GENEVA PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES,

SECOND PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT OPENS IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

TO BE HELD FROM 17 TO 28 FEBRUARY IN GENEVA

Press Conference to Include Information Society Visionaries

(Reissued as received.)

ENHANCED VERSION OF UN BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

NOW AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library today announced the launch of an enhanced version of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet).

UNBISnet may be accessed directly at http://unbisnet.un.org or by selecting the link on the Library’s home page http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl.

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES;

ANNOUNCES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND ‘BEIRUT INITIATIVE’

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2003 TRAINING CYCLE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO BEGIN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 FEBRUARY

UNITED NATIONS AND SWEDEN AGREE ON MEASURES TO PRESERVE

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

The United Nations and Sweden have entered into an agreement for the restoration, preservation, and archiving of the historical material relating to Dag Hammarskjöld's tenure as United Nations Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961.  The agreement was signed today at a ceremony at United Nations Headquarters in

GLOBALIZATION UNEASE PUSHES ITS WAY TO TOP OF AGENDA

AT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GOVERNANCE

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT HEADQUARTERS 6 DECEMBER;

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