Mandate and Terms of Reference of the Advisory Group on Advanced Technologies in Trade and Logistics United Nations United Nations 8 April 2019en

At the Hangzhou Forum of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) in October 2018, the establishment of an Advisory Group was proposed to advise and support the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Secretariat and UN/CEFACT on advanced technologies in the international supply chain. The technologies in question include blockchain

In this paper, the term blockchain refers to/includes all Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT).

, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Application Programming Interfaces (API) - the most recent areas of rapid development in trade facilitation and electronic business.

Document ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/22/Rev.1 is submitted by the UN/CEFACT Bureau to the twenty-fifth session of the Plenary for decision.

published2019 United Nations recommendationCentre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic BusinessGeneral25Geneva, 8-9 April 20198 of the provisional agendaUnited Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) structuremandateterms of reference and proceduresECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/22/Rev.1