Development of public information activities in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1986
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SymbolA/RES/41/130
TitleDevelopment of public information activities in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Requests all Member States to publicize and to facilitate and encourage publicity for the activities of the UN in the field of human rights and to accord priority to the dissemination, in their respective national and local languages, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other international conventions; requests the Secretary-General to finalize work on a draft teaching booklet on basic human rights and to draw the attention of Member States to this document, which could serve as a broad and flexible framework within which teaching could be structured and developed in accordance with national circumstances; requests the Secretary-General to complete as soon as possible the task of issuing the personalized version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 6 official languages of the UN and to proceed thereafter to the production of this document in national and local languages; invites Member States to consider nominating national focal points to which the Secretary-General could supply copies of relevant human rights materials to complement the existing means by which such materials are disseminated; requests the Secretary-General to expedite work on building up collections of reference works and UN materials at each UN information centre, taking into account the list of basic reference works on human rights prepared by the UN; requests the Secretary-General to arrange for the reprinting as soon as practicable of the publication entitled "Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments".
Action note1986-12-04
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 97th plenary meeting
Meeting record
A/41/PV.97
Date[New York] : UN, 2 Mar. 1987.
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3 p.
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Adopted at the 97th plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1986.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 41st session, 16 September-19 December 1986. - A/41/53. - 1987. - p. 188. - (GAOR, 41st sess., Suppl. no. 53).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 41st session, 16 September-19 December 1986. - A/41/53. - 1987. - p. 188. - (GAOR, 41st sess., Suppl. no. 53).