What's New


This document covers the latest updates and major changes of information on the UNTPDC WWW server.

June 16, 1996
The UNTPDC homepage has a new look! The old page is still in place by clicking the respective graphic or by clicking "main" in the menu.

May 29, 1996
New reports have been added to the Trade Efficiency library:
IV World Meeting of Trade Point Directors, Midrand, South Africa, 1-3 May, 1996 - FINAL REPORT;
Guidelines for Financial sustainability and cooperation among Trade Points

May 15, 1996
The Montevideo Trade Point is our latest addition to the Trade Point Incubator.

April 26, 1996
The GTPNet pages have been redesigned for easier navigation (your comments are important to us!)

April 3, 1996
The Trade Point incubator has now more details on using this service.

March 25, 1996
The Interactive Multimedia Training Center (IMTC) has changed its design!

March 18, 1996
The ETO matrix displays the Trade Opportunities in a matrix format. It classifies the latest ETOs per product group, country, type of trade opportunity (offer/demand) and company. It then links to the new ETO Email tagged structure available at the ETO Usergroups. The matrix main menu includes a counter with the number of the latest ETOs posted.

March 08, 1996
The mirror sites keep growing! Check the Mirror page for more information.

February 21, 1996
More mirrors! POLAND | AUSTRALIA (SYD)

February 14, 1996
Last additions to the Global Trade Point Network include: Egypt Trade Point | Yerevan Trade Point | Göteborg Trade Point* | Malta Trade Point*
* Trade Point pending official request.

January 22, 1996
Latest mirrors! CZECH REPUBLIC | JAPAN | RUSSIA

January 17, 1996
New Mirror Sites include: USA | SINGAPORE | INDONESIA

December 28, 1995
UNTPDC Mirror Sites Worldwide!

December 13, 1995
Trade Point Cochabamba has updated their presence.

November 13, 1995
The ETO Newsweek via gopher has been moved to the UNTPDC WWW site. Updates will be available at the WWW site only. Should you not have access to the WWW please let us know.

November 7, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951107) (385k) has been posted to the system.

November 6, 1995
Trade Point abstact index is now available.

October 30, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951030) (100k) and The ETO Weekly Report (951030) * TENDERS * (242k) have been posted to the system.

October 28, 1995
Trade Point General Forum and ETO General Forum have been created for discussing relevant issues related to these topics.

October 26, 1995
Tutorial on how Trade Points can connect to the Internet.

October 25, 1995
Manila Trade Point has added new entries to their web site.

October 24, 1995
Los Angeles Trade Point has been added to the GTPNet index.

October 23, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951023) (66k) has been posted to the system.

October 20, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951020) * TENDERS * (178k) has been posted to the system.

October 15, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951015) (59k) has been posted to the system.

October 7, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951007) (64k) has been posted to the system.

October 6, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (951006) * TENDERS * (79k) has been posted to the system.

September 30, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950930) (128k) has been posted to the system.

September 29, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950929) * TENDERS * (218k) has been posted to the system.

September 23, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950923) (137k) has been posted to the system.

September 22, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950922) * TENDERS * (137k) has been posted to the system.

September 18, 1995
The Trade Efficiency Research and Development Lab of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT and the United Nations Trade Point Development Centre is offering an Advance Certificate of Trade Efficiency ACTE which includes courses delivered through telecommunications via the WWW through which students remote from the campus distance learners earn college credit for enrollment in telecourses.

September 17, 1995
The worldwide meeting of Trade Point Directors in Tampere, Finland, 20-21 September 1995 can be followed up through the web.

September 16, 1995
You may now do a global search at the UNTPDC Web site or an Internet Search using specialized search engines.

September 15, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950915) (238k) and The ETO Weekly Report (950915) * TENDERS * (175k) have been posted to the system.

September 12, 1995
The Trade Efficiency Library has been improved with more information now available.

September 7, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950907) (376k) has been posted to the system.

September 5, 1995
Trade Points in South America have been added to the GTPNet index.

September 4, 1995
Trade Point Harare has improved and expanded their web site.

August 31, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950831) (222k) has been posted to the system.

August 24, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950824) (131k) has been posted to the system.

August 23, 1995
The Beijing Trade Point is now online.

August 22, 1995
The New Delhi Trade Point has made available online a comprehensive investment document "Trade and Investment Country Information Series as part of the Regional Investment Information Promotion Services (RIIPS) - Investing in India" .

August 20, 1995
You can now send an email directly to the Trade Points through the online Trade Point Email directory.

August 19, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950819) (117k) has been posted to the system.

August 16, 1995
The Directory of Trade Point directors and co-ordinators is now online.

August 14, 1995
The ETO Weekly Report (950814) (440k) has been posted to the system.

August 13, 1995
For easier access to the ETO Newsweek we will link the new updates from this page. Please read the overview for this service.

August 10, 1995
Public or private sector institutions wishing to promote information brokering services and provide information to the Global Trade Point Network (GTPN) through the ETO (Electronic Trading Opportunities) System, can become ETO Associates.

