International Literacy Year : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1991
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SymbolA/RES/46/93
TitleInternational Literacy Year : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Invites Member States, specialized agencies and other organizations of the UN system and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to further intensify their efforts to increase literacy and achieve education for all; appeals anew to Governments, economic and financial organizations and institutions, both national and international to lend financial and material support to the efforts to promote literacy; calls upon Unesco to continue assuming the role of lead organization in ensuring the follow-up to International Literacy Year and the World Conference on Education for All; requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-General of Unesco, to submit to the General Assembly at its 50th session in 1995, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the progress made and problems encountered in the quest to achieve a literate world; decides to undertake, at its 50th session, a mid-decade review of progress made and problems encountered in the struggle against illiteracy, under the item entitled "Social Development".
Action note1991-12-16
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 74th meeting
Meeting record
A/46/PV.74
Agenda information
A/46/251 94a[5] LITERACY
Date[New York] : UN, 31 Mar. 1992.
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3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 74th plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1991.