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3.
Stresses the importance of the Programme, as a significant instrument in
enabling all Member States to participate fully in the deliberations and negotiations on
disarmament in the various United Nations bodies, and in assisting them in complying
with treaties, as required, and in contributing to agreed mechanisms for transparency;
4.
Notes with appreciation the cooperation of the Department of Public
Information of the Secretariat and its information centres in pursuit of the objectives of
the Programme;
5.
Recommends that the Programme focus its efforts:
(a) To inform, to educate and to generate public understanding of the importance
of multilateral action and support for it, including action by the United Nations and the
Conference on Disarmament, in the field of arms limitation and disarmament, in a
factual, balanced and objective manner, and, inter alia, to continue to publish in all
official languages The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, periodic hard copy and
regular electronic updates of the Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and
Disarmament Agreements and ad hoc publications in hard copy and electronic form;
(b) To continue to coordinate, produce and manage the disarmament Internet
web site as a part of the United Nations web site with a view to maintaining an
updated source of accessible information, and, within available resources, to
produce versions of the site in as many official languages as feasible;
(c) To continue to intensify United Nations interaction with the public,
principally non-governmental organizations and research institutes, to help further
an informed debate on topical issues of arms limitation, disarmament and security;
(d) To continue to organize discussions on topics of interest in the field of arms
limitation and disarmament with a view to broadening understanding and facilitating an
exchange of views and information among Member States and civil society;
6.
Emphasizes the importance of contributions to the Voluntary Trust Fund for
the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme to sustain a strong outreach
programme, and invites all Member States to make contributions to the Fund;
7.
Commends the Secretary-General for supporting the efforts of
universities, other academic institutions and non-governmental organizations active
in the education field in widening the worldwide availability of disarmament
education, invites him to continue to support and cooperate with educational
institutions and non-governmental organizations engaged in such efforts, without
cost to the regular budget to the United Nations, and takes note of the proposal made
by the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in July 2000 for a study on
disarmament and non-proliferation education; 3
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
fifty-seventh session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of
the Programme by the United Nations system during the two previous years and the
activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years;
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See A/55/349, para. 24.