Public Information Activities of the United Nations

A/RES/1177(XII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1958.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1952–1961

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1558(XV)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1961	A/RES/1558(XV)	Public information activities of the United Nations	1,632	10%Compare
1960	A/RES/1405(XIV)	Public information activities of the United Nations	487	17%Compare
1959	A/RES/1335(XIII)	Public information activities of the United Nations	431	12%Compare
1958	A/RES/1177(XII)	Public information activities of the United Nations	413	16%Compare
1957	A/RES/1086(XI)	Public information activities of the United Nations	322	13%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Establishment Groups of Experts Information Centres Public Information Travel Costs

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint an expert committee of six individuals with practical, administrative and financial experience in the various fields of information-press, broadcasting, etc.-to be nominated by the Governments of Egypt, India, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay, and with instructions to undertake, in the light of the opinions expressed by delegations during the twelfth session of the General Assembly, a review and appraisal of the work, the methods used and the effectiveness of the results achieved by the public information services of the United Nations (including the information centres), with a view to recommending possible modifications to ensure a maximum of effectiveness at the lowest possible cost, and to report before the opening of the thirteenth session of the Assembly;

Invites the Secretary-General to present to the General Assembly at its thirteenth session the report of the Committee of experts, together with his comments and recommendations thereon;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to pay the travel subsistence expenses of the members of the Committee of experts and to provide the necessary servicing facilities.

26 November 1957.

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