Subject: InfoNation: A multilingual country database

        The United Nations CyberSchoolBus launched on Thursday a 
     multilingual database on UN Member States for educational and general 
     use on the World Wide Web.
     
        With just a few clicks on an easy-to-use interface in English, 
     French or Spanish, users of InfoNation can compare data for countries 
     of their choice. Users can select from a total of 36 data series 
     including such basic series as  population, GDP and life expectancy as 
     well as homicides, school enrolment and endangered species. InfoNation 
     includes  a 'Data Dictionary' in three languages, with definitions for 
     the terms, and  comprehensive footnotes. 
     
        The statistics and indicators used by InfoNation are official, 
     up-to-date data provided by the United Nations Statistics Division 
     from the World Statistics Pocketbook and the Statistical Yearbook, 
     supplemented with information from other sources on capital cities, 
     languages and illiteracy.
     
        InfoNation can be accessed from the Resource Source area of the UN 
     CyberSchoolBus or directly from the following URLs:
     
     InfoNation
     English   
     http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm 
     French     
     http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/f_infonation.htm 
     Spanish    
     http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/s_infonation.htm
     
     
     UN CyberSchoolBus
     English    http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/s_infonation.htm
     French     http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/frenchtion/s_infonation.htm 
     Spanish    http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/spanishion/s_infonation.htm