Development of public information activities in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1989
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SymbolA/RES/44/61
TitleDevelopment of public information activities in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Encourages all Member States to make special efforts to provide, 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 texts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other international conventions, as well as to information and education on the practical ways in which the rights and freedoms enjoyed under those instruments can be exercised; requests the Secretary-General to draw the attention of Member States to the teaching booklet on human rights; requests the Secretary-General to ensure the fullest effective deployment of the skills and resources of all concerned units of the Secretariat and to make available, within existing resources, and in particular from the budget of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, adequate funding for developing practical and effective human rights information activities, including those within the programme of the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights.
Action note1989-12-08
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 78th meeting
Meeting record
A/44/PV.78
Agenda information
A/44/251 96c Development of public information activities in the field of human rights. HUMAN RIGHTS--INFORMATION
Date[New York] :[...]
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4 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 78th plenary meeting, 8 Dec. 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 44th session, Volume 1, 19 September-29 December 1989. - A/44/49. - 1990. - p. 180-181. - (GAOR, 44th sess., Suppl. no. 49).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 44th session, Volume 1, 19 September-29 December 1989. - A/44/49. - 1990. - p. 180-181. - (GAOR, 44th sess., Suppl. no. 49).