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30. Encourages further increasing the number of programmes of United Nations Radio, in all
available languages, on the United Nations site on the Internet;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to implement fully the recommendations contained in paragraph
9 of General Assembly resolution 38/82 B of 15 December 1983 with regard to the introduction of full
programming in French and Creole in the work programme of the Caribbean Unit of United Nations
Radio;
32. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the design and scope of a pilot project for
the development of an international radio broadcasting capacity for the United Nations,9 and requests the
Department of Public Information to start, as soon as possible, the implementation of the pilot project
through, inter alia, contacts with interested Member States and specialized institutions, with a view to
ensuring the assistance necessary for the success of the project, taking into account the need to enhance
the existing resources and services, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report on the
implementation of this project to the Committee on Information at its twenty-second session;
33. Underlines the continuing importance of using traditional and mass media channels to
disseminate information on the United Nations, and encourages the Secretary-General, through the
Department of Public Information, to continue to take full advantage of recent developments in
information technologies, including the Internet, in order to improve, in a cost-effective manner, the
dissemination of information on the United Nations, in accordance with the priorities established by the
General Assembly and taking into account the linguistic diversity of the Organization;
34. Takes note of efforts by some United Nations information centres to establish their own Web
pages in local languages, and recommends that the Department of Public Information encourage other
information centres to develop Web pages in the respective local languages of their host countries;
35. Takes note with appreciation, with reference to the report of the Secretary-General on the
continuous development, maintenance and enrichment of United Nations Web sites10 and the report of
the Secretary-General on the multilingual development, maintenance and enrichment of United Nations
Web sites,11 of the efforts of the Secretary-General to develop and enhance the United Nations Web sites
in all official languages of the Organization, requests him to pursue these efforts and to continue to
develop proposals for consideration by the Committee on Information at its twenty-second session, having
in mind the goal of achieving modular parity among official languages, stressing that this goal should be
achieved in a cost-effective manner and with a focus on textual content;
36. Welcomes the establishment of the Geneva Diplomatic Community Network, which has improved
the dissemination of information among the permanent missions, the United Nations Office at Geneva and
the other international organizations based in Geneva, and requests the Secretary-General to continue
providing his support to this important programme;
9
A/AC.198/1999/5.
10
A/AC.198/1999/6.
11
A/AC.198/1999/9 and Corr.1 and 2.
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