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A Teen Guide to the Internet
Geneva, 17 September
2003 - The United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE) just released
a new publication: « The
Musketeers Conquer the Net - A 'teen'
guide to getting online ».
This brochure is published in the context
of the World Summit on the Information
Society. « We hope that it will
lead teenagers to discover the Net and
show them how they can use the World
Wide Web in a safe and fun manner. Through
the Internet, they will be able to make
friends all over the world and thereby
build a more peaceful future" stressed
Mrs. Brigita Schmögnerová,
Under-Secretary General and UNECE Executive
Secretary.
The lively dialogues
of this brochure recount the adventures
of four teenagers who, thanks to the
Internet, maintain contact while separated
by thousands of kilometres. Oksana and
Mikhail live in Malyia Avtsiuki in Belarus,
and they have been staying with Julietta
and Carlo from Gassino Torinese in Italy
during an exchange organized by an Italian
NGO « Comitato Girotondo ».
Their adventures and misadventures while
surfing on the Net will allow young
readers - and the less young too - to
discover the fascinating and dangerous
world of the World Wide Web.
A young lady of 14
who lives near Geneva has illustrated
the brochure, which was prepared in
cooperation with teenagers aged between
10 and 16 and computer science teachers.
Aimed at a public of
teenagers, the brochure is partly based
on a true story. It is part of the UNECE
activities aimed at promoting youth
training.
The brochure is available
in English, French, Russian and Spanish
from the usual United Nations sales
agents in various countries or from
the United Nations Office at Geneva
(see address below). Please quote Sales
No. GV.E.03.0.19 or ISBN No. 92-1-101060-8.
Sales and Marketing Section
United Nations Publications
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41(0)22 917 26 06 / 26
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Fax: +41(0)22 917 00 27
E-mail: [email protected]
For further information, please contact:
UNECE Information Service
Palais des Nations, Room 356
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41(0)22 917 44 44
Fax: +41(0)22 917 05 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.unece.org/
Ref: ECE/GEN/03/P09