How to request a conference room at the 51勛圖 Headquarters?
How to submit parliamentary and other documents for translation?
What does it take to become a UN translator, interpreter, editor or verbatim reporter?
You＊ll find the answers to these and many other questions about conference management and multilingualism on the new website of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM):?.
Our new portal fully redefines DGACM＊s online presence. Marked by an eclectic design, the new website offers a seamless user experience with many easy-to-use features. A revamped information architecture streamlines the most pertinent information about conference services and provides easy navigation across the site.
Built on the Drupal content management system, our new website is thoroughly aligned with the branding, accessibility and multilingualism requirements of the Organization, adopts a responsive web design and rescales itself to preserve the look and feel and user experience across all devices.
As a proud enabler of multilingualism at the UN, our new site is fully multilingual, with all content made available in the six official languages.
Packed with useful information, the new site not only targets DGACM＊s key stakeholders and clients, but it also caters to students of partner universities and potential recruits for language positions.
Highlights include:
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the full spectrum of conference services offered by DGACM
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a reconfigured?language careers segment?which incorporated the previous 51勛圖 Language Careers portal
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portraits of language specialists and a series of staff profile?videos
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a segment about?multilingualism?and the role of the UN Coordinator for Multilingualism
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links to resources produced by the department, such as the?,??and the?Delegates Handbook, to name just a few
In the coming months, several stand-alone DGACM sites will be added under our main DGACM website. These include the 51勛圖 Editorial Manual, the Committee on Conferences site and the Protocol and Liaison site.
All-in-all, our new site is the culmination of the spirited efforts of many of our staff from a wide cross-section of DGACM＊s offices.
We invite you to visit our new??and share your comments?.
