A/RES/56/64 publicizing the findings of the Group of Eminent Persons for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session; 23. Recalls paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 55/47 of 29 November 2000, entitled “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and NonViolence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010”, and, in this context, encourages the Department of Public Information to undertake specific dissemination of information on a culture of peace, keeping in mind the ongoing Decade; 24. Recognizes the need for enhanced publicity through a targeted strategy to be developed by the Department of Public Information on the special sessions and conferences, including on the least developed countries, children, illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), racism, the environment, financing for development, sustainable development, and ageing, which will address issues crucial to the international community, particularly the developing countries, as well as on the ongoing Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action in this regard and report to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session in the context of his report on the reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications; 25. Recalls its resolutions 53/59 B of 3 December 1998 and 54/82 B of 6 December 1999, and urges the Department of Public Information to take the necessary measures, through the provision of relevant and objective information, towards achieving the major objectives set forth in the report of the SecretaryGeneral on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, 10 and to publicize the activities of the openended working group established for that purpose; 26. Also 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 that disaster; 27. Further recalls its resolution 55/44 of 27 November 2000, concerning international cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan, which has been affected by nuclear tests, and encourages the Department of Public Information, in cooperation with relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to take appropriate measures to enhance world public awareness of the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region; V Bridging the digital divide 28. Commends the Secretary-General for the establishment of the United Nations Information Technology Service, the Health InterNetwork and the _______________ 10 A/52/871-S/1998/318. 7