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Questions relating to information
dialogue among civilizations, the culture of peace and tolerance and the consequences
of the Chernobyl disaster, as well as prevention of genocide;
46. Requests the Secretariat, especially the Department of Public Information,
to contribute to the observance of international days established by the General
Assembly, including International Mother Language Day, on 21 February, as
proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, the International Day of Nowruz, on 21 March, the
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade, on 25 March, World Oceans Day, on 8 June, International Mountain Day,
on 11 December, the International Day for Tolerance, on 16 November, the
International Day of Happiness, on 20 March, the International Day of Non-Violence,
on 2 October, International Youth Day, on 12 August, the International Day of Peace,
on 21 September, World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May, the Time of Remembrance
and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War,
on 8 and 9 May, the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims
of the Holocaust, on 27 January, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual
Violence in Conflict, on 19 June, Nelson Mandela International Day, on 18 July, the
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, on 26 September,
the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, on 29 November, the
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of
Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, on 9 December, Human Rights Day,
on 10 December, the International Day of Family Remittances, on 16 June,
International Universal Health Coverage Day, on 12 December, and the International
Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, on 29 May, and to play a role in raising
awareness and promoting these events, in a cost-neutral manner, where appropriate,
in accordance with the respective Assembly resolutions;
47. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United
Nations information centres to raise broad awareness and to engage in a
comprehensive and multilingual promotional campaign and coverage, on an equal
basis, of all summits, international conferences and high-level meetings mandated by
the General Assembly, including those to be held in 2018;
48. Recognizes the communication efforts led by the Department of Public
Information in promoting the review conferences of the parties to the Tr eaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and their preparatory processes, as well as
before, during and after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, in particular the production of various multimedia materials, including
videos, images and graphics, to promote the summit and the issues before it in the six
official languages of the Organization, and in this regard encourages the Department
to continue this practice in promoting high-level meetings, including through the use
of traditional and new media such as social media, as appropriate;
49. Encourages the Department of Public Information to engage in a
comprehensive promotional campaign in preparation for the next Conference of the
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held
in Katowice, Poland, and chaired by Poland, and the Intergovernmental Conference
to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, to be held in
Marrakech, Morocco, on 10 and 11 December 2018;
50. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United
Nations information centres to continue raising awareness of and to disseminate
information, in a cost-neutral manner, on the Third International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism, declared by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/119
of 10 December 2010;
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