The raw number of accesses to a web site sometimes portrays an inflated usage level. However, the Department has undertaken a detailed analysis of web site usage that shows the number of actual documents retrieved and viewed by users, based on which it is estimated that an average of 370,000 documents are currently viewed by users each day. On 1 September 2000, a completely redesigned web site was launched simultaneously in all six languages of the Organization. This was a major step toward parity among the official languages, by providing a splash page in which the user chooses the language and is presented with similar-looking pages in each of the languages. Navigation through the site has been made much simpler, with additional cross-links and a more intuitive interface.
New material continues to be added in all official languages.
Since September 2000, a total of 10,880 documents and information materials has been added in languages other than English and French. For the first time, in addition to the web cast, all statements made to the General Assembly during the Millennium Summit and the subsequent general debate at the fifty-fifth session were uploaded to the site. All provisional verbatim records of the General Assembly are now available online. Web casts and the uploading of statements will become regular features of the United Nations web site in the near future. Future development 6.