A/RES/48/53
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1.
Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the
Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the
dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of
the United Nations in the field of decolonization;
2.
Considers it important for the United Nations to continue to play
an active role in the process of decolonization and to intensify its efforts
to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization,
with a view to further mobilizing international public opinion in support of
complete decolonization by the year 2000;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General, taking into account the
suggestions of the Special Committee, to continue to take concrete measures
through all the media at his disposal, including publications, radio and
television, to give widespread and continuous publicity to the work of the
United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:
To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to
(a)
collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating
to the problems of decolonization and, in particular, to continue to publish
the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles
and studies, including the Decolonization series, and to increase the
information on all the Territories under consideration by the Special
Committee, selecting appropriate material for wider dissemination by reprints
in various languages;
(b)
To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the
discharge of the tasks referred to above;
(c)
To intensify the decolonization-oriented activities of all United
Nations information centres;
(d)
To maintain a working relationship with the appropriate regional
and intergovernmental organizations, particularly in Africa and the Pacific
and Caribbean regions, by holding periodic consultations and exchanging
information;
(e)
To solicit, in consultation with United Nations information
centres, assistance in the dissemination of information on decolonization from
non-governmental organizations;
(f)
To continue to produce comprehensive press releases for all
meetings of the Special Committee and its subsidiary bodies;
(g)
To ensure that the necessary facilities and services to that end
are made available;
To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the
(h)
implementation of the present resolution;
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