WondrousWiredWorld of the United Nations: a cyber sampling.A Cyber Sampling Your 96 by now dog-eared :-) pages of the latest issue of the UN Chronicles "dead-tree edition" can hold only so much information. Despite a close reading, you find you still don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. all the details behind the Secretary-General's most recent recommendations on the refugee crisis in the Great Lakes region The Great Lakes region can refer to:
The United Nations system's Web Site on the "I-way" - with its broad coverage of every UN issue, continuous updating, important databases, and thousands of documents, reports and publications - is a tremendous tool. And it's all free. Herewith here·with adv. 1. Along with this. 2. By this means; hereby. herewith Adverb Formal together with this: , an offering of just a few of the hundreds of pages you can visit. It starts at the newly redesigned Homepage of the United Nations system. The UN HomePage (http://www.un.org) serves as a one-stop clearing house for information, where you can find not only basic facts on the United Nations system, but also schedules for upcoming conferences and events, the latest UN news, speeches, documents, publications, photos and more. You can explore important general themes: peace and security; international law; humanitarian affairs; human rights; and economic and social development. Developed and maintained by the Department of Public Information (DPI), with technical cooperation from the Information Technology Services Division of the Office of Conference and Support Services, the UN Homepage has quickly become a universally accessible source of news and information about every aspect of the work of the world Organization. The DPI database on the Net is the largest electronic database within the United Nations system. A popular Web Site, the Homepage was receiving some 1 million "hits" a week by the end of February 1997. The UN Homepage also has a number of subpages in English or French, including some now available in Spanish. These link up to a host of other UN sites. Or, if you have neither the time nor the inclination to "browse", here's a useful Search engine to help find your way through the maze of information available to the public. * UN News covers breaking events. Following links on this page, you can read the latest UN daily highlights, press releases, fact sheets and periodicals. * Conferences and Events is where to go to download a calendar of UN meetings or to link up to other sites that cover such important global conferences as the recent Habitat II meeting. * UN Documents is an electronic collection of official UN documents, updated daily with major reports and resolutions. * Databases leads you to the latest statistics collected by the UN Statistical Division, information about international treaties or the UN in Action Video Catalogue. * General Information - the name says it all. But in addition to offering a wealth of basic information on UN activities and mandates, this subpage also delivers great educational support. The United Nations CyberSchoolBus page offers informative games, activities and teaching aids designed to engage and educate, providing teachers and students with the materials they need to learn about global issues. Departing from http://www. un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus, this site makes learning about the world entertainment for children of all ages. * For more scholarly electronic research, there is the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library (http://www. un.org/Depts/dhl). Besides giving users online information about services, collections, databases, publications and reference guides, the Library's subpage has a database for identifying major UN documents. A simple search on UN Info Quest (UN-I-QUE) for reports of the Commission on Human Rights produces a complete listing of symbols for all its sessional reports from 1947 to he present! The subpage even contains a list of over 350 UN depository libraries. Other impressive on-line libraries are available through the Web Sites of the various United Nations specialized agencies and programmes. * The UN/NGO Link should be considered indispensable for anyone wanting to find how the United Nations works with such humanitarian agencies as the International Committee for the Red Cross. The site allows a visitor to link up to any number of outside NGOs. * ReliefWeb (http://www. reliefweb.int) is a United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs project to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely dissemination of reliable information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response. Updated twice daily, it provides a wide array of sources, open architecture (upwards and downwards compatible with legacy and future software), easy navigation (well-organized), multi-language support, and multi-platform compatibility. UN Around the World (http://www. un.org/-aroundworld) - For a WhirlWindWeb tour d'horizon, click on to the World Map of UN Web Sites and access UN offices, agencies and organizations. From the United Nations Office at Geneva The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the second-biggest of the four major office sites of the United Nations (second to New York). It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in site, you can link up with the Offices of the High Commissioners for Refugees or for Human Rights, look into the most recent