A/RES/54/161 Page 5 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 contribute, within their respective spheres of competence, to the implementation of the Plan of Action and the World Public Information Campaign and to cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner in that regard; 15. Encourages the human rights treaty bodies, when examining reports of States parties, to place emphasis on obligations of States parties in the area of human rights education and information and to reflect this emphasis in their concluding observations; 16. Calls upon international, national and regional 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, nonformal and informal education, including cultural events, alone and in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner, in implementing the Plan of Action; 17. Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the mid-term global evaluation of progress made towards the achievement of the objectives of the Decade to be undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner in 2000, by providing appropriate information on steps taken in this regard; 18. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue implementation of the “Assisting Communities Together” project and to consider other appropriate ways and means to support human rights education activities, including those undertaken by non-governmental organizations; 19. Requests the Secretary-General, through the High Commissioner, to bring the present resolution to the attention of all members of the international community and of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations concerned with human rights education and public information, and to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session the mid-term global evaluation of progress made towards the achievement of the objectives of the Decade for consideration under the item entitled “Human rights questions”. 83rd plenary meeting 17 December 1999