7 December 2006: Minutes of the TBG2 meeting, New Delhi, 2-6 Oct 2006 is available now.

8 November 2006: Recommendations from the UNeDocs Workshop and the 9th UN/CEFACT Forum New Delhi, 2-6 October 2006

17 October 2006: Press release: India to reduce transaction costs for exports/imports significantly by using UN/CEFACT standards

4 July 2006:UNeDocs Single Window for Paper less Trade, International EDICOM Conference 2006, 10 August 2006, Karachi, Pakistan AFACT Vision Paper   more info...

5 May 2006: The UN Symposium for Single Window Standards and Interoperability recommends UNeDocs and the WCO Data Model for cross border information exchange. A stakeholder group for an integrated Cross Border Reference Data Model on the basis on UNeDocs and the WCO Data Model has been set up. more info...

26 February 2006: Dagang Net to use UNeDocs format. MALAYSIAN small-to-medium sized businesses, particularly importers and exporters, will have another avenue to extend.. more info...

15 December 2005: Pakistan to adopt electronic trade: The government has decided to introduce UNeDocs United Kingdom. more info...

6 July 2005: Roadmap and presentations of UN forum on "Paperless Trade" now available. more info...

20-22nd June 2005: UN organizes a major forum on "Paperless trade in International supply-chain for efficency and security". more info...

15th May 2005: Microsoft implementation of UNeDocs documents no available in MS Office website. more info...

10th May 2005: Hanoi, Vietnam: AFACT Steering Committee appoints DagangNet as the official AFACT Focal Point for participation in the UNeDocs project under TBG2. For more information [click]

20th April 2005:Turning the page for paper in international trade [Press Release]

25 January 2005: UN/CEFACT puts its weight behind electronic invoicing. More..

17 January 2005: Adobe intelligent document platform based reference implementation of UNeDocs electronic trade documents is now available. More..

10 January 2005: UNECE releases a reference implementation of UNeDocs electronic trade documents based on Microsoft Infopath technology. More..

7 December 2004: UNeDocs presented at CEN eBIF (electronic Business Interoperability Forum) on 9 December 2004, Brussels. More..

-20 December 2004: UN/CEFACT ITPWG approves the revision of Recommendation 6 - invoice to provide e-invoice capabilities. More..

-01 November 2004: UN calls for e-docs task force. More..

-18 October 2004: Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: Tools, Techniques and Methodologies, 18-20 October 2004, Palais des Nations, Geneva More..

-30 September 2004: First release of the UNeDocs International Document Set (IDS) now released for pilot implementations. The IDS V04 contains an integrated set of twelve standards based international trade documents available both in paper and electronic formats (XML and EDI). More..

-17 September 2004: First release of the UNeDocs Forms Translator (IDS) now available. Forms Translator allows the generation of an integrated set of national trade documents aligned to International standards.

-3 November 2003: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) is exploring the possibility of setting-up on a pilot basis in Mauritius the United Nations electronic Trade Documents system for the electronic submission of trade documents such as commercial invoices, sea way bills and certificates of origin.

-28 August 2003: UNeDocs releases first prototype for automated validation of electronic trade documents . The service demonstrates how the integration of Web Services in electronic trade documents can enrich the document and deliver new services to the trade community. The Web Service validates an electronic trade document on the Internet against a set of user defined business rules. The automated validation of the document and it's data increases security in the supply chain, reduces the documentary risks for traders and government authorities and minimises delays caused by manual procedures and errors. For more information on the document validator please click http://www.unemed.net/edocs/validationservice.htm

-29 July 2003: UNeDocs continues expanding its web services for XML Code Lists for trade data. UNeDocs now also provides webservices for units of measurement. More information and for on-line access to the Web Service can be found at http://www.unemed.net/edocs/index.htm

-23 May 2003: UNeDocs released the upgraded version of codelist web services UNeDocs makes available Version 0.2 of its Web Services for digital Trade Documents. The Web Service has improved support of UN Recommended code list for Trade Data. Supported functionality now includes new features such as search by code and search by code name. New is also the support of United Nations Codes for Trade and Transport (UN/LOCODE) as Web Service. More information and on-line access to the Web Service at http://www.unemed.net/edocs/index.htm

