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ICT News and Announcements

27 February 2024


Vara Permall
Data Management, Results Monitoring and Reporting Officer
United Nations Resident Coordinator Office

23 February 2024


Sarah Weiler
Research Intern
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

21 February 2024


Mariana Mihailescu
Strategic Planning Officer
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

16 February 2024


Christine Bradley
Chief of Section
Countering Terrorist Travel, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

14 February 2024


Isaure Villette
Data Management Specialist
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

12 February 2024


Mahdokht Hafezi
Public Information Assistant
United Nations Information Centre in Tehran

09 February 2024


Helen Clarissa Schlüter
Business Analyst
Regional Service Centre Entebbe, Department of Operational Support

07 February 2024


Shekofa Ghoury
Information Systems Assistant
Field Technology Section, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

05 February 2024


Clarissa Jazmin Rios Rojas
Political Affairs Officer
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

02 February 2024


Zuzanna Lukaszczyk
Chief Information Management Unit
Division of Partnerships and Specialized Support, Department of Safety and Security

31 January 2024


Sajana Joshi
CRM Business Analyst
Enterprise Solutions Service, Office of Information and Communications Technology

29 January 2024


Patricia Pantoja
Administrative Assistant
Enterprise Programme Management Section, Office of Information and Communications Technology

26 January 2024


Soomi Ro
Director
Division of Administration, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

24 January 2024


Irina Ioana Salanta
Information Security Officer
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria, United Nations Office at Geneva

22 January 2024


Maryam Ibrahim
Information Management Officer
Information Management Unit, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs, Nigeria

18 January 2024


Julianne Natukunda
ICT Senior Analyst
Field Technology Services, United Nations Support Office in Somalia

17 January 2024


Lucianna Floriano Goncalves
Assistant Data Analyst
Emergency Response Section, Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

15 January 2024


Perla Xochitl Bernal Avila
Data Science Specialist
Centre of Excellence, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

12 January 2024


Margarita Yordanova
Information and Evidence Officer
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism - Syria, United Nations Office at Geneva

10 January 2024


Hawnaz Mohammed
Information Management Officer
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism, United Nations Office at Geneva

30 October 2017

Imagine you’re on a conference call with colleagues and need to access an important file, however, you’re not at your workstation. No need to worry, with OneDrive for Business you can access your files from anywhere on any connected device.

30 October 2017

Senior managers should be able to access reliable up-to-date information in one easy-to-use tool to make more informed decisions. To that end, the Department of Management’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) has launched over 55 easy-to-use management dashboards on the Unite Analytics platform.

22 June 2017

NEW YORK, 22 June (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced today that Data for Democracy (D4D) has won the Unite Ideas Internal Displacement Event Tagging and Extraction Clustering Tool (#IDETECT) data challenge.

31 January 2017

NEW YORK, 31 January (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — Mr. Jonas Hörsch, a doctoral student in physics at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, is the winner of the Unite Ideas #SE4All MathProg Challenge. Mr.

30 December 2016

Take a look at the 2016 interactive timeline to get an idea of what the UN's dedicated ICT professionals accomplished together in this third year of the ICT strategy.

With commitment, dedication, and hard work, we are transforming information and communications technology (ICT) in the United Nations. Following are just some of the major accomplishments of 2016:

15 March 2016

NEW YORK, 15 March (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced today that Abdulqadir Rashik has won the Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge. Mr.

10 March 2016

10 March 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) represented by its Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director, Mr. Nikhil Seth, and the United Nations Secretariat Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN OICT) represented by the Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer, Ms.

28 December 2015

Take a look at the 2015 interactive timeline to get an idea of what the UN's dedicated ICT professionals accomplished together in this third year of the ICT strategy.

With commitment, dedication, and hard work, we are transforming information and communications technology (ICT) in the United Nations. Following are just some of the major accomplishments of 2015:

13 February 2015

The General Assembly (A/RES/69/262) endorsed the United Nations Revised Information and Communications Technology Strategy (A/69/517).

23 December 2014

The growing field of data analytics, from simple information gathering to highly sophisticated sensor technology, promises to deliver solutions that will facilitate the work of the United Nations. Coupled with the increasing availability of free and open source software and Open Data, we are presented with a wonderful opportunity to proactively engage with external partners.