A/RES/56/64 62. Takes note with interest of the electronic mail-based news alert service distributed worldwide by the Department of Public Information, and emphasizes that extra care needs to be taken to ensure that news-breaking stories and news alerts are accurate, impartial and free of any bias; 63. Encourages the Secretary-General, through the Department of Public Information, to continue to take full advantage of recent developments in information technology, including the Internet, in order to improve, in a costeffective manner, the expeditious dissemination of information on the United Nations, in accordance with the priorities established by the General Assembly and taking into account the linguistic diversity of the Organization; 64. Encourages an increase in the number of programmes of United Nations Radio, in all available languages, on the United Nations web site; XI Final remarks 65. Recognizes the need for constructive interaction between the management of the Department of Public Information and members of the Committee on Information, and requests the Department to arrange, in consultation with the Chairman, informal meetings with the members of the Committee every three months to discuss the ongoing work of the Department, and in this regard requests the Department, in preparation for these meetings, to invite members of the Committee, no later than two weeks prior to their convening, to propose topics for discussion; 66. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session and to the General Assembly at its fiftyseventh session on the activities of the Department of Public Information and on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present resolution; 67. Requests the Committee on Information to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session; 68. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Questions relating to information”. 92nd plenary meeting 24 December 2001 13

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