A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/172 3 February 1997 Fifty-first session Agenda item 96 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/51/604/Add.8)] 51/172. Communication for development programmes in the United Nations system The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,1 as well as the report prepared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the sixth Inter-Agency Round Table on Communication for Development, held at Harare from 2 to 5 September 1996, and the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Communication for development programmes in the United Nations system"2 and the comments of the Administrative Committee on Coordination thereon,3 1. Recalls its resolution 50/130 of 20 December 1995; 2. Considers that informal round tables, such as the sixth InterAgency Round Table on Communication for Development, organized at Harare by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, can constitute a notable mechanism of inter-agency cooperation and coordination for promoting and advancing communication for development, owing, inter alia, to their openness to partners outside the United Nations system and the outreach of their outcomes; 1 A/51/314. 2 A/50/126-E/1995/20, annex. 3 A/50/126/Add.1-E/1995/20/Add.1, annex. 97-76567 /...