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International Organizations and Y2K |
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Very serious efforts to assure the banking and monetary systems survive.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -
Cooperative efforts on Telecommunications
- Generic Year 2000 Project Plan, Generic Year 2000 Testing Checklist -
Networks
- IEE, Digital, Inmarsat, Alcatel,
IBM, AT&T
Corp., Bay Networks, Telefonica, Cable
and Wireless, FCC, ETIS AD 2000, Swisscom, UK
World Bank (IBRD) infoDev
- Year 2000 Initiative They offer grants to national governments for Y2K planning.
One of the best international link sites at Year 2000 Resources.
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and Year 2000 (Not much information at this site)
U.S. Department of Commerce Y2K
Outreach
European Commission
- Maintained by Directorate III of EC, many reports and links on the European situation.
Visit Member Countries
link to see more information on each country. the list below is to remind us which
countries are covered, and give a quick link to some information.
How the
European Union is tackling the Year 2000 Computer Problem (pdf)
United Nations: Year
2000 site
United Nations Development Program: Y2K problem and UN
- low awareness
- in China, only 8% of banks have already started Y2K projects, in Hong Kong 20%, in Korea
17%, in Malaysia 28% and in Singapore 33% (reference to 1997 Killen &
Associates report)
- A study projects 52% of the funds spent thus far occurred in North America, 28% in
Europe, 17% in Asia, 2% in Latin America, 1% in Africa and Middle East
- high costs ( see The
Financial Dimensions - from a May 1997 report at J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc)
- economic and financial crises
- shortage of programmers and technical assistance
United Nation United Nations
Strategy with Status Report on UN Agencies
- National security - Defense and intelligence services
- Communications - Telecommunications and data networks
- Emergency Services - Police, Ambulance and Fire
- Energy - Generation and supply
- Transport - Air, trains, traffic systems, mass transit systems
- Finance - Banking and trading
- Manufacturing - Supply chains and automated process control system
- Food Supply - Shipping storage and distribution
- Public health - Hospital equipment and systems
- Small and medium sized enterprises - Supply chains, manufacture and distribution
- Government Exchequer - Tax collection, customs and excise, and welfare payments
- Utilities - Water supply and waste management
International Labour Organization (ILO) - Addressing
Y2K at the ILO: Memo
International Maritime Organization (IMO) - Not on
their radar apparently.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a Y2K
site: NATO Y2K Home
World Health Organization (WHO) now has a Y2K Site
- The Third Meeting of the Intersessional
Group (ISG3) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, met 1-4 December 1998
in Yokohama, Japan. ISG3 considered the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer failure problem. Unless
properly addressed, the Y2K problem poses significant world-wide chemical safety problems.
Industry and governments should assume responsibilities for managing this issue to ensure
the safe operation of chemical installations.
- In order to identify problem areas related to the millennium bug and its possible effect
on chemical installations, the OECD's Working Group on Chemical Accidents - government and
industry experts responsible for chemical accident prevention, preparedness and response -
established the Electronic Information
Clearing House on Chemical Emergencies. The Clearing House will increase the flow of
information between government agencies, industry and others by providing material -
reports, web sites, etc. prepared by experts who have had experience dealing with the
issue - to those who are still struggling with the problem. It will also automatically
route enquiries and information about the millennium bug and hazardous installations to
designated contact points.
World Trade Organization (WTO) International Trade in
IT Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products (with list of categories). Global trade
expectations for 1998 and key players: international trade.
Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Y2K links
G8 Year 2000 More
country links.Below is their priority list.
- Internal Government Responsibilities
- Infrastructure: Defense, Public Utilities, Emergency Services, Telecommunications, Law
Enforcement, Transportation, Public Health, Emergency Communications
- Government Services: Service Continuity, Citizen Services (pensions, benefits, etc)
- Miscellaneous: Government and Private Sector Collaboration: Consumer Protection,
Business Impact, Data Exchange, Testing, Implementation, Contingency Planning, Business
Continuity, Risk Assessment, Alternatives, Human Resources, Resource Availability,
Retention, Compensation, Natural Resources, Legal Issues, Laws, Regulations, Rules,
Liability, Funding, Compliance
- External Government Responsibilities
- International Standards
- Data Exchange Testing Implementation
- International Safety Concerns: Nuclear Power, Air Traffic Control Systems, Defense
- International Commerce: Monetary Exchange Rates, Banking Trade Business Partnerships
- Economic Impact Business Management Tourism
- Emergency Communications
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Energy Agency: The Oil Industry and the Year 2000 Problem
International Association for Energy Economics: Energy Links
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
www.global2k.com - The Global 2000 Co-ordinating
Group consists of various members of the global financial community who have joined forces
in an effort to address the Year 2000 challenge. Global 2000's aim is to identify and
resource areas where co-ordinated initiatives will facilitate efforts by the global
financial community to improve the readiness of global financial institutions to meet the
challenges created by Year 2000 date change
http://www.kogas.or.kr/y2k_menu_e.htm
North Carolina Natural Gas http://www.ncng.com/y2k.htm
Process controls are the automated equipment including hardware and
software systems which run operational activities at our office buildings, compressor
stations, LNG Plant and City Gates. The Y2K Team has conducted a
comprehensive inventory of process control systems at the Company’s facilities.The
Company is conducting system compliance testing and any items which are determined
to be non-compliant will be corrected
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