A/RES/57/90
4.
Notes with appreciation the cooperation of the Department of Public
Information of the Secretariat and its information centres in pursuit of the objectives
of the Programme;
5.
Recommends that the Programme focus its efforts:
(a) To inform, to educate and to generate public understanding of the
importance of multilateral action and support for it, including action by the United
Nations and the Conference on Disarmament, in the field of arms limitation and
disarmament, in a factual, balanced and objective manner, and, inter alia, to
continue to publish in all official languages The United Nations Disarmament
Yearbook and to report on the results of the survey of users, as well as to continue to
produce ad hoc publications in print and electronic form;
(b) To continue to maintain the Disarmament Internet web site, including
frequent updates of the databases such as the Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation
and Disarmament Agreements and the disarmament-related Resolutions and
Decisions of the General Assembly, as a part of the United Nations web site and to
produce versions of the site in as many official languages as feasible;
(c) To continue to intensify United Nations interaction with the public,
principally non-governmental organizations and research institutes, to help further
an informed debate on topical issues of arms limitation, disarmament and security;
(d) To continue to organize discussions on topics of interest in the field of
arms limitation and disarmament with a view to broadening understanding and
facilitating an exchange of views and information among Member States and civil
society;
6.
Invites all Member States to make contributions to the Voluntary Trust
Fund for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme with a view to
sustaining a strong outreach programme;
7.
Takes note of the recommendations made in the study on disarmament
and non-proliferation education submitted to the General Assembly at its fiftyseventh session 3 and commends to the attention of the Secretary-General for
implementation those recommendations relating to the United Nations, without cost
to the regular budget of the Organization, and invites him to continue his support
and cooperation with universities, other academic institutions and non-governmental
organizations active in the education field in widening the worldwide availability of
disarmament and non-proliferation education;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
fifty-ninth session a report covering both the implementation of the activities of the
Programme by the United Nations system during the previous two years and the
activities of the Programme contemplated by the system for the following two years;
9.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the
item entitled “United Nations Disarmament Information Programme”.
57th plenary meeting
22 November 2002
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See A/57/124, sect. VIII.
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