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32. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the design and scope of the pilot project
regarding United Nations international radio broadcasting capacity, which will be considered by the
Committee on Information at its twenty-first session in 1999;
33. Notes, in that context, that the Department of Public Information intends to contact Member
States in order to ascertain their preparedness to provide technical facilities for the pilot project and to
include that information in the report mentioned in paragraph 32 above;
34. Encourages the inclusion of programmes of United Nations Radio, in all available languages,
on the United Nations home page on the Internet;
35. Underlines the continued importance for the Department of Public Information of using
traditional and mass media channels to disseminate information on the United Nations, and encourages
the Department of Public Information to take full advantage of recent developments in information
technologies, such as the Internet, to improve, in a cost-effective manner, the dissemination of information
on the United Nations, taking into account the linguistic diversity of the Organization;
36. Welcomes the steps being undertaken by the Department of Public Information to strengthen its
capacity to carry out its responsibility both for maintaining and coordinating the United Nations home
page and for providing its public information content;
37. Expresses its appreciation for the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists from
developing countries conducted by the Department of Public Information, and calls for its further
expansion so as to include a larger number of trainees from developing countries, as well as trainees from
countries in transition;
38. Acknowledges the important work carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization and its collaboration with news agencies and broadcasting organizations in
developing nations in disseminating information on priority issues;
39. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue to ensure the greatest possible access
for United Nations guided tours, as well as to ensure that displays in public areas are kept as informative,
up-to-date, relevant and technologically innovative as possible;
40. Urges the Department of Public Information to take the necessary measures, through the
provision of relevant and objective information, with a view to achieving the major objectives set forth
in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and
sustainable development in Africa;13
41. Recalls its resolutions concerning the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, in particular
resolutions 51/138 B of 13 December 1996 and 52/172 of 16 December 1997, and encourages the
Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the countries concerned and with the relevant
organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate measures to
enhance world public awareness of the consequences of this disaster;
13
A/52/871-S/1998/318; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for
April, May and June 1998, document S/1998/318.
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