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with the Office of the President of the General Assembly and requests the SecretaryGeneral to report thereon to the Committee on Information at its twenty-ninth
session;
16. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to exert all efforts to ensure
that publications and other information services of the Secretariat, including the
United Nations website and the United Nations News Service, contain
comprehensive, objective and equitable information about the issues before the
Organization and that they maintain editorial independence, impartiality, accuracy
and full consistency with resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly;
17. Requests the Department of Public Information to ensure that United
Nations publications are produced in a cost-effective manner and to continue to
coordinate closely with all other entities, including all other departments of the
Secretariat and funds and programmes of the United Nations system, in order to
avoid duplication, within their respective mandates, in the issuance of United
Nations publications;
18. Emphasizes that the Department of Public Information should maintain
and improve its activities in the areas of special interest to developing countries and,
where appropriate, other countries with special needs, and that the activities of the
Department should contribute to bridging the existing gap between the developing
and the developed countries in the crucial field of public information and
communications;
19. Also emphasizes that the Secretary-General should continue to strengthen
the coordination between the Department of Public Information and all other
entities, including all other departments of the Secretariat and funds and
programmes of the United Nations system, in the context of the client-oriented
approach of the Department, which should identify target audiences and develop
information programmes and media strategies for priority issues, and emphasizes
that public information capacities and activities in other departments should
function under the guidance of the Department;
20. Notes with appreciation the continued efforts of the Department of
Public Information in issuing daily press releases, and requests the Department to
continue providing this service to both Member States and representatives of the
media, while considering possible means of improving their production process and
streamlining their format, structure and length, keeping in mind the views of
Member States;
21. Also notes with appreciation the efforts of the Department of Public
Information to work at the local level with other organizations and bodies of the
United Nations system to enhance the coordination of their communication
activities, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on
Information at its twenty-ninth session on progress achieved in this regard and on
the activities of the United Nations Communications Group;
22. Calls upon the Department of Public Information to continue to examine
its policies and activities regarding the durable preservation of its radio, television
and photographic archives, to take action, within existing resources, to ensure that
such archives are preserved and are accessible and to report to the Committee on
Information at its twenty-ninth session;
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