A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/82 23 February 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 91 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/54/578)] 54/82. Questions relating to information A INFORMATION IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY The General Assembly, Taking note of the comprehensive and important report of the Committee on Information,1 Also taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on questions relating to information,2 Urges all countries, organizations of the United Nations system as a whole and all others concerned, reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to the principles of freedom of the press and freedom of information, as well as to those of the independence, pluralism and diversity of the media, deeply concerned by the disparities existing between developed and developing countries and the consequences of every kind arising from those disparities that affect the capability of the public, private or other media and individuals in developing countries to disseminate information and communicate their views and their cultural and ethical values through endogenous cultural production, as 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 21 and addendum (A/54/21 and Add.1). 2 A/54/415. 00 30361 /...