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attention, including the appropriate means of communication, and bearing in mind
local language requirements;
III
Multilingualism and public information
16. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring the full, equitable treatment of all
the official languages of the United Nations in all activities of the Department of
Public Information, and stresses the importance of fully implementing its resolution
52/214 of 22 December 1997, in section C of which it requested the SecretaryGeneral to ensure that the texts of all new public documents in all six official
languages, and information materials of the United Nations, are made available
through the United Nations web site daily and are accessible to Member States
without delay;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to submit updated figures on the use and
command of all six official languages by the staff of the Department of Public
Information to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session;
18. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Department of
Public Information has appropriate staffing capacity in all official languages of the
United Nations to undertake all its activities;
19. Reminds the Secretary-General of the need to include in future
programme budget proposals for the Department of Public Information the
importance of using all six official languages in its activities;
20. Takes note of the Internet Publishing Guidelines, 8 and in this regard
requests the Department of Public Information and the Working Group on Internet
Matters to include in these guidelines specific recommendations towards achieving
the goal of making all documentation on the web sites available in all six official
languages of the Organization;
IV
Promotional campaigns
21. Recalls its resolutions 53/202 of 17 December 1998 and 54/254 of
15 March 2000, concerning the designation of the fifty-fifth session of the General
Assembly as the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations and the convening, as
an integral part of the Millennium Assembly, of the Millennium Summit of the
United Nations, takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the millennium
promotional campaign, 9 and commends the Department of Public Information for
the important role that it played in implementing the promotional campaign;
22. Appreciates the Secretary-General’s initiatives in promoting 2001 as the
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations and, mindful of the
importance of drawing international attention to the impact that dialogue among
civilizations could have on promoting mutual understanding, tolerance and peaceful
coexistence, encourages the Secretary-General to intensify the promotional
campaign through the use of as many broadcasters and languages, in addition to the
official languages, as possible, to spread coverage, with special emphasis on
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See ST/AI/2001/5.
A/AC.198/2000/10.
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