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2. Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a useful and
constructive contribution;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Division with the necessary resources
and to ensure that it continues to carry out its programme of work as detailed in the relevant earlier
resolutions, in consultation with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People and under its guidance, including, in particular, the organization of meetings in various regions with the
participation of all sectors of the international community, the further development and expansion of the
documents collection of the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine, the preparation
and widest possible dissemination of publications and information materials on various aspects of the question
of Palestine, the provision of assistance in completing the project on the modernization of the records of the
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine and the provision of the annual training programme for
staff of the Palestinian Authority;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued cooperation of the Department of
Public Information and other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Division to perform its tasks and in
covering adequately the various aspects of the question of Palestine;
5. Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to the Committee and the
Division in the performance of their tasks;
6. Notes with appreciation the action taken by Member States to observe annually on 29 November
the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, requests them to continue to give the widest
possible publicity to the observance, and requests the Committee and the Division to continue to organize, as
part of the observance of the Day of Solidarity, an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights in cooperation with the
Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations.
68th plenary meeting
1 December 1999