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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/
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