International Co-Operation to Assist in the Development of Information Media in Less Developed Countries

Invites the Governments concerned to include adequate provision in their economic plans for the development of national information media ;

Invites the Technical Assistance Board, the Special Fund, the specialized agencies concerned, the regional economic commissions and other public and private agencies and institutions to assist, as appropriate, the less developed countries in developing and strengthening their national information media ;

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue to further the programme for the development of information media including the application of new techniques of communication for achievement of rapid progress in education, to keep up to date as far as possible its survey on this subject and to report as appropriate to the Commission on Human Rights and to the Economic and Social Council;

Recommends that the Governments of Member States should take this programme into account in connexion with the United Nations Development Decade;

Invites the Governments of the more developed countries to co-operate with less develoi,ed count rie.s with a view to meeting the urgent needs of the less developed countries in connexiclll with this pror;ramme for the development of independent national information media, with due regard for the culture of C'ach cm1111n.