Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace A/RES/71/252 its adoption, on or around 13 September, and requests the Secretariat to support its effective organization within their respective mandates and existing resources; 14. Invites the Secretary-General, within existing resources, in consultation with the Member States and taking into account the observations of civil society organizations, to explore mechanisms and strategies, in particular strategies in the sphere of information and communications technology, for the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action and to initiate outreach efforts to increase global awareness of the Programme of Action and its eight areas of action aimed at their implementation; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session a report, within existing resources, on actions taken by Member States, on the basis of information provided by them, and those taken system-wide by all concerned entities of the United Nations to implement the present resolution and on heightened activities b y the Organization and its affiliated agencies to implement the Programme of Action and to promote a culture of peace and non-violence; 16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “Culture of peace”. 68th plenary meeting 23 December 2016 5/5