather Early warnings are efficient and cost-effective form of climate adaptation New York, 21 March 2023 _ A global initiative...
WMO joins Emergency Alerting Call to Action
WMO has joined with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to issue a joint Call to Action to improve...
79 % des enfants en âge d’aller à l’école en Haïti n’ont pas accès à Internet chez eux, selon un nouveau rapport de l’UNICEF et de l’UIT
L’Union internationale des télécommunications et l’UNICEF exhortent les gouvernements à investir immédiatement pour combler la fracture numérique qui empêche actuellement les enfants et les jeunes...
How many children and young people have internet access at home? Estimating digital connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic
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...
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...
ITU Guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plans
ITU and ETC launch resources to assist countries in developing emergency plans TU launches new guidelines to assist countries develop national emergency telecommunication plans Conducting emergency...
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ITU-UNESCO Digital Inclusion Week for Arab States [EN/AR]
Activities to focus on the use of digital technologies to combat non-communicable diseases Cairo, 22 September 2019 – Non-communicable diseases (NDCs) including heart disease, stroke, cancer,...