The need to harmonize and improve United Nations informatics systems for optimal utilization and accessibility by all States

Requests the President of the Economic and Social Council to convene the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics for one more year to enable it to carry out, from within existing resources, its work of facilitating the successful implementation of the initiatives being taken by the Secretary-General with regard to the use of information technology and of continuing the implementation of measures required to achieve its objectives, and, in this regard, requests the Working Group to continue its efforts in order to act as a bridge between the evolving needs of Member States and the actions of the Secretariat; supports the efforts of the Working Group to keep intact the network of national focal points established in connection with the year 2000 problem as a vehicle for the diffusion of best practices and lessons learned; requests the Secretary-General to extend full cooperation to the Working Group and to give priority to implementing its recommendations; also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council at its substantive session of 2004.

Adopted without vote, 47th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2003, New York, 15, 28, 30 and 31 Jan. 2003; resumed organizational session for 2003, New York, 5 and 25 March, 29 April, 1 and 27 May and 24 June 2002; substantive session of 2003, Geneva, 30 June-25 July 2003; resumed substantive session of 2003, New York, 22 Aug., 31 Oct. and 19 Dec. 2003 - E/2003/99 - p. 76-77 - (ESCOR, 2003, Suppl. no. 1).