-19 May 2003: UNECE and SITPRO to develop toolkit of electronic trade documents for world trade community. (Press release)

-16 May 2003: UNeDocs organized a seminar on electronic trade documents during the United Nations Forum on Trade Facilitation. The Forum welcomed the efforts of the UNECE to develop and implement accessible tools and solutions for administrations and the trade community around the world.  (click on the left menu)

-5 March 2003: UNeDocs expanding its web services for XML Code Lists for trade data. The UNeDocs project expands the number of code lists in electronic format. UNeDocs now also provides webservices for "Mode of Transport", and "Incoterm Codes". The number of other trade code list repository in XML/XSD formats can be also found here.

-6 January 2003: UNeDocs DigitalDocument Web Services released. UNeDocs releases a trial version of UNeDocs DigitalDocument Web Services . The Web Services are accessible from a standard PC with no additional software required. The Web Services provides documentary functionality to electronic trade documents that reside on the user PC. UNeDocs DigitalDocument Web Services provides document transformation into paper(aligned to UNLK), translation and fast delivery by email and also document transformation into HTML format

-11th November 2002: UNeDocs Web Services for Code Lists now available. UNeDocs released the first version of the UNECE Code Lists for International Trade accessible through Internet based Web Services. UNeDocs Web Services provides traders and administrators worldwide with latest and reliable codes for trade data. The Code Lists for the Web Services are centrally managed on the UN server. The Web Services will thus eliminate the need of local maintenance and update of Code Lists. The facilitated access will promote the use of codes and help to increase efficiency and security of supply chain operations. UNeDocs provides this service currently for test and evaluation. The UNeDocs codelist Web Services is available at http://www.unemed.net/edocs

-14 October 2002:UNeDocs publishes Code Lists for International Trade in XML format. The use of encoded  trade data based on recognized international code sets simplifies trade procedures and reduces the risks associated wit International Trade. The United Nations formally recommends the use of Code Lists to trade and Governments. UneDocs now provides these code lists in XML format. The integration of Code Lists into electronic trade documents provides significant benefits to users. The combination of XML technology, electronic trade documents and international Code Lists in XML format, allows traders and administrators to automate documentary procedures and to reduce risks through the use of technology. UneDocs Code List Integration Guidelines provides a tutorial on how to integrate the Code Lists in XML Schemas.

-18 September: Code List Tutorial now available. UNeDocs tutorial on the use of code lists in XML trade documents. The use of codes for trade data increases the quality of data exchanged by trading parties and significantly reduces costs and risks associated with international trade document exchange. The tutorial explains in a practical example how United Nations code lists for trade data can be referenced from a UNeDocs XML trade document or any other XML trade document.

-17th July:   Country and currency code list in XML format now available on the Internet. The use of encoded trade data based on recognized international code sets simplifies trade procedures and reduces risks. The United Nations recommends the use of ISO 3166 two digit country codes to represent the names of countries and ISO 4217 three digit codes for currencies (UN CEFACT Recommendation No 3 and 9). In the framework of the UNeDocs project the UNECE provides now this code list in XML format on the Internet. This is an important practical step for the integration of international code sets for trade data into XML trade documents.

- 1st of May: The United Nations and the United Kingdom trade facilitation board sign a memorandum of understanding to provide a solution for standard electronic trade documents to the world trade community.- Geneva, Switzerland (press release) The photo of the signature of the MoU between UNECE and SITPRO.

- UNeDocs Toolkit for Trade Facilitators now released. UNeDocs now makes available the first release of a toolkit for the design of aligned trade documents. The toolkit contains the relevant recommendations for the design of trade documents, guidelines for implements, the ISO reference database for the semantic document content definition and document templates in electronic format. The toolkit is designed for Trade Facilitators and software designers world wide that develop trade document layouts on a professional basis