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regard reaffirms its request that the Secretary-General ensure that the Department has
the necessary staffing capacity in all the official languages to undertake all its
activities;
25. Also emphasizes the role of the Department of Global Communications in
building support for international peace and security, development and human rights
for all and the contribution of multilingualism in achieving these goals;
26. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Global
Communications to enhance multilingualism in all its activities, and stresses the
importance of ensuring that the texts of all new public United Nations documents in
all six official languages, information materials and all older United Nations
documents are made available through the United Nations websites and are accessible
to Member States without delay;
27. Encourages the Department of Global Communications to continue to use
other languages in addition to the official languages, when appropriate, according to
the targeted audience, 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;
28. Welcomes the work done by the network of United Nations information
centres, including the United Nations Regional Information Centre, in favour of the
publication of United Nations information materials and the translation of important
documents into languages other than the official languages of the United Nations,
encourages the information centres to continue their important multilingual activities
in the interactive and proactive aspects of their work and to develop web pages in
local languages, and the Department of Global Communications 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;
29. 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;
30. 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;
31. 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;
32. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to also offer guided tours
at United Nations Headquarters in non-official languages;
33. 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;
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