Serious concern was expressed however that mergers between influential actors in the Internet arena with content owners could threaten diversity, and thereby the ability of creators in the LDCs to reach out worldwide.

The production of local content requires that owners or originators have the incentives and resources to create, adapt or exchange such content.

The incumbent of the proposed post would assist and coordinate maintenance and user training and support of various DPKO/DFS information management databases, tools and resources developed in support of the DPKO/DFS information management strategy, as follows: (a) Intranet content maintenance and updating through coordination with, and support to the DPKO/DFS content owners in maintaining current and publishing new office and programme support content; (b) maintenance of peacekeeping policy and practice database (review and carry out quality control of the cataloguing of information on new guidance; upload new guidance to the database; generate monthly and ad hoc reports of database activity); (c) maintenance of the database for the glossary of peacekeeping terms (conduct quality control of information added to ensure consistency of terminology and compliance with United Nations editorial guidelines; add new entries to include new terminology approved in the policy and guidance process); (d) support of the peacekeeping electronic research package (coordination with Dag Hammarskjöld Library of field users login profiles; provision of user support on database searching; provision of troubleshooting support to Headquarters and field users); (e) assistance with training on information management tools, including the integrated operating teams collaboration websites, and the file classification scheme; and (f) technical support of the information management resources, including the peace operations Intranet, Glossary of the peacekeeping terms and the peacekeeping electronic research package; and databases, including the policy and practice database and the peace agreements database.