Co-operation
between FIG and the United Nations Agencies
Prof. Ian Williamson, Director, United Nations
Liaison, International Federation of Surveyors
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Abstract
The presentation is based on the report on recent activities
between FIG and the United Nations given to the FIG General Assembly
by the Director, FIG / UN Liaison in Seoul, May 2001.
The General Assembly confirmed the FIG policy with the United
Nations and its agencies at its meeting in Prague, 2000. The main
joint projects and activities were discussed previously with the
different UN partners at a round table during the UN/FIG Conference in
Melbourne in 1999. They are also recorded in the FIG publication
"Co-operation between FIG and the UN Agencies 2000-2003".
This co-operation includes a close relationship to UN/DESA, UNCHS
(Habitat), UNFAO, WTO, UNESCO and The World Bank. It further covers
co-operation with regional offices like the Economic Commission for
Africa, the Economic Commission for Europe (especially its Working
Party on Land Administration, WPLA) and UNCHS Branch offices and
activities like UN Regional Cartographic Conferences.
The co-operation is coordinated through Prof. Ian Williamson,
Director, FIG/UN Liaison, but the responsibilities are shared between
several actors, especially input from the Commissions has increased
remarkably during the past two years.
CONTACT
Prof. Ian Williamson
Director, United Nations Liaison, International Federation of
Surveyors
Professor of Surveying and Land Information
The University of Melbourne
Department of Geomatics
Parkville
Victoria 3052
AUSTRALIA
Tel. + 61 3 9344 4431
Fax + 61 3 9347 4128
E-mail: ianpw@unimelb.edu.au
22 March 2001
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