Full Title: UN STATCOM – 2011 Report on Global Geospatial Information Management
Author: UN Secretary General
Date: 18 December 2010

The report provides an overview on activities in the field of geospatial information management and outlines the findings of the second preparatory meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management, held in New York in May 2010. It, furthermore, reports on the mandate of the Economic and Social Council for the work on global geospatial information management and the subsequent preparation of a draft mission statement and terms of reference for the Committee of Experts. The report also describes planned activities for 2011, in particular the first United Nations Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management, to be held in Seoul in October 2011.