Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on Its 7th Session and Provisional Agenda and Dates for Its 8th Session

E/DEC/2018/225View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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2018	E/DEC/2018/225	Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its 7th session and provisional agenda and dates for its 8th session	284	73%Compare
2017	E/DEC/2017/225	Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its 6th session and provisional agenda and dates for its 7th session	271	71%Compare
2016	E/DEC/2016/221	Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its 5th session and provisional agenda and dates for its 6th session	251	–

20 operative paragraphs

At its 19th plenary meeting, on 18 April 2018, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its seventh session;20

(b) Decided that the eighth session of the Committee of Experts would be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 to 3 August 2018;

19 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2018, Supplement No. 25 (E/2018/45).

20 Ibid., 2017, Supplement No. 26 (E/2017/46).

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Strengthening geospatial information management.

Contribution of regional committees and thematic groups to the global geospatial information agenda.

Global geodetic reference frame.

Determination of global fundamental geospatial data themes.

Trends in national institutional arrangements in global geospatial information management.

Legal and policy frameworks, including issues related to authoritative data.

Implementation and adoption of standards for the global geospatial information community.

Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information.

Application of geospatial information related to land administration and management.

Geospatial information for sustainable development.

Geospatial information and services for disasters.

Marine geospatial information.

National geospatial data and information systems.

Strengthening collaboration with the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.

Review of United Nations activities in geospatial information management.

Programme management report.

Provisional agenda and dates for the ninth session of the Committee of Experts.

Report of the Committee of Experts on its eighth session.