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parity, which should ultimately lead to achieving full parity among the official
languages of the United Nations;
49. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report, in accordance
with paragraph 48 above, guidelines for content planning and publication on the
United Nations web sites;
50. Stresses the importance of access to the United Nations treaty collection
and the United Nations parliamentary documentation for the public, and commends
the Secretary-General on his initiative to make parliamentary documentation of the
Organization available through the United Nations web site in all the official
languages;
51. Expresses its appreciation to the Department of Public Information for
conducting the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists from developing
countries and countries in transition, and calls for its further expansion so as to
include a larger number of trainees from those countries;
52. 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 countries in disseminating
information on priority issues;
53. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue to ensure the
greatest possible access for United Nations guided tours and to ensure that displays
in public areas are kept as informative, up-to-date, relevant and technologically
innovative as possible;
54. 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;
55. Also recalls its resolution 53/1 H of 16 November 1998, 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;
56. Further recalls its resolutions 53/59 B of 3 December 1998 and 54/82 B,
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 Secretary-General on the causes of
conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in
Africa, 13 and to publicize the activities of the open-ended working group established
for that purpose;
57. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on
Information at its twenty-third session and to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth
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