Development of Public Information Activities in the Field of Human Rights

A/RES/49/187View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1995.

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8 versions · 1986–1995

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	—	—

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17 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the development of public information activities in the field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights;²

²A/49/582.

Appreciates the measures taken by the Department of Public Information and the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat to ensure the further production and effective dissemination of human rights information materials in cooperation with regional, national and local organizations, as well as with Governments;

Notes with appreciation the dissemination by the Department of Public Information and the Centre for Human Rights of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,³ and of information on follow-up activities;

³A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

Requests the Centre for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Department of Public Information, to finalize its comprehensive review of the programme of information and publications in the field of human rights, including the elaboration of a new information strategy, and to make an assessment of the effectiveness of this programme, and encourages the Centre to continue its efforts towards streamlining and focusing its publications programme;

Encourages the Centre for Human Rights to continue the development of training courses and materials, including targeted training manuals for professional audiences, as well as the dissemination of human rights information materials as a component of technical assistance projects;

Welcomes the efforts of the Department of Public Information and the Centre for Human Rights to disseminate information on human rights by electronic means, including through the United Nations Bibliographic Information System;

Notes that a database has been established by the Centre for Human Rights for the promotion of all aspects of human rights;

Urges the Department of Public Information to continue to utilize United Nations information centres for the purpose of timely dissemination, within their designated areas of activity, of basic information and reference materials on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the reports of States parties under human rights instruments and, to this end, to ensure that United Nations information centres are supplied with adequate quantities of those materials;

Requests the Department of Public Information to continue to make use of the resources available for this purpose to produce audiovisual materials on human rights issues;

Requests the Secretary-General to take advantage, as much as possible, of the collaboration of non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights, including in the dissemination of human rights materials;

Encourages all Member States to make special efforts to provide, facilitate and promote publicity for the activities of the United Nations in the field of human rights, including through support of United Nations information centres, to accord priority to the dissemination in their respective national and local languages of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,⁴ the International Covenants on Human Rights⁵ and other international instruments, as well as reports under human rights instruments, and to provide information and education on the practical ways in which the rights and freedoms enjoyed under these instruments can be exercised;

⁴Resolution 217 A (III).

⁵Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

Supports the recommendation contained in section II.D of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that Member States develop specific programmes and strategies for ensuring the widest human rights education and the dissemination of public information, taking particular account of the human rights needs of women, and encourages Member States, in drawing up national action plans for the promotion and protection of human rights, to include broad-based education and public information programmes on human rights;

Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to coordinate and harmonize human rights information strategies within the United Nations system;

Calls upon the Centre for Human Rights to coordinate the substantive activities of the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights pursuant to the direction of the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights, and to serve as liaison with Governments, regional and national institutions, non-governmental organizations and concerned individuals in the development and implementation of the activities of the Campaign;

Calls upon the Department of Public Information to coordinate the public information activities of the Campaign and, in its responsibility as secretariat to the Joint United Nations Information Committee, to promote coordinated system-wide information activities in the field of human rights;

Stresses the need for close cooperation between the Centre for Human Rights and the Department of Public Information in the implementation of the aims established for the Campaign and the need for the United Nations to harmonize the activities in the field of human rights with those of other organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, with regard to the dissemination of information on international humanitarian law, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, with regard to education for human rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution for consideration under the item entitled "Human rights questions".

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