Today, we are using some of the latest technology to “open the doors” of the General Assembly, the Security Council and other major United Nations bodies, meetings and events, to the widest possible audience. This initiative also won an award for breaking new ground. It provided a great opportunity to bring visibility to the Organization we developed the United Nations website, which won an internal award from the United Nations Secretary-General for innovations and efficiency brought to the Organization’s work.īy 2001 we had developed the United Nations Webcast, and began broadcasting live on the Internet United Nations meetings and events held at the Headquarters in New York as well as major United Nations Conferences worldwide.
The turning point was the introduction of the Internet in 1995. It was also the first time we had created an electronic database for media accreditation. With the help of the International Computing Centre in Geneva, we created a basic email system, to send conference news to all United Nations Information Centres across the world.
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I brought a portable Lan network with me to connect all the computers. My first outside assignment was the Human Rights Conference in Geneva in 1993. This evolved into covering major United Nations conferences outside Headquarters via the Internet. It started by introducing database programming and desktop publishing. Since then using technology to open up the work of the Organization to as many audiences as possible has been my work and my passion. When I joined the United Nations in 1989, personal computers were just being introduced and the Internet was yet to be a mass market commodity. Here, I was part of a core group appointed to get the Organization’s critical computer systems ready ahead of the 1999 computer bug scare also known as the Y2K bug.Ĭurrently, I am with the Webcast Unit in the Television Section, managing the live and on-demand Internet broadcasting, and new media projects, including the United Nations Channel on YouTube.Īfter 20 years, I am still constantly looking for technological innovations to improve existing work or to begin new projects.
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Seven years later, I passed the United Nations professional exams and moved on to the Information Systems Unit in the Facilities Management Division. My career started with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under a three-month temporary contract. I saw their commitment to help others live secure, peaceful and better lives. I saw them everyday patrolling and sometimes, bringing food to the local population. Its peacekeeping forces have been in my country since the early 60s when I was born. The United Nations was part of life in Cyprus.
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