August 8, 1995
The Telaviv Trade Point has added many new entries to their homepage.

August 6, 1995
Moscow Trade Point and St. Petersburg Trade Point have significantly enhanced their web.

July 17, 1995
The Male Trade Point welcomes you to visit The Maldives.

July 14, 1995
TRAINFORTRADE - Training Programme on Trade Efficiency.

June 29, 1995
The Pretoria Trade Point and the Eritrea Trade Point have been added to the GTPNet index.

June 22, 1995
A ETO data entry form has been created to allow you to enter ETOs online and disseminate them automatically to the ETO sites worldwide.

June 21, 1995
The Lisbon Trade Point has added its "Portugal - Basic Data" brochure to the WWW.

June 15, 1995
The Detroit Trade Point has been added to the ever growing GTPNet index.

June 3, 1995
The Manila Trade Point is now offering more information on the WWW.

May 31, 1995
The ETO IAgent registration form is now uploaded. You may register to the ETO mailing list through this form.

May 23, 1995
Many African Trade Points have been added to the GTPNet index.
Note: Some of this Trade Points are still pending official request.

May 18, 1995
The Harare Trade Point has been added to the GTPNet index and has lots of information provided by Zimtrade.

May 17, 1995
The Seoul Trade Point is now providing more comprehensive WWW services.

April 30, 1995
"The Internet and Global Trade Operations", presented at the "Internet World 1995" Conference, San Jose, California.

April 25, 1995
ETO SITE Asia and Pacific is now available at this location. ETO Strategic Information for Trade Efficiency will continuously be expanded adding new information sources to SITE and creating a database of trade, inves tment and tourism for the Asia Pacific region. Other regions will be added soon.

April 24, 1995
The first version of the "Virtual visit to the Trade Point" is now available at the Interactive Multimedia Training Centre. Please take a look at this location. This visit will soon include videos and com ments from existing Trade Points.

April 23, 1995
The Regional Investment Information Promotion Service RIIPS is now available at the UNTPDC WWW Server Incubator. From this applications users will access Investment information in the Asia Pacific region.

April 20, 1995
The ETO master Index is growing with many new countries providing ETOs on HTML formats and EDI structures. Please access the ETO Master Index for the full list. This master index will continue to expand to cover ETO s worldwide...

April 17, 1995
Special navigations page for Africa is now available. Please access the UNTPDC Africa Connect for a overall overview on Trade Points projects in this continent.

April 16, 1995
The Abidjan Trade Point Home Page is now available at the GTPN Index. Please access the Ivory Coast Trade Point Home Page.

April 3, 1995
Many Trade Points have set up their home pages. Please take a look at the GTPNet index for the full list. This list will continue to grow...

March 22, 1995
The UNTPDC welcome page is now available in spanish.

March 20, 1995
The Electronic Trading Opportunities (ETO) system index now includes The Experimental Electronic Trading Opportunities Server (UNTPDC-RMIT) which has searching capabilit ies.

March 19, 1995
The Harmonized System (HS) classification has been added as part of the international standards used by the Electronic Trading Opportunities (ETO) system. More of this standards will be added soon.

March 16, 1995
The Israel Trade Point has been added to the Global Trade Point Network Index.

March 14, 1995
More information on the Maldives is now available.

March 13, 1995
The Economic and Social Comission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) home page has changed it's look and is adding more services.

March 10, 1995
The Montréal Trade Point has been added to the Global Trade Point Index.

March 6, 1995
The UN Trade Efficiency library has been added to the UNTPDC WWW.

February 24, 1995
From the month of March a detail description of new developments on the web will be available by subject.

February 22, 1995
The Porto Trade Point has joined the web.

February 21, 1995
The Regional Trade Point Development Centre (RTPDC), a joint cooperation for research & development between the United Nations Trade Point Development Centre (UNTPDC) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is now on the www.

February 20, 1995
You can now order ITC's information is available.

February 17, 1995
The Global Trade Point Network ETO VISUAL and ETO SITE are now available on the web.

January 24, 1995
The Lausanne Trade Point, hosted by the World Trade Center in Lausanne has joined the web.

January 19, 1995
A link to the USA Trade Point has been added to the Global Trade Point Network index.

January 15, 1995
Comments and enhancement requests, an option under the Welcome page requesting your comments on how we can improve our web.

January 13, 1995
The updated UNTPDC Status Summary Report is now online.

January 06, 1995
The Bangkok Trade Point, the Shanghai Trade Point and the Lisbon Trade Point have already setup their home pages. Many more will follow in the next few weeks... take a look at the Global Trade Point Network index for a comprehensive list of the Trade Points currently on the World Wide Web.

January 05, 1995
The Electronic Trading Opportunities (ETO) system is now graphically on the web. Here is an example of a South Korean ETO.

December 22, 1994
A directory on the United Nations and specialized agencies as been created for easy navigation between the UN entities.