ECOSOC Adopts Resolution to Strengthen UN-GGIM and its Institutional Arrangements on Geospatial Information Management
On 27 July 2016, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a draft resolution (E/2016/L.28) to strengthen the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and the Council’s institutional arrangements on geospatial information management. more...
DELFT Meeting of the UN-GGIM Expert Group on Land Administration Management, March 14 & 15, 2017, delft, NETHERLANDS
The two-day meeting of UN-GGIM Expert Group on Land Administration and Management was attended by 20 expert representatives and 3 observers from 11 Member States, 3 UN System entities and 3 international organisation. This expert group meeting was hosted by the Government of the Netherlands through Kadaster International of the Netherlands. more...
Kunming Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management, 10 - 12 May 2017, Kunming, Yunnan, China
The United Nations Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as the Secretariat of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in collaboration with the Government of China through the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, will jointly organise the Kunming Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management with the overarching theme “Cities of the Future: Smart, Resilient and Sustainable” from 10 – 12 May 2017 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. more...
Second Expert Group Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information, 8 - 10 May 2017, Kunming, Yunnan, China
The Second Expert Group Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information (IAEG-SDGs: WGGI) is hosted by the Government of China through the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China in Kunming, Yunnan, China from 8 – 10 May 2017. This 2nd EGM of IAEG-SDGs: WGGI is as a major side event of the Kunming Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management and all attendees are encouraged to stay on to participate and contribute to the Forum with the overarching theme “Cities of the Future: Smart, Resilient, Sustainable”. more...
First Expert Group Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information, 12 - 14 December, Mexico City
The First Expert Group Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information was hosted by Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) as its premises in Ciudad de México... more...
UN-GGIM INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND FIFTH UN-GGIM-AP PLENARY MEETING, 16-20 OCTOBER 2016, KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), in collaboration with the Government of Malaysia, through the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM), jointly organised and hosted the UN-GGIM International Forum on Policy and Legal Frameworks for Geospatial Information，in conjunction with the Fifth UN-GGIM-AP Plenary Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 16-20 October 2016. more...
Sixth SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, 1-5 AUGUST 2016, NEW YORK
The Sixth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was held from 1-5 August 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. more...
Other Decisions
- ECOSOC - Resolution 2010/240 entitled Global geographic information management
- UNRCC-AP - Resolution VII: Global geographic information management
- UN STATCOM - Statistical Commission decision 41/110: Global geographic information management
- 2010 UN STATCOM - Discussion paper on Global Geospatial Information Management
- 2011 UN STATCOM - Report on Global Geospatial Information Management
- CODIST resolution on GGIM
- ISO/TC 211 resolutions on GGIM
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