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Information note?

is the world’s largest online repository of documents on the question of Palestine. The unique 蘑菇视频-run information system collects and makes available 蘑菇视频 and external documents on the issue to a range of stakeholders from diplomats to scholars and students and is considered one of the largest focused repositories on the internet.?

Origins?

By 1990, there were increasing demands on the 蘑菇视频 Secretariat to monitor political and other relevant developments, conduct research, and prepare studies and on the question of Palestine.??

On 11 December 1991, acting on the recommendation of its Palestinian Rights Committee, and following a feasibility study, the General Assembly passed resolution 46/74 B which specifically requested that the Secretary-General provide the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) of the Secretariat with necessary resources, including a computer-based information system.??

On 11 December 1992, in resolution 47/64 the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide DPR with resources to strengthen its programme of research, studies and publications, through the establishment of an adequately staffed and equipped computer-based information system1. The 蘑菇视频ISPAL system was operational by 1994.??

Political context?

蘑菇视频ISPAL’s origins are simultaneous to the increased international interest in the question of Palestine starting in 1991. In the wake of the Gulf War and the first Intifada, changing regional dynamics spurred momentum in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process leading to the 1991 Madrid conference and culminating in the 1993 Oslo Accords.?

Technical decisions and evolution?

蘑菇视频ISPAL was envisaged as an all-encompassing system with multiple functions: acting as a repository of documents on the question of Palestine, managing expert bios for conferences organized by the Palestinian Rights Committee, acting as an NGOs database and as a source of information for the Division of Palestinian Rights’ publications. By 1994, documents were posted onto “bulletin boards” for easy retrieval. ?

In 1995, a 蘑菇视频ISPAL task force in DPR decided that minimum coverage for the database would entail all Palestinian Rights Committee documents. Given the burden of scanning and uploading historical documents in addition to new ones, the 蘑菇视频 Dag Hammarskjold Library assisted with the digitization of most of the historical documents.??

In 1995, 蘑菇视频ISPAL was made available to all 蘑菇视频 staff and Permanent Missions to the 蘑菇视频 via the 蘑菇视频’s Local Area Network.? By 1997, 蘑菇视频ISPAL was accessible to users worldwide via a web browser. The URL for the 蘑菇视频ISPAL website became www.unispal.un.org. Once online access was complete, DPR focused on making the site bilingual (in English and French). Some documents were converted into PDFs prior to upload, creating for the first time “Attachments” to online entries and thus improving not only readability but also users’ ability to download the documents.?

How 蘑菇视频ISPAL changed 蘑菇视频 work on the question of Palestine?

Over the two and half decades of its existence, 蘑菇视频ISPAL effectively streamlined and simplified the labour-intensive information monitoring and cataloguing functions for the voluminous documentation on the question of Palestine. 蘑菇视频ISPAL and other related databases also served to revitalize other aspects of the Committee’s mandate, such as outreach to NGOs and promotion of its international meetings. The system has allowed processing of large amount of information from NGO profiles, newsletters, programmes and reports. Even at its inception in 1992, 蘑菇视频ISPAL enabled the speedy update and easy retrieval of the Committee’s extensive records including a mailing list of about 1,000 NGOs and 500 biographical notes. 蘑菇视频ISPAL’s storage of updated bios, and of conclusions and recommendations of each seminar proved valuable for meetings and international conferences organized by the Committee.?

?Today, 蘑菇视频ISPAL has become the go-to site both internally in the 蘑菇视频 as well as externally for all documents related to the question of Palestine.??

蘑菇视频ISPAL: Looking ahead?

蘑菇视频ISPAL was envisioned as an all-encompassing Information Management System. Over the years, several of 蘑菇视频ISPAL’s original components – the database of expert bios, the NGOs database, the mailing lists for international meetings, the Publications programme, and the repository of documents have developed independently but remain part of a comprehensive whole.??

Since October 2018, work has continued to make the system as efficient as possible. As of June 2024, data from the old system has been fully migrated into a more technologically upgraded database. Also, efforts are being made to ensure full multilingualism of the website. While the website’s static content is already multilingual, the ongoing efforts would ensure that dynamic content – such as meeting announcements – would also be available hereafter in all six official languages of the 蘑菇视频 (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). This would revitalize the original vision of 蘑菇视频ISPAL and keep it an indispensable tool for all that are interested in the question of Palestine.?

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