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Friday, March 13, 2009

UNGIWG Secretariat has moved to UN-SPIDER Office in Bonn

Lóránt Czarán, Head of the UN-SPIDER Office in Bonn (middle) with Digital Earth's Secretary General Prof Gua Huadong (l) and Prof. Bas Kok, President of GSDI (r). Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2008

From our daily mail. Prof. Dr. Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director of GSDI Association informed us on the following news related to UNGIWG:
"For your information, UNGIWG has formed a new partners list for its UN-SDI and related initiatives. GSDI is a formal partner.
The UNGIWG Secretariat has now moved to Bonn and is supported by Lóránt Czárán - Head, UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER Bonn Office, Czaran@unoosa.org. The new co-chairs are David Stevens, UNOOSA and Andre Nonguierma, UNECA."