A/RES/50/214 Page 11 particular follow-up to the implementation of the Declaration on the Right to Development 6/ in accordance with paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 50/184 of 22 December 1995, for inclusion in the next medium-term plan; 39. Decides that the Secretary-General shall report by 31 March 1996 to the General Assembly at its resumed fiftieth session, making proposals on the appropriate level and distribution of resources for the Centre for Human Rights, taking into account paragraphs 36 and 37 above and the restructuring of the Centre; 40. Endorses, pending consideration of the report of the SecretaryGeneral, the recommendations of the Advisory Committee as contained in paragraph VI.11 of its first report on the proposed programme budget; Section 24. Department of Humanitarian Affairs 41. Endorses the proposal of the Secretary-General on the level of resources assigned to section 24 of the proposed programme budget; 42. Expresses deep concern over the sharp decrease in the level of extrabudgetary resources for the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, which has had an adverse impact on its ability to carry out mandated activities, and requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to mobilize extrabudgetary resources; Section 25. Public information 43. Requests the Secretary-General to evaluate the capability and effectiveness of United Nations information centres in the performance of their functions, including, inter alia, retrieval and dissemination of information, taking into account electronic information, where accessible, and to report thereon to the General Assembly, through the Committee on Information, at the fifty-first session; 44. Also requests the Secretary-General to evaluate the activities of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library with a view to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of its functioning; 45. Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that internal printing services are used more efficiently, limiting external contracting to cases that are strictly necessary, unless the external contracting provides the same services at a lower cost; 46. Decides that the standards utilized to determine the volume of work and the composition of the staff that provide services for international conferences outside Headquarters should be modified in order to reduce the costs of these activities through the utilization of advanced technologies; 47. Reiterates its resolution 50/84 C of 15 December 1995 on public information activities relating to Palestine, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to provide the necessary resources for these activities during the biennium 1996-1997; 48. Reaffirms the importance attached by Member States to the role of the United Nations information centres in effectively and comprehensively disseminating information about United Nations activities, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and requests 6/ Resolution 41/128, annex. /...

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