Resolution 53/41
(December 2, 1998)
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1/
Taking note in particular of the information contained in chapter VI
of that report,
Recalling its resolution 52/51 of 9 December 1997,
Convinced that the worldwide dissemination of accurate and
comprehensive information and the role of non-governmental organizations
and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening awareness of and
support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,
Aware of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements signed by the Government of the State of Israel and the
Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, D.C., on 13 September
1993, 2/ and of the subsequent implementation agreements, in
particular the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip signed in Washington, D.C., on 28 September 1995, 3/
and their positive implications,
1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Department of
Public Information of the Secretariat in compliance with resolution 52/51;
2. Considers that the special information programme on the question
of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the awareness of
the international community concerning the complexities of the question of
Palestine and the situation in the Middle East in general, including the
achievements of the peace process, and that the programme is contributing
effectively to an atmosphere conducive to dialogue and supportive of the
peace process;
3. Requests the Department, in full cooperation and coordination
with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the
Palestinian People, to continue, with the necessary flexibility as may be
required by developments affecting the question of Palestine, its special
information programme for the biennium 1998-1999 and, in particular:
(a) To disseminate information on all the activities of the United
Nations system relating to the question of Palestine, including reports on
the work carried out by the relevant United Nations organizations;
(b) To continue to issue and update publications on the various
aspects of the question of Palestine in all fields, including materials
concerning the recent developments in that regard and, in particular, the
prospects for peace;
(c) To expand its collection of audiovisual material on the question
of Palestine and to continue the production of such material, including the
updating of the exhibit in the Secretariat;
(d) To organize and promote fact-finding news missions for
journalists to the area, including the territories under the jurisdiction
of the Palestinian Authority and the occupied territories;
(e) To organize international, regional and national seminars or
encounters for journalists;
(f) To continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people in
the field of media development, in particular to strengthen the training
programme for Palestinian broadcasters and journalists initiated in 1995.
76th plenary meeting
2 December 1998
1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session,
Supplement No. 35 (A/53/35).
2/ A/48/486 B-S/26560, annex; see Official Records of the
Security Council, Forty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and
December 1993, document S/26560.
3/ A/51/889 B-S/1997/357, annex; see Official Records of the
Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for April, May and June
1997, document S/1997/357.
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