Communication for Development Programmes in the United Nations System

A/RES/50/130View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1996–1997

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/51/172

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1997	A/RES/51/172	Communication for development programmes in the United Nations System	506	22%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/130	Communication for development programmes in the United Nations System	672	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Capacity Building Communications Coordination Within UN System Financing Focal Points Information Dissemination Information Exchange Information Transfer Telecommunications Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Communication for development programmes in the United Nations system" 1/ and of the comments of the Administrative Committee on Coordination on that report, 2/ and, in this context, invites the Joint Inspection Unit to take into consideration the requirements of developing countries;

Recognizes the important role of communication for development programmes in the United Nations system in enhancing the transparency of system-wide coordination within the United Nations system, inter alia, for the development of the developing countries;

Invites the Committee on Information, in accordance with its mandate, and where appropriate, to consider this question at its forthcoming session;

Recognizes the need further to facilitate inter-agency cooperation and to maximize the impact of the development programmes of the entities concerned;

Also recognizes the role of effective communication in disseminating the outcome and follow-up of major United Nations conferences and in ensuring the effective flow of such information to various non-governmental organizations, including grass-roots-level organizations;

Encourages the relevant agencies, organizations, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions, as appropriate, to use informal mechanisms such as round-table conferences to improve communication for development programmes in the United Nations system;

Emphasizes the need for the relevant agencies, organizations, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to develop a systematic approach to capacity-building in the development of communication capacities, particularly with respect to the training of field workers and development workers and technicians as well as communication planners and specialists, especially in the developing countries;

Invites the relevant agencies, organizations, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, as well as Governments and the regional commissions, to consider identifying focal points for the purpose of facilitating dialogue in the exchange of information on communication on issues related to development so as to strengthen coordination and international cooperation in this area;

Invites all countries, in particular the donor community, to provide resources, as appropriate, to support initiatives on development of capacities for developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in accordance with that agency's mandate in the field of communication and with resolution 4.1, adopted by the General Conference at its twenty-eighth session,⁴ to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution and on a biennial basis thereafter.

⁴See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Twenty-eighth Session, Paris, 25 October to 16 November 1995, vol. I: Resolutions, sect. IV.

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