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| INFOethics |
The development of digital technologies and their application in world-wide information networks are opening vast new opportunities for efficient access to and use of information by all societies. All nations can fully benefit from these opportunities on the condition that they meet the challenges posed by these information and communication technologies.
UNESCO's INFO-ethics Programme has for principal objective to reaffirm the importance of universal access to information in the public domain and to define ways in which it may be achieved and maintained in the Global Information Infrastructure. It aims to encourage international co-operation in the;
- promotion of the principles of equality, justice and mutual respect in the emerging Information Society;
- identification of major ethical issues in the production, access, dissemination, preservation and use of information in the electronic environment; and
- provision of assistance to Member States in the formulation of strategies and policies on these issues.
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| Cyberspace Law |
- Report to the Director General by the Experts meeting on Cyberspace Law, Monaco, 29-30 September 1998
- UNESCO Experts Meeting on Cyberspace Law, Monaco, 29-30 September 1998
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Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Legal Framework of Cyberspace,
8-10 September 1998, Seoul, Republic of Korea -
Recommendation (RTF)
UNESCO has sponsored the Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Legal
Framework of Cyberspace, organised by the Korean National Commission.
UNESCO has contributed to its organisation and was represented at the
meeting.
The recommendations of the meeting have been taken into account by the
Experts Meeting on Cyberspace Law.
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| UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society |
 The dramatic acceleration in the development and use of information and communication technologies has major repercussions on all aspects of the private and public life in all countries. This development is transforming the traditional ways of functioning of our contemporary societies and opening up new opportunities and challenges for all. This situation prompted UNESCO’s 186 Member States to mandate UNESCO to keep them abreast of these new ethical, legal and societal challenges by establishing a permanent international Observatory on the Information Society, thus facilitating debate and decision on appropriate national and international strategies.
The UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society Website
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| Management of Social Transformations (MOST) |
MOST is a research programme, designed by UNESCO, to promote international comparative social science research. Its primary emphasis is to support large-scale, long-term autonomous research and to transfer the relevant findings and data to decision-makers. MOST also publishes state of the art reports that assess existing information on specific topics. The overall long-term objective of MOST is to establish sustainable links between the scientific and policy communities and to emphasize the relevance of social science research for policy-formulation.
The MOST Website
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