The first such step was the creation of a regional United Nations information centre for Western Europe, established on 1 January 2004 in Brussels immediately following the closure of nine Western European information centres on 31 December 2003.
第一步是在2003年12月31日关闭九个西欧新闻中心之后，立即于2004年1月1日在布鲁塞尔设立西欧区域联合国新闻中心。