Information and Communication Technology for Peace The Role of ICT in Preventing Responding to and Recovering From Conflict 1st Edition by Kofi Annan, Micheline Calmy Rey, Daniel Stauffacher, William Drake, Paul Currion, Julia Steinberger ISBN 9211045568 9789211045567

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Authors:Daniel Stauffacher; United Nations: Information; Communication Technologies Task Force; United Nations Ict Task Force , Series:IT & Computer [362] , Tags:Business & Economics; Industries; Computers & Information Technology; Political Science; Peace; Information And Communication Technology for Peace: The Role of Ict in Preventing; Responding to And Recovering from Conflict , Author sort:Stauffacher, Daniel & Information, United Nations: & Force, Communication Technologies Task & Force, United Nations Ict Task , Ids:Google; 9789211045567 , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Mar 2005 , Publisher:United Nations ICT Task Force , Comments:Comments:This report aims to answer the following question: do ICTs have a special role in promoting peace? The examples of ICT use in warfare are well-known: propaganda, intelligence, communications and ICT-enabled weapons systems. But can ICTs be used in other ways, by other actors, to diffuse a situation leading to conflict, help end a conflict, or allow the stabilisation of a post-conflict situation?