A/RES/72/90 A-B
Questions relating to information
2.
Reaffirms that the United Nations remains the indispensable foundation of
a peaceful and just world and that its voice must be heard in a clear and effective
manner, and emphasizes the essential role of the Department of Public Information of
the Secretariat in this context;
3.
Stresses the importance of the provision of clear, timely, accurate and
comprehensive information by the Secretariat to Member States, upon their request,
within the framework of existing mandates and procedures;
4.
Also stresses that Member States should abstain from using information
and communications technologies in contravention of international law, including the
Charter of the United Nations;
5.
Reaffirms the central role of the Committee on Information in United
Nations public information policies and activities, including the prioritization of those
activities, and decides that recommendations relating to the programme of the
Department of Public Information shall originate, to the extent possible, in the
Committee and shall be considered by the Committee;
6.
Requests the Department of Public Information, following the priorities
for the period 2018–2019 set out by the General Assembly in its resolution 71/6 of
27 October 2016, to pay particular attention to the promotion of susta ined economic
growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of
the Assembly and recent United Nations conferences, the maintenance of
international peace and security, the development of Africa, the promotion of human
rights, the effective coordination of humanitarian assistance efforts, the promotion of
justice and international law, disarmament, and drug control, crime prevention and
combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations;
7.
Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United
Nations information centres to pay particular attention to the outcomes of the Third
United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the third International
Conference on Financing for Development and the annual Economic and Social
Council forum on financing for development follow-up, the United Nations summit
for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and its follow-up by the annual
high-level political forum on sustainable development, the twenty-second session of
the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change and the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as
the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) and the United Nations
Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14:
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sust ainable
development, and the progress in implementing their outcomes;
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General activities of the Department of Public Information
8.
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the
Department of Public Information; 3
9.
Requests the Department of Public Information to maintain its
commitment to a culture of evaluation and to continue to evaluate its products and
activities with the objective of enhancing their effectiveness, and to continue to
cooperate and coordinate with Member States and the Office of Internal Oversight
Services of the Secretariat;
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