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Co-Operation and Assistance in the Application and Improvement of National Information and Mass Communication Systems for Social Progress and Development

A/RES/31/139No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1977–1980
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/34/181
  • 1980A/RES/34/181Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1979A/RES/33/115[A]Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and developmentCompare with previous version
  • 1977A/RES/31/139Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Mass MediaSocial Change

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
2
Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue and intensify its programme for the development of mass communication systems, especially for the benefit of developing countries;
3
Requests the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in co-operation with the United Nations, the specialized agencies concerned and other interested organizations, to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session on progress achieved in the development of mass communication systems, which report will be used as a basis for discussion at that session of the Assembly;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session an item entitled "Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development" and to consider it at that session as a matter of priority.

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