Following one of the main recommendations contained in the
report entitled "A World That Counts" , presented in November
2014 by the United Nations Secretary-General's Independent
Expert and Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable
Development, the Statistical Commission agreed that a United
Nations World Data Forum on Sustainable Development Data (UN
World Data Forum) would be the suitable platform for
intensifying cooperation with various professional groups, such
as information technology, geospatial information managers, data
scientists, and users, as well as civil society stakeholders.
