United Nations public information policies and activities1

UN General Assembly, United Nations public information policies and activities1, A/RES/3535, UN General Assembly, 17 December 1975, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1975/en/9596 [accessed 22 January 2025]
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XXX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
3535. United Nations public information policies and activities

The General Assembly, Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and noting the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations and the commemorations thereof, Recognizing the achievements of the United Nations, Taking note of the statement of the Secretary-General contained in paragraph 1 of his report on public information policies and activities,[1] in which he emphasized that the United Nations, in order to succeed in its formidable task, required a large measure of public support and understanding, which would in turn have an influence on national policies, Taking note of the statement of the Secretary-General contained in paragraph 22 of the report to the effect that new efforts are needed to gain broader public understanding of and support for the aims and activities of the United Nations, Noting the prevailing attitude of the information media and public opinion of some of the Member States towards the United Nations system and the possibility of a resultant decline of public support and confidence in the activities of the Organization, Determined to improve the public image of the United Nations system,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to make new efforts in the field of information activities of the Organization and convey to the general public comprehensive information regarding the political, economic, social, cultural and humanitarian achievements and undertakings of the United Nations system, including the principles and aims related to the new international economic order;

2. Calls upon the Secretary-General to collaborate closely in this effort with the national information media, the United Nations associations and other non-governmental organizations concerned throughout the world;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session a report on the activities of the Office of Public Information of the Secretariat and decides to consider the question at that session as a separate item entitled "United Nations public information policies and activities".

2444th plenary meeting
17 December 1975
[1] A/C.5/1679.
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