Within the United Nations framework of the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) serves as the focal point for trade facilitation recommendations and electronic business standards, covering both commercial and government business processes that can foster growth in international trade and related services. In this context, the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) was established, as a subsidiary, intergovernmental body of the UNECE Committee on Trade, mandated to develop a programme of work of global relevance to achieve improved worldwide coordination and cooperation in these areas.
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19 January 2012: " UN/CEFACT has approved publication of the UN/CEFACT Core Components Data Type Catalogue Version 3.1. Read more...
28 October: UN/CEFACT has approved publication of UN/CEFACT UMM Foundation Module Version 2.0 and UMM Base Module Version 2.0. Read more...
20 October: The Bureau has approved the UN/CEFACT Context Methodology (UCM) for implementation verification (ODP step 6). The implementation verification cycle is open until 14 January 2012. Comments should be sent to the Project Leader and Project Editor. The following zip file, containing a readme.txt file, is available on-line. Please click here.
