Note to Correspondents

Note No. 5724
5 April 2002

REAL TIME INTERNET COVERAGE OF
SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING

NEW YORK, 3 April (Department of Public Information) -- The United Nations Web site will provide real time multimedia coverage of the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid at http://www.un.org/ageing/coverage.

On-line newsworthy content will include a live webcast of the proceedings in the plenary sessions and press conferences. Additional material will include texts of statements of delegations and heads of State, the daily Journal, press releases, photos and other multimedia information.

The conference Web site is available in six languages -- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

For further information, please contact Lilia Vázquez, Internet Coordinator, at vazquez@un.org.

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