UNESCO:
New programme for its activities in the area of information

UNESCO is creating a new programme for contributing to a just and free information society with universal benefit. UNESCO's Member States wish that the new programme, which will replace the General Information Programme (PGI) and the Intergovernmental Informatics Programme, promote free and universal access to information which individuals need to participate equitably in the global information society.

The programme should also provide an appropriate framework for the preservation and global sharing of information and knowledge and is thus of particular relevance to the archives and library community.

Information experts are invited to submit suggestions as to the scope and activities of the new programme as well as to its name at: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/future/index.shtml

Axel Plathe, Information and Informatics Division – UNESCO
1, rue Miollis, F-75015 Paris
Tel.: +33.1.45.68.44.67, Fax: +33.1.45.68.55.83
URL: http://www.unesco.org/webworld