Multilingualism
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in the interactive and proactive aspects of their work and to develop web pages in
local languages, and the Department of Public Information to provide the necessary
resources and technical facilities, with a view to reaching the widest possible
spectrum of audiences and extending the United Nations message to all corners of the
world in order to strengthen international support for the activities of the
Organization, and encourages the continuation of efforts in this regard;
23. Emphasizes the importance of the network of United Nations information
centres in enhancing the public image of the United Nations, in disseminating
messages on the United Nations to local populations, especially in developing
countries, bearing in mind that information in local languages has the strongest impact
on local populations, and in mobilizing support for the work of the United Nations at
the local level;
24. Welcomes the sustained effort to disseminate information globally by the
use of official and non-official languages and traditional means of communication,
and in this regard expresses its particular appreciation for the work currently being
carried out by United Nations Radio in the six official languages, as well as in
non-official languages;
25. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to ensure that, in
view of their income-generating nature, guided tours at United Nations Headquarters
are consistently available in all six official languages of the United Nations;
26. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to also offer guided tours
at United Nations Headquarters in non-official languages;
27. Notes with interest the cost-neutral initiatives of the Secretariat to produce
publications in official and non-official languages, to increase the volume of
translated publications and to encourage a multilingual acquisition policy for the
libraries of the United Nations, and requests the Secretariat to continue those
initiatives;
28. Welcomes the creation of the United Nations digital library, which provides
multilingual content, and encourages the United Nations libraries to continue to take
into consideration the importance of multilingualism in their activities;
29. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Department of Public
Information to work at the local level with other organizations and bodies of the
United Nations system to enhance the coordination of their communications
activities, and urges the Department to encourage the United Nations
Communications Group to promote linguistic diversity in its work;
30. Recalls paragraph 65 of its resolution 71/101 B, and encourages the
Department of Public Information to prioritize the development of collaborative
arrangements for the digitization of the audiovisual archives of the United Nations
while preserving their multilingual character in a cost-neutral manner;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to exert all efforts to ensure
that publications and other information services of the Secretariat, including the
United Nations website and the United Nations News Service, contain
comprehensive, balanced, objective and equitable information in all official
languages about the issues before the Organization and that they maintain editorial
independence, impartiality, accuracy and full consistency with resolutions and
decisions of the General Assembly;
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