Resolution 58/20
(November 20, 2003)
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 57/109 of 3 December
2002,
Convinced that the worldwide dissemination
of accurate and comprehensive information and the role of civil society
organizations and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening
awareness of and support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian
people,
Recalling the mutual
recognition between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine
Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,
as well as the existing agreements concluded between the two sides and
the need for full compliance with those agreements,
Welcoming the official presentation by
the Quartet of the road map to a permanent two-State solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 2
1. Notes
with appreciation the action
taken by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in
compliance with resolution 56/35;
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 question of Palestine and the situation in
the Middle East 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 2003-2004, 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 entities;
(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, in particular the prospects for peace;
(c) To expand its collection
of audio-visual material on the question of Palestine and to continue
the production and preservation of such material and the updating of
the exhibit in the Secretariat;
(d) To organize and promote
fact-finding news missions for journalists to the area, including the
territory under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority and the
Occupied Territory;
(e) To organize international,
regional and national seminars or encounters for journalists, aiming
in particular at sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine;
(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.
Notes
1Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement
No. 35 (A/58/35).
2S/2003/529, annex.
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