activities of the Conference on Disarmament Conference on Disarmament (CD) is a multilateral disarmament negotiating forum. Established in 1979, the Conference succeeded the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1960), the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1962-68) and the Conference of the Committee on , or research the latest initiatives regarding guinea worm disease at the World Health Organization. Browse the United Nations Office at Vienna The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major UN office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, Austria, and is part of the Vienna International Centre, a cluster of several major international for the latest news on illegal drags, crime and justice issues, international trade law issues or the International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency: see Atomic Energy Agency, International. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Interested in development economics? Visit the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., or the United Nations Development Programme in New York. If you are researching nutrition programmes in Sierra Leone, go to the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Studying efforts to address the psychological and health effects of conflict on children? The United Nations Children's Fund United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an affiliated agency of the United Nations. It was established in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. in New York has a powerful subsite devoted just to this issue. All these and more can be accessed directly from the World Map. Faster access can be had through a convenient alphabetical list of United Nations agencies and departments located at the Official Website Locator for the UN System of Organizations (http://www.unsystem.org/indexg.html). This has been just a small cross section of the Web offerings of the United Nations system. Before you start your own exploring - and it is an adventure - one last thought: when you surf the Net To browse the Internet. The most common Internet browsing today is done on the Web. Before the Web, the Internet was "surfed" via Archie, Gopher, WAIS and other search facilities. See surfing and how to access the Internet. , remember that "all roads lead to Rome". There is always more than one route to the information you need. UN cyberspace sizzles. The United Nations Around the World: Selected CyberSites UN Homepage: www.un.org Executive Office of the Secretary-General: www.un.org/Docs/SG Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General: www.un.org/News/ossg UN News: www.un.org/News Peace and Security: www.un.org/peace International Law: www.un.org/law Humanitarian Affairs: www.un.org/ha Human Rights: www.un.org/rights Economic and Social Development: www.un.org/ecosocdev WomenWatch: UN Working for Women: www.un.org/womenwatch/un.htm UN Databases: www.un.org/databases UN Departments and Offices: www.un.org/Depts Department of Humanitarian Affairs: www.un.org/Depts/dha Department of Peace-Keeping Operations: www.un.org/Depts/dpko Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development/Earth Summit +5: www.un.org/dpcsd Department for Political Affairs: www.un.org/Depts/dpa Dag Hammarskjold Library: www.un.org/Depts/dhl Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea: www.un.org/Depts/los Publications and Sales: www.un.org/Pubs Statistics Division & Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online: www.un.org/Depts/unsd UN Children's Fund: www.unicef.org UN CyberSchoolBus: www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus UN Development Programme: www.undp.org UN Population Fund: www.unfpa.org Relief Web: www.reliefweb.int UN Office for Project Services: www.unops.org UN/NGO Link: www.un.org/MoreInfo/ngolink/welcome.htm International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the : www.un.org/icty Economic Commission for Africa Noun 1. Economic Commission for Africa - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations : www.un.org/Depts/eca Economic Commission for Europe Noun 1. Economic Commission for Europe - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe : www.unece.org/Welcome.html Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific: www.un.org/Depts/escap.overview.htm Economic Commission for Latin America Noun 1. Economic Commission for Latin America - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean: www.eclac.cl UN Office at Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. : www.unog.ch Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights/Centre for Human Rights: www.unhchr.ch Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees: www.unhcr.ch Economic Commission for Europe: www.unicc.org/unece UN Institute for Training and Research: www.rio.net/unitar/home.htm War-torn Societies Project: www.unicc.org/unrisd/wsp International Labour Organization: www.ilo.org International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the International Telegraph Union (est. : www.un.itu.ch UN Conference on Trade and Development: www.unicc.org/unctad International Trade Centre: www.unicc.org/itc/welcom/htm World Health Organization: www.who.ch World Intellectual Property Organization: www.wipo.int World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations; established in 1951 with headquarters at Geneva. It replaced the International Meteorological Organization, which was established in 1878. : www.wmo.ch World Trade Organization: www.wto.