A/RES/59/126 A-B 7. Calls upon Member States to ensure, to the extent possible, that recommendations relating to the programme of the Department of Public Information originate and are considered in the Committee on Information; Requests the Department of Public Information, following the priorities 8. laid down by the General Assembly in the medium-term plan and using the United Nations Millennium Declaration 7 as its guide, to pay particular attention to such major issues as the eradication of poverty, conflict prevention, sustainable development, human rights, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic, combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and the needs of the African continent; Also requests the Department of Public Information to pay attention to all 9. major issues addressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals in carrying out its activities; 10. Concurs with the Secretary-General on the need to enhance the technological infrastructure of the Department of Public Information in order to widen its outreach and improve the United Nations web site; 11. Recognizes 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, and encourages a continued collaboration between the Department of Public Information and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the promotion of culture and in the fields of education and communication; II General activities of the Department of Public Information 12. Notes the proposals and actions of the Secretary-General to improve the effective and targeted delivery of public information activities, including the restructuring of the Department of Public Information, in accordance with the relevant resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information in this regard at its twenty-seventh session; 13. Reaffirms that the Department of Public Information is the focal point for information policies of the United Nations and the primary news centre for information about the United Nations, its activities and those of the SecretaryGeneral, and encourages a closer integration of functions between the Department and the office providing spokesman services for the Secretary-General; 14. Welcomes the recommendations of the Department of Public Information for developing a communications strategy to publicize the work and decisions of the General Assembly, 8 encourages the Department to establish a closer working relationship with the Office of the President of the General Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General to report further on the progress achieved in, and the remaining challenges to, the implementation of those recommendations to the Committee on Information at its twenty-seventh session; _______________ 7 8 See resolution 55/2. See A/AC.198/2004/6. 5