Resolution 56/34
(December 3, 2001)
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1
Taking note in particular of the relevant information
contained in chapter V.B of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 33/28 C of 7 December 1978, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, 35/169 D of 15 December 1980, 36/120 B of 10 December 1981, 37/86 B of 10 December 1982, 38/58 B of 13 December 1983, 39/49 B of 11 December 1984, 40/96 B of 12 December 1985, 41/43 B of 2 December 1986, 42/66 B of 2 December 1987, 43/175 B of 15 December 1988, 44/41 B of 6 December 1989, 45/67 B of 6 December 1990, 46/74 B of 11 December 1991, 47/64 B of 11 December 1992, 48/158 B of 20 December 1993, 49/62 B of 14 December 1994, 50/84 B of 15 December 1995, 51/24 of 4 December 1996, 52/50 of
9 December 1997, 53/40 of 2
December 1998, 54/40 of 1 December
1999 and 55/53 of 1 December
2000,
1. Notes with appreciation the action taken
by the Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 55/53;
2. Considers that the Division for Palestinian
Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a useful and constructive
contribution;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue
to provide the Division with the necessary resources and to ensure that
it continues to carry out its programme of work as detailed in the relevant
earlier resolutions, in consultation with the Committee on the Exercise
of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and under its guidance,
including, in particular, the organization of meetings in various regions
with the participation of all sectors of the international community,
the further development and expansion of the documents collection of
the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine,
the preparation and widest possible dissemination of publications and
information materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine,
and the provision of the annual training programme for staff of the
Palestinian Authority;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure
the continued cooperation of the Department of Public Information and
other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Division to perform its
tasks and in covering adequately the various aspects of the question
of Palestine;
5. Invites all Governments and organizations
to extend their cooperation to the Committee and the Division in the
performance of their tasks;
6. Notes with appreciation the action taken
by Member States to observe annually on 29 November the International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, requests them to continue
to give the widest possible publicity to the observance, and requests
the Committee and the Division to continue to organize, as part of the
observance of the Day of Solidarity, an annual exhibit on Palestinian
rights in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine
to the United Nations.
72nd plenary meeting
3 December 2001
Notes:
1. Official Records of the General
Assembly, Fifty-sixth session, Supplement No. 35 (A/56/35).
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