Seventy-first session Item 125 of the agenda Multilingualism Report of the Secretary-General Supplementary Information1 I. List of responsibilities of the focal points for multilingualism (1) providing support to the head of Department or Office in implementing relevant mandates and ensuring that multilingualism is taken into account in the work plans and daily activities of the Department or Office; (2) disseminating the policies and guidelines introduced by the Coordinator for Multilingualism and promoting greater awareness of relevant mandates supporting multilingualism within the work environment of their respective Department or Office; (3) monitoring and reporting periodically on progress made in implementation of the mandates relating to multilingualism as well as on outstanding issues and/or obstacles encountered in the promotion of multilingualism; (4) monitoring compliance of public departmental websites with the guidelines for the creation and maintenance of United Nations websites established by the Department of Public Information; (5) contributing to the development and realization of short and long-term multilingualism targets; (6) seeking creative solutions and measures for implementation of the General Assembly’s mandates including by collaborating and exchanging best practices with other departments and offices and by establishing partnerships with external entities, including Member States and academic institutions; (7) attending and participating in periodic meetings of focal points to assess progress achieved, identify remaining obstacles and discuss, where appropriate, policies and approaches. __________________ 1 Please note that the information contained in Annexes II to VIII gives a general overview of the UN web presence (including websites and social media). It focuses on Departments and Offices which either manage a large number of websites, such as the Department of Public Information, or maintain a strong presence in the field. II. Websites maintained by the Department of Public Information Table 1: Status of multilingualism on websites maintained by DPI (as of December 2016) Site Name URL languages1 1540 Committee http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/ A-C-E-F-R-S 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on http://www.un.org/en/conf/npt/2015/ A-C-E-F-R-S the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Academic Impact http://outreach.un.org/unai A-C-E-F-R-S Action to Counter Terrorism http://www.un.org/en/counterterrorism/ A-C-E-F-R-S Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants http://refugeesmigrants.un.org/ A-C-E-F-R-S Africa Industrialization Day http://www.un.org/en/events/africaday A-C-E-F-R-S Africa Renewal http://www.un.org/africarenewal/ C-E-F Board of Auditors http://www.un.org/en/auditors/board/ A-C-E-F-R-S Children and Armed Conflict https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/ A-C-E-F-R-S Committee on Information (COI) http://www.un.org/en/ga/coi/ A-C-E-F-R-S Creative Community Outreach Initiative http://outreach.un.org/ccoi E CTC https://www.un.org/sc/ctc/ A-C-E-F-R-S CTITF https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/ctitf/ A-C-E-F-R-S Databases http://www.un.org/en/databases/ A-C-E-F-R-S Day of Remembrance for Victims of Chemical Warfare http://www.un.org/en/events/chemwarfareday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Day of Vesak http://www.un.org/en/events/vesakday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Decade of Action for Road Safety http://www.un.org/en/roadsafety/ A-C-E-F-R-S Department of Public Information http://www.un.org/en/hq/dpi/ A-C-E-F-R-S Disarmament Week http://www.un.org/en/events/disarmamentweek/ A-C-E-F-R-S Documents http://www.un.org/en/documents/ A-C-E-F-R-S ECOSOC https://www.un.org/ecosoc/ A-C-E-F-R-S Ethics Office http://www.un.org/en/ethics/ A-C-E-F-R-S Food Crisis http://www.un.org/en/issues/food/taskforce/ A-C-E-F-R-S General Assembly and main committees http://www.un.org/en/ga/ A-C-E-F-R-S General Assembly Debate https://gadebate.un.org/ A-C-E-F-R-S General Assembly President http://www.un.org/pga/ A-C-E-F-R-S Global Day of Parents http://www.un.org/en/events/parentsday A-C-E-F-R-S Global Issues http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/global-issues- A-C-E-R __________________ 1 Please note the following abbreviations: Arabic (A), Bangla (B), Chinese (C), E (English), French (F), Hindi (H), Kiswahili (K), Portuguese (P), Russian (R), Spanish (S), Urdu (U). 2 Site Name URL languages1 overview/index.html Human Rights Day http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/ A-C-E-F-R-S In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) http://www.un.org/en/ICYMI/ E International Albinism Awareness Day http://www.un.org/en/events/albinismday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Anti-Corruption Day http://www.un.org/en/events/anticorruptionday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Civil Aviation Day http://www.un.org/en/events/civilaviationday A-C-E-F-R-S International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit http://www.un.org/en/events/drugabuseday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Trafficking International Day against Nuclear Tests http://www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for Biological Diversity http://www.un.org/en/events/biodiversityday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for Disaster Reduction http://www.un.org/en/events/disasterreductionday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the http://www.un.org/en/events/environmentconflictday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Environment in War and Armed Conflict International Day for the Abolition of Slavery http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for the Elimination of Racial http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Discrimination International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence http://www.un.org/en/events/elimination-of-sexual-violence-in-conflict/ A-C-E-F-R-S in Conflict International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Women International Day for the Eradication of Poverty http://www.un.org/en/events/povertyday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer http://www.un.org/en/events/ozoneday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning http://www.un.org/en/events/righttotruthday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear http://www.un.org/en/events/nuclearweaponelimination/ A-C-E-F-R-S Weapons International Day for Tolerance http://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day in Support of Victims of Torture http://www.un.org/en/events/torturevictimsday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Charity http://www.un.org/en/events/charityday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the http://www.un.org/en/events/genocidepreventionday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime International Day of Cooperatives http://www.un.org/en/events/cooperativesday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Democracy http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Families http://www.un.org/en/events/familyday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Family Remittances http://www.un.org/en/events/family-remittances-day C-E-F-R-S International Day of Forests http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Friendship http://www.un.org/en/events/friendshipday/ A-C-E-F-R-S 3 Site Name URL languages1 International Day of Happiness http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Human Space Flight http://www.un.org/en/events/humanspaceflightday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Innocent Children Victims of http://www.un.org/en/events/childvictimday / A-C-E-F-R-S Aggression International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Mine Action International Day of Non-Violence http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/index.shtml A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Nowruz http://www.un.org/en/events/nowruzday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Older Persons http://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Peace http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Persons with Disabilities http://www.un.org/en/events/disabilitiesday A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryremembranceday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Rural Women http://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing http://www.un.org/en/events/detainedstaffday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Staff Members International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People http://www.un.org/en/events/palestinianday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Sport for Development and Peace http://www.un.org/en/events/sportday A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of the Girl Child A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of the Victims of Enforced http://www.un.org/en/events/disappearancesday/ A-C-E-F-R-S Disappearances International Day of the World’s Indigenous People http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers http://www.un.org/en/events/peacekeepersday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Women and Girls in Science http://www.un.org/en/events/women-and-girls-in-science-day/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Yoga http://www.un.org/en/events/yogaday/ A-C-E-F-R-S International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female http://www.un.org/en/events/femalegenitalmutilationday A-C-E-F-R-S Genital Mutilation International