Development of Public Information Activities in the Field of Human Rights

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105 Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1986–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/187

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/187	Development of public information activities in the field of human rights	1,095	31%Compare
1993	A/RES/47/128	Development of public information activities in the field of human rights	1,127	—
1991	A/RES/45/99	Development of public information activities in the field of human rights	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/61	Development of public information activities in the field of human rights	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/128	Development of public information activities in the field of human rights	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Audiovisual Materials Children Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Documents Limitation Focal Points Human Rights Human Rights Education Information Centres Information Dissemination Languages Mass Media Public Information Publications Reference Materials Socially Disadvantaged Persons Teaching Materials Treaties Youth

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Takes note ofthe report ofthe Secretary-General on the development of public information activities in the field of human rights, 133 and notes that, despite its repeated appeals, adequate resources and priority for these activities continue to be denied;

Invites ali Member States to make special efforts during 1988 to publicize and to facilitate and encourage publicity for the activities of the United Nations in the field ofhuman rights and to accord priority to the dissemination, in their respective national and local languages, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Interna-

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tional Covenants on Human Rights13 and other international conventions;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report for presentation to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on the advisability of Iaunching, within existing resources, a World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights in 1989 and to include in the report an outline of planned activities;

Reajfirms the need for materials on human rights to be made available in simplified, attractive and accessible form, in national and local languages, and for effective use to be made of the mass media, in particular radio and television and audio-visual technologies, in order to reach a wider audience, with priority given to children, young people and the disadvantaged, including those in isolated areas;

Recognizes the need for the United Nations to har- 5. monize its activities in this field with those of other organizations, in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross, with regard to the dissemination of information and education relating to international humanitarian law;

Emphasizes the key role of the United Nations information centres in the public information programme of the Organization in the field of human rights, and urges the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to give special attention to improving the performance and accountability of the centres;

Renews its request to the Secretary-General to establish, within available resources, collections of basic reference works and United Nations materials at each United Nations information centre by the end of 1988, taking into account the Iist of basic human rights materials;

Invites ali relevant bodies of the United Nations system, including the specialized agencies and regional commissions, as well as Member States and non-governmental organizations, to facilitate the dissemination of United Nations materials on human rights and to improve the coordination of their activities in this field;

Requests the Secretary-General to finalize the draft teaching booklet on human rights without delay and to draw the attention ofMember States to the booklet, which could serve as a broad and flexible framework within which teaching could be structured and developed in accordance with national circumstances;

Urges ali Member States to include in their education curricula materials relevant to a comprehensive understanding of human rights issues and encourages ali those responsible for training in law and its enforcement, the armed forces, medicine, diplomacy and other relevant fields to include appropriate human rights components in their programmes;

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Requests the Secretary-General to complete the task of issuing the personalized version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the six official languages ofthe United Nations in 1988 and to proceed thereafter, in co-operation with regional organizations and Governments, to the production of this document in national and local languages;

Further requests the Secretary-General to invite Member States to nominate national focal points which could be supplied with copies of relevant human rights materials and to publish the Iist of such focal points in bis report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution;

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Renews its request to the Secretary-General to arrange for the reprinting as soon as practicable ofthe publication entitled Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments; 134 Emphasizes the importance of maintaining adequate stocks of basic human rights materials in New York and Geneva, and expresses its concern about the serious limitations placed on the storage capacity of the U nited Nations in New York for such documents;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-fourth session on the public presentations, in New York and Geneva, on Human Rights Day in 1987, of a selection of audio-visual and other United Nations materials in the field of human rights, including an analysis of comments made during the presentations about the future direction of these programmes;

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Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-third session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its forty-third session under the item entitled "Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms".

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