Access to documentation and collaborative tools via the intranet will be improved to transform the intranet into a communication tool.

UNOPS has implemented an Atlas training module on its Intranet.

The changes to Atlas have been communicated through the UNOPS Intranet to all staff.

(g) Maintain a gender mainstreaming page in the Human Resources Management Service of the Intranet

(b) A virtual private network to allow remote access to the Intranet for authorized persons and

(ii) Connectivity management and maintenance of the global telecommunications infrastructure connecting United Nations Headquarters with offices away from Headquarters and peacekeeping missions expansion and upgrading of the e mail, Internet and Intranet systems (in cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations as appropriate)

All missions are now required to complete quarterly Intranet based evaluations on vendor performance levels for Headquarters contracts.

In 2004, 33 per cent of businesses in EU countries with more than 10 employees used an intranet.

Comprehensive guidelines were prepared and are available on the WFP intranet to help staff and partner agencies implement ECW.

Comprehensive policy and procedural guidance previously made accessible via manuals will be maintained, revised and accessed via the UNICEF Intranet.

The Library's Internet and Intranet sites will be enriched and further developed in all six official languages, with multilingual retrieval capabilities.

In 2004, UN Habitat launched an Intranet to facilitate easy access to information for staff in their day to day work.

This database will be accessible on the UN Habitat Intranet and parts of it will also be available on the public site.

The proportion of businesses with an intranet is also a core indicator owing to the importance of such networks in e business.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library, for example, cooperated with the Information Technology Services Division in the implementation of the new United Nations Intranet, iSeek.

Early in 2004, the UN Habitat Intranet became accessible at all UN Habitat locations, including regional offices, providing a central, searchable knowledge base.

They are available on request as hard copy and at the UNMFS Intranet website, 45th Meeting of the Executive Committee, Evaluation Document Library.

But they also talk about the fact that their executives, all of their expense reports are put onto their company intranet for everyone to see.

The system, which is available via the organization's Intranet, gives all UN Habitat staff in Nairobi and the field access to the organization's publications programme.

This list should be made available on the Intranet and other channels to streamline the processing of new requests for assistance and facilitate informal consultations

The library has five computers, three of which are common use computers for prisoners and one has a dedicated intranet link to the local Hobsons Bay Library database.

United Nations libraries will participate in the process of ensuring that awareness and understanding of United Nations policies becomes a reality through assisting with appropriate Intranet organization and content.

The totally revamped departmental Intranet website launched in June 2005 provides the senior management with another effective and interactive tool of information and communication with the staff at large.

The internet and intranet web services have been revitalized to make them more interactive, and now cover a wide range of issues affecting children, supported by multimedia features and databases.

Our information technologists re engineered and implemented a new Secretariat wide Intranet to increase staff productivity and efficiency by enabling organizational units to share information without having specialized technical knowledge.

While the United Nations has in place a detailed Code of Conduct readily available to all staff on the Intranet, it is now planned to disseminate the Code in other ways.

In addition to the continuous expansion of the Intranet, Extranet and Internet, there are other measures aimed at improving the openness of the operation of the United Nations, which are described below.

In addition, an Intranet based training module on integrity and ethics called the Integrity Awareness Online Learning Programme was launched on 12 September 2005, and has already been successfully completed by 2,464 staff.

A UNESCO project in Nabanna, India, on Networking rural women and knowledge explores innovative uses of databases, Intranet portals and web based partnerships in the local language for the benefit of poor women.

Efforts are also ongoing to increase awareness inside the United Nations of Intranet capabilities, and build on existing features, such as the Procurement and Facilities Management tracking systems, that give transparency to administrative processes.

A guide on projects, including cost benefit analysis has been issued and published on the Intranet and is being used for major projects (ITC projects are of limited size and value compared with those of other organizations).

Among those covered by the UNCTAD survey the use of intranets is comparable to European numbers Singapore, (64.3 per cent of enterprises use an intranet), Madagascar (38.2 per cent) and the Republic of Korea (35.2 per cent).

The Secretariat has explained that the upcoming issue of the fraud awareness policy could be seen as a first step in stimulating visibility and that direct links to the hotline from the organisation's website and Intranet could be considered.

Administrative instruction ST AI 2004 3, concerning the financial responsibility of staff members for gross negligence, has been posted on the Intranet and a lunchtime learning seminar will be held on the subject in the third quarter of 2005.

(ii) Technical material development of a database for the management of geographic information and a database on management of the project cycle in the OHCHR Intranet maintenance of the field activities and technical cooperation menus of the OHCHR website

Global Action for Global Recovery

Global challenges require global responses.

Global problems require global solutions.

51. Notes the training courses conducted by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library for the representatives of Member States and Secretariat staff on Cyberseek, web search, the Intranet, United Nations documentation, UN I QUE and the Official Document System of the United Nations

Requests the Secretary General to develop and implement cost neutral measures to provide Member States with secure access to the information currently accessible only on the Intranet ( iSeek ) of the United Nations Secretariat in the working languages of the United Nations

Requests the Secretary General to develop and implement cost neutral measures to provide Member States with secure access to the information currently accessible only on the Intranet ( iSeek ) of the United Nations Secretariat in the working languages of the United Nations

d. Maintenance of the Intranet site for the Publications Board ongoing correspondence by the Secretary of the Board concerning external requests for use of United Nations publications monthly meetings of the Publications Board and regular meetings of the Internet Working Group

For example, the Division of Finance and Administrative Management (DFAM) had placed financial and administrative reference documentation on an easily searchable website, had incorporated financial issues into the basic programme process training and made training courses available over the Intranet.

From Global Imbalances to Effective Global Governance

This information should take into account the lessons learned from the legal difficulties faced by the Organization and it should be disseminated through the United Nations Intranet or other channels to ensure easy access by staff involved in the implementation of programmes.