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN: www.fao.org International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), specialized agency of the United Nations, organized in 1947, with headquarters at Montreal. The objective of the ICAO, which has 187 member nations, is to encourage the orderly growth of international civil aviation, : www.cam.org/icao International Fund for Agricultural Development International Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD), specialized agency of the United Nations with headquarters in Rome, Italy. IFAD grew out of the 1974 World Food Conference; it was established in 1977 and is comprised of 161 member nations. : www.unicc.org/ifad UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: www.unesco.org UN Environment Programme: www.unep.org UN University: www.unu.edu UN Volunteers: www.unv.org World Food Programme: www.wfp.org International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization (IMO), specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1948, with headquarters in London and 158 member nations. IMO is one of the smallest of the UN agencies. : www.imo.org UN Office at Vienna: www.un.or.at UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch Information Network: www.ifs.univie.ac.at/uncjin/uncjin.html Office for Outer Space Affairs: www.or.at/OOSA_Kiosk/index/html UN International Drug Control Programme: www.undcp.org UN Industrial Development Organization: www.unido.org International Atomic Energy Agency: www.iaea.or.at Netymology: An Internet Glossary for the Rest of Us (abuse) for The Rest Of Us - (From the Macintosh slogan "The computer for the rest of us") 1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products. 2. Browser: Software which helps users to navigate the World Wide Web. Dead-tree edition: A paper version of a publication. Download: Transmitting a file or programme from a Web Site or computer in another location to your own PC. Emoticons: Also known as smilies. Keyboard characters often used in e-mail messages and news groups postings to indicate an emotion. Some examples: :-) (What I just typed was meant in jest); :-)~ (a person happy enough to droll droll adj. droll·er, droll·est Amusingly odd or whimsically comical. n. Archaic A buffoon. [French drôle, buffoon, droll, from Old French drolle ); (%-@ (a screaming person - probably lost an entire day's work never saved to disk). Hit: A visit to a Web Site. Homepage: The top-level document of an organization or site on the Web. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , the first page in a Web Site. HTML: HyperText Markup Language (hypertext, World-Wide Web, standard) Hypertext Markup Language - (HTML) A hypertext document format used on the World-Wide Web. HTML is built on top of SGML. "Tags" are embedded in the text. A tag consists of a "<", a "directive" (in lower case), zero or more parameters and a ">". . HTML is the "language of the web", which governs the way we create documents so that they can be read by a browser. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol See HTTP. (protocol) Hypertext Transfer Protocol - (HTTP) The client-server TCP/IP protocol used on the World-Wide Web for the exchange of HTML documents. It conventionally uses port 80. Latest version: HTTP 1.1, defined in RFC 2068, as of May 1997. . The specific communication method used to get a Web page from the server to your computer. Hypermedia hypermedia: see hypertext. The use of hyperlinks, regular text, graphics, audio and video to provide an interactive, multimedia presentation. All the various elements are linked, enabling the user to move from one to another. : An interactive project which includes a structure of linked elements which users can navigate. Hypertext: The general term applied to "clickable clickable adj (COMPUT) → cliqueable clickable adj → cliccabile " text. Once you click on a word or words, you are taken to a different document or another area of the current document. Internet (alias, The Net): A global electronic network that interconnects home computers, work stations, sophisticated mainframe computers and super-computers. Intranet: A network linking computers in an internal corporate environment. I-way: The Internet. PC: Personal computer. Server: A computer used by other computers as a central source. The server carries out the instructions of the client computer to seek out the information the client requests. Snail-mail: The postal service (as opposed to e-mail). Unreal estate: Also called Cyberspace. The interconnected electronic world of Internet. Upload: Transmitting a file from your PC onto a Web Site. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : Uniform Resource Locator See URL. (World-Wide Web) Uniform Resource Locator - (URL, previously "Universal") A standard way of specifying the location of an object, typically a web page, on the Internet. Other types of object are described below. . The Net address for an information source. The URL contains four parts: protocol type, machine name, directory path and file name. One example: http://www.un.org/News/facts/selling.htm. Web Site: A collection of electronic documents or pages on the World Wide Web. World Wide Web (alias WWW, The Web): A global information system that runs on the Internet. The Web is capable of delivering text, graphics, sound and video. |
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