Sina.com, a major news portal, alone has more than 140 million microbloggers.

Now the enterprise users can directly log into the single window portal to apply online.

Google, the world's most popular Internet search engine, regularly indexes information published on the portal's news service, taking the website to a far wider global audience.

(b) Designing and installing the portal website within an institution capable of managing it (to be identified)

If you look at online media consumption in this case, in the top 10 users of the internet more than 95 percent of the news readership is on domestic news sites.

They also provide electronic access to information resources at Headquarters and many maintain websites on the Internet in various local languages.

Welcomes the actions taken by the Department of Public Information to increase its involvement in the planning stage of new or expanding peacekeeping operations, as well as the deployment of public information components in new missions, also welcomes the improvements made to the peacekeeping portal on the United Nations website, and encourages the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts in supporting the peacekeeping missions to further develop their websites

For example, based on feedback from users, one of the Department's web sites has since been redesigned to better serve their information needs.

e. Expansion of portal to online information services covering subjects of current interest to the Organization

The Department also provided constant updates to the web site dedicated to providing information on the work of the President of the Assembly.

55. Welcomes the actions taken by the Department of Public Information to increase its involvement in the planning stage of new or expanding peacekeeping operations, as well as the deployment of public information components in new missions, also welcomes the improvements made to the peacekeeping portal on the United Nations website, and encourages the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts in supporting the peacekeeping missions to further develop their websites

During the period under review, the Public Information Office redesigned the existing English website to make it more user friendly.

That's what you'd call a social news website.

It should comprise a dedicated section for media monitoring where recent press clippings from around the world get are posted.

The list of subscribers to the associated e mail news service continues to grow steadily, as does the number of news media sites that have established direct links to the UN News Centre.

With support from OneWorld (www.oneworld.net), a civil society news portal with a network of over 1,500 organizations, the World Volunteer Web portal launched a first online discussion forum on volunteering and environmental sustainability, enabling around 700 people from over 100 countries to share ideas on the topic.

The United Nations website through a dedicated portal webpage (http www.un.org ga) will provide coverage of the General Assembly meetings, conferences, press briefings and events in the six official languages, including background information, press releases, news stories, documents, photos and access to radio programmes, webcast videos and statements.

84. Encourages the Department of Public Information to implement an e mail service to inform subscribers of recent additions to the United Nations web site

The Internet is now an increasingly important source for news, and the Department continues to strengthen its main online news portal, the UN News Centre, which covers breaking stories on United Nations activities and offers easy access to a wide range of related sources.

The online Data Portal has been designed as an easy and light system that can run on most platforms and does not need very extensive Internet bandwidth.

The CNN programmes are broadcast in more than 120 countries.

Yahoo News, the biggest news site on the Internet, is now personalized different people get different things.

The Division will launch the site's portal, designed under the guidance of the Bureau, and will continue to redesign and visually enhance the various related web pages of the site.

The Department's efforts to update the United Nations web site had borne fruit, as shown by its increasing popularity with users the world over.

A global electronic platform, the INFOCOMM portal with up to date information on 20 commodity sectors, most of them of direct interest to African countries, is now available on line.

The Executive Director had two televised interviews in New York (Cable News Network (CNN) and Fox News).

The expanding reach of the Department's news services on the Web was also shown by the increase in the number of subscribers to the e mail news service, which by December 2004 exceeded 33,500 for English and French combined, a 50 per cent increase over the previous year.

The UN News Centre web site, a portal that provides easy access to the latest news and related resources on the work of the United Nations system for an ever growing worldwide audience, has continued to grow.

The INSTRAW website was redesigned to ensure that it would be more user friendly, and the new website was launched in July 2004.

From the curb, via cellphone, they put the news up on Riodoce's website.

It will continue to provide information on its site about all developments in the area of women's human rights, including a link to the WomenWatch portal.

The responsibility for the programme is vested in the Department of Public Information both at Headquarters in New York and in the worldwide network of United Nations information centres and services, information components and regional hubs, where applicable.

Steps have been taken to establish a platform that will accommodate regional portals, enable online volunteers to become involved in building the site and facilitate interactive services to allow users to contribute.

Development and maintenance of the United Nations Information Centres web page on the United Nations website and those in local languages by the network of United Nations information centres

The new Regional United Nations Information Centre web site now covers most West European languages (www.runic europe.org).

63. Welcomes the actions taken by the Department of Public Information to increase its involvement in the planning stage of new or expanding peacekeeping operations, as well as the deployment of public information components in new missions, and also welcomes the improvements made to the peacekeeping portal on the United Nations web site

(v) Technical material provision of central services for the development, updating and maintenance of the ECLAC website regular updating and maintenance of the website of the Office of the Executive Secretary and the Information Services Unit, as well as of the media databases

(i) Africa Renewal website (English) develop and maintain the website, produce content tailored to the media and others interested in Africa's development for access through the website and create the site design to optimize audience access to all available information materials (http www.un.org AR) (1)

The UNIFEM portal, http www.womenwarpeace.org, has had four million hits in 18 months.

Turning to the question about UNIFEED, he said that, in the next few months, world news downloaded from the Associated Press Television News network would be available on the Department's website for the benefit of countries that could not afford to subscribe to the service directly.

The UN News Centre, at www.un.org news, will serve as a main portal for United Nations news, and will be continuously updated.

Usually these releases are placed on NGO websites, so that a redissemination effect is achieved.

It operates through an online radio station, broadcasting news and music in Czech, Romani and English.

(ii) Afrique Renouveau website (French) develop and maintain the website, produce content tailored to the media and others interested in Africa's development for access through the website and create site design and page layouts to optimize audience access to all available information materials (http www.un.org AR) (1).

OIOS also established a programme performance reporting portal on its iSeek website containing a comprehensive repository of reference materials on programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting, which was frequently consulted by United Nations staff members.