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component of technical cooperation projects, and to continue to monitor
developments in human rights education;
12. Urges the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to
continue to utilize United Nations information centres for the timely dissemination,
within their designated areas of activity, of basic information, reference and audiovisual materials on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the reports of
States parties submitted under international human rights instruments and, to this
end, to ensure that the information centres are supplied with adequate quantities of
those materials;
13. Stresses the need for close collaboration between the Office of the High
Commissioner and the Department of Public Information in the implementation of
the Plan of Action and the World Public Information Campaign, and the need to
harmonize their activities with those of other international organizations, such as the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with regard to its
project entitled “Towards a culture of peace” and the International Committee of the
Red Cross and relevant non-governmental organizations with regard to the
dissemination of information on international humanitarian law;
14. Invites the specialized agencies and relevant United Nations programmes
and funds to continue to contribute, within their respective spheres of competence,
to the implementation of the Plan of Action and the World Public Information
Campaign and to cooperate and coordinate with each other and with the Office of
the High Commissioner in that regard;
15. Encourages the relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United
Nations system, all human rights bodies of the United Nations system, including the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to provide training in
human rights for all United Nations personnel and officials;
16. Encourages the human rights treaty bodies, when examining reports of
States parties, to place emphasis on the obligations of States parties in the area of
human rights education and information and to reflect this emphasis in their
concluding observations;
17. Calls upon international, regional and national non-governmental
organizations and intergovernmental organizations, in particular those concerned
with women, labour, development, food, housing, education, health care and the
environment, as well as all other social justice groups, human rights advocates,
educators, religious organizations and the media, to undertake specific activities of
formal, non-formal and informal education, including cultural events, alone and in
cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in implementing the Plan of Action;
18. Encourages Governments, regional organizations and intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations to explore the potential support and
contribution to human rights education of all relevant partners, including the private
sector, development, trade and financial institutions and the media, and to seek their
cooperation in the development of human rights education strategies;
19. Encourages regional organizations to develop strategies for the wider
distribution of materials on human rights education through regional networks and
to develop region-specific programmes to maximize the participation of national
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