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54. Expresses its appreciation to the Department of Public Information for
the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists from developing countries
and countries in transition, and calls for its further continuation along the lines of its
current implementation, while including a larger number of trainees from those
countries;
55. Emphasizes that all publications of the Department of Public
Information, in accordance with existing mandates, should fulfil an identifiable
need, should not duplicate other publications of the United Nations system and
should be produced in a cost-effective manner;
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56. Notes, while appreciating current efforts, that there is a need for the
Secretary-General to continue to develop proposals for the multilingual
development, maintenance and enrichment of the United Nations web site in order
to lead ultimately to achieving full parity among the official languages of the United
Nations, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the Committee on
Information at its twenty-fourth session;
57. Requests the Secretary-General in the meantime and until a decision has
been taken on the proposals to be submitted for the multilingual development,
maintenance and enrichment of the United Nations web site, to ensure, to the extent
possible, while maintaining an up-to-date and accurate web site, the equitable
distribution of financial and human resources within the Department of Public
Information allocated to the United Nations web site among all official languages on
a continuous basis;
58. Requests the Department of Public Information, as the manager of the
Organization’s web site, to take the lead in developing a proposal for the
establishment of one central Internet portal that will encompass all web sites of the
United Nations system, preferably through system-wide cooperation, and that will
allow for the search and retrieval of information from all web sites in the United
Nations system from one central search facility, and requests the Secretary-General
to report thereon to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session in the
context of his report on the reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of
public information and communications;
59. Stresses the importance of access to United Nations Treaty Collection
and United Nations parliamentary documentation for the public;
60. Commends the efforts of the Information Technology Services Division
of the Office of Central Support Services in ensuring that the required technological
infrastructure is in place to accommodate the imminent linkage of the Official
Document System to the United Nations web site;
61. Recognizes the far-reaching impact that the linking of the Official
Document System with the United Nations web site will have in furthering the goals
of the Organization by making all parliamentary documents in the six official
languages publicly available, and stresses that the integration of the Official
Document System with the United Nations web site will represent one of the steps
towards significantly enhancing the multilingual nature of the United Nations web
site and will lead to efficiencies in all Secretariat departments;
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