A/RES/57/109 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 35 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.36 and Add.1)] 57/109. Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1 Taking note in particular of the information contained in chapter VI of that report, Recalling its resolution 56/35 of 3 December 2001, Convinced that the worldwide dissemination of accurate and comprehensive information and the role of civil society organizations and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening awareness of and support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Recalling the commencement of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the mutual recognition between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, and the existing agreements between the two sides, beginning with the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 1993, 2 and the subsequent implementation agreements, 1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in compliance with resolution 56/35; 2. Considers that the special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the awareness of the international community concerning the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East and that the programme is contributing effectively to an atmosphere conducive to dialogue and supportive of the peace process; _______________ 1 2 02 54504 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/57/35). See A/48/486-S/26560, annex.