Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the Secretariat in compliance with resolution 56/35 of 3 Dec. 2001; requests the Department, in full cooperation and coordination with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to continue its special information programme for the biennium 2003-2004, in particular: (a) to disseminate information on all the activities of the UN system relating to the question of Palestine; (b) to continue to issue and update publications on the various aspects of the question of Palestine in all fields; (c) to expand its collection of audio-visual material on the question of Palestine and to continue the production and preservation of such material and the updating of the exhibit in the Secretariat; (d) to organize and promote fact-finding news missions for journalists to the area, including the territory under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority and the Occupied Territory; (e) to organize international, regional and national seminars or encounters for journalists, aiming in particular at sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine; (f) to continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people in the field of media development.

Adopted 159-6-6, 68th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.