The Eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic conference for Asis and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP)
Bangkok, Thailand, 26-29 October 2009
The theme of the eighteenth conference is "Spatial Enablement and the Response to Climate Change and the Millennium Development Goals". In February 1948, the Economic and Social Council recommended that Governments of Member States stimulate surveying and mapping of their national territories and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations take appropriate action to further such efforts. A Committee of Experts on Cartography was appointed by the Secretary General to study the problem and advise upon the means of its implementation. The first meeting of the committee of experts on cartography was held in 1955.
The current Conference would bring together specialists from Asia and the Pacific and other parts of the world, and provide an opportunity to review and assess how well geographic information can be used in dealing with critical issues such as spatial enablement and responses to climate change. It would also give an opportunity to identify the impediments and barriers that still exist, with a view to suggesting appropriate solutions in order to overcome them.
For information and documents please visit:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/METHODS/CARTOG/unrccap.htm