huridocs-tech Consultation: NGOs & Y2K Preparedness

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                          Consultation:

               NGO & Community-Based Participation
                               in
          Public Awareness and Contingency Preparations
                             for the
             "Y2K" Millennium Bug / Computer Crisis


                 1999.04.15 - Thursday 15 April
                          11 am - 1 pm
                        Conference Room B
            United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY

*  What role can international, national and local NGO
networks play in an effective mobilization in support of
international community preparedness - especially in
developing countries and Eastern & Central Europe - for the
potential impacts of the Y2K "Millennium Bug"?

*  What are the risks faced by local communities, towns and
cities & environment, human health, social and economic
impacts of possible simultaneous breakdown of public
utilities / infrastructure, energy, transportation &
communications systems, food & freshwater supplies, nuclear
reactors & weapons systems, etc.?

*  What tools, resources, preparations and partnerships
would be needed to enable an effective preventive and
remediative response?

*  Should World Bank (InfoDev) funds be made available to
existing NGO networks in support of NGO initiatives to
strengthen community-based preparations for potential Y2K
disasters?

*  Can the ECE Aarhus Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to
Justice in Environmental Matters - in conjunction with the
Precautionary Principle of the Rio Declaration - support
public access to timely and accurate information relating to
Y2K - especially as they relate to risks to the environment?

Presenters / Resource People:

     Steven Trevino - International Y2K Coordination Center

     Hanifa Mezoui - NGO Section, Department of Economic &
     Social Affairs

     Robert Pollard- Information Habitat: Where Information
     Lives, Moderator


           Ad Hoc NGO Working Group on the Y2K Crisis

           for more information, phone 1.212.963.5081 email:
           infohabitat@igc.apc.org web: www.y2k3states.org





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