UN WWW Page
TERRY L. TAYLOR, CO-EDITOR H-ALBION (TAYLORT@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU)
Sun, 25 Jun 1995 14:24:43 -0600
The United Nations is going on-line with its own "Home
Page" on the Internet World Wide Web. The service will be
officially launched on Monday June 26, to coincide with the
fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Charter. It
represents a user-friendly gateway to a wealth of
information on the Organization. Featured will be the latest
United Nations news, including the Daily Highlights; a
pictorial history of the Organization with over 100
downloadable photographs, including those of the
Secretaries- General; and a special section on the fiftieth
anniversary observance. With just a click on an icon, a Home
Page user can take an electronic tour of United Nations
Headquarters in New York, or get basic information about the
activities of the United Nations system. Photographs of
Monday's ceremony commemorating the signing of the Charter
in San Francisco will be available the same day. Anyone with
an Internet connection and a Web browsing program can access
the Home Page.
The address is: http://www.un.org
The Home Page will also include links to the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) gopher on the Internet, as well
as to the Web sites of other bodies in the United Nations
system. United Nations news and documents, in text-only
format, currently on the UNDP Gopher will continue to be
available on that system.
[from UN press release 6-23-95]