A/RES/53/59 B. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1998

• Resolution Number: A/RES/53/59 B
• Year: 1998
• Session: 53rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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A/RES/53/59

18 February 1999

Fifty-third session

Agenda item 86

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/53/600)]

53/59. Questions relating to information

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INFORMATION IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY

The General Assembly,

Taking note of the comprehensive and important report of the Committee on Information,1

Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on questions relating to information,2

Urges all countries, organizations of the United Nations system as a whole and all others concerned,

reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to the principles

of freedom of the press and freedom of information, as well as to those of the independence, pluralism

and diversity of the media, deeply concerned by the disparities existing between developed and developing

countries and the consequences of every kind arising from those disparities that affect the capability of

the public, private or other media and individuals in developing countries to disseminate information and

communicate their views and their cultural and ethical values through endogenous cultural production, as

well as to ensure the diversity of sources and their free access to information, and recognizing the call in

1Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 21 (A/53/21/Rev.1).

2A/53/509.

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