Editing Kofi Annan (section)

==== United Nations Information Technology Service ====

Within the ''We the Peoples'' document, Annan suggested the establishment of a United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS), a consortium of high-tech volunteer corps, including [[NetCorps]] Canada and Net Corps America, which [[United Nations Volunteers]] (UNV) would coordinate. In the "Report of the high-level panel of experts on information and communication technology",<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/docs/2000/e2000-55.pdf |title=Report of the high-level panel of experts on information and communication technology |publisher=United Nations |date=22 May 2000 |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716184311/http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/docs/2000/e2000-55.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> suggesting a [[UN ICT Task Force]], the panel welcomed the establishment of UNITeS. It made suggestions on its configuration and implementation strategy, including that ICT4D [[volunteering]] opportunities make mobilising "national human resources" (local ICT experts) within developing countries a priority for both men and women. The initiative was launched at the UNV and was active from February 2001 to February 2005. Initiative staff and volunteers participated in the [[World Summit on the Information Society]] (WSIS) in Geneva in December 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unites.org/|title=UNITeS|access-date=9 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831085541/http://www.unites.org/|archive-date=31 August 2004}}</ref>