United Nations public information policies and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

UN public information policies and activities

Reaffirms its resolution 13 (I) of 13 Feb. 1946, in which it established the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat; welcomes Angola, the Republic of Moldova and Solomon Islands to membership in the Committee on Information; requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the submission of the proposal to the Committee for Programme and Coordination for consideration, in accordance with section I of General Assembly resolution 53/207 of 18 Dec. 1998; requests the Secretary-General also to focus in particular on educational institutions as key and indispensable partners of the UN in its efforts fully to inform the peoples of the world of its aims and activities; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that information presented to the media is made available to delegations fully and in a timely fashion; requests the Secretary-General to carry out a case-by-case review and submit his proposals on the functioning of the integrated centres on a priority basis, in full consultation with the host Governments, and to submit a report to the Committee on Information at its 22nd session; requests the Secretary-General to implement fully the recommendations contained in paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution 38/82 B of 15 Dec. 1983 with regard to the introduction of full programming in French and Creole in the work programme of the Caribbean Unit of UN Radio; requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its 22nd session and to the General Assembly at its 55th session on the activities of the Department of Public Information and on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present resolution; requests the Committee on Information to report to the General Assembly at its 55th session

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 6 Dec. 1999.
In: Questions relating to information - A/RES/54/82 - 23 Feb. 2000 - p. 3-8.