text: Declaration onNamibia andtheProgramme ofAction onNamibia of theInternational Conference inSupport oftheStruggle ofthe Namibian Peopleforindependence (Paris, April1983)andthe Bangkok Declaration andProgramme ofActionoftheextraordinary meeting oftheUnitedNations Council forNamibia (Bangkok. 21-25May1984); (x)Strengthening andexpansion oftheMiddleEastandArabie Radio Unit; (xii)Charges foruseofvideotapes,audiotapesandnewsphotographs byMemberStates; (xiv)Establishment ofUnitedNations information centres inBeninand Poland; (xvi)Coverage bytheDepartment ofPublicInformation ofpolicies and practices thatviolate theprinciples ofinternational law relative tobelligerent occupation, inparticular theGeneva Convention Relative totheProtection ofCiv.ilian Persons inTime ofWarof12August 1949,wherever theyoccur,especially those policies andpractices thatfrustrate theattainment andexercise oftheinalienable andnational legitimate rightsofthe Palestinian peopleinaccordance withtherelevant resolutions of theUnitedNations;(vii)Improvement ofdata-collection procedures withregardtousemade byredisseminators ofmaterials distributed bytheDeparment of PublicInformation anditsinformation centres; (xiii) Situation regarding thestaffoftheDepartment ofPublic Information inpostssubject togeographical distribution; (xvii) Comments ontheJIUreport onpublications policy andpractice in theUnitedNations system.(viii) TheDepartment ofPublicInformation asthefocalpointforthe formulation andimplementation ofinformation activities ofthe UnitedNations;From25to26June Item4(c)Evaluation andfo110w-up ontheefforts madeandtheprogress achieved bytheUnitedNations systeminthefieldofinformation andcommunications. (i)Theprogramme andactivities oftheJointUnitedNations Information Committee; From27Junet05Ju1y Item5Adoption ofthereportoftheCommittee onInformation totheGeneral Assemb1v atitsfortieth session. 16.TheCommittee decided toestab1ish anopen-ended working group. 17.Thefo110wing Statestookpartinthesession asobservers: Austra1ia, Canada, CapeVerde,Czechoslovakia, Jamaica, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Sweden and Switzerland. TheHolySeeandtheCommission ofEuropean Communities alsotook partinthesession asobservers. 18.TheInternational Telecommunication Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) was granted observer status. Inaddition, representatives ofthefo110wing bodiesof theUnitedNations, thespecia1ized agencies andotherorganizations oftheUnited Nations systemattended thesession: UnitedNations FundforPopulation Activities (UNFPA) UnitedNations Educationa1, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) Wor1dHea1thOrganization (WHO) TheInter-American PressAssociation andtheInternational Organization of Journalists, non-governmenta1 organizations incategory II,alsoparticipated in thesession asobservers. 19.Atthe12thmeeting, on26June,Mr.Bradford. Morse,Director oftheUnited Nations OfficeforEmergency Operations inAfrica, madeastatement ontheAfrican crisis. 20.Atthesamemeeting, theCommittee heldacommemorative meeting tomarkthe fortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations. Statements weremadebythe representatives ofEgypt,theGerman Democratie Repub1ic andSpain, onbeha1fof theGroupof77,thegroupofEastern European StatesandthegroupofWestern European andotherStates, respèctive1y (seeannexesl,IIandIIIbe10w). 21.Atits13thmeeting, theCommittee decided tosuspend itssession andtomeet againatamutua11y agreeddate(29August1985). 22.Atits14thand15thmeetings, theCommittee tookupconsiàeration ofits draftrecommendations contained indocum~nt A/AC.198/L.29, onthe·proposa1 ofthe representative ofEgypt,asChairman oftheGroupof77.Therepresentative of Egyptrequested thattheCommittee adopttherecommendations byconsensus. The representative ofSpain,asChairman ofthegroupofWestern European andother States, proposed amendments torecommendations 3and34,andther~presentative of -8-the repr pro the vote 23. cont Comm A/AC repr avo with tone 24. 38, Comm vote 25. A/AC
analysis: This text appears to be a report on the activities of the United Nations Department of Public Information, discussing various topics such as information dissemination, publications, and communication. It also mentions the work of the Joint United Nations Information Committee and the adoption of reports. Given the focus on information and communication, it is likely that this report falls under the category of transport and communication, as well as international relations, which is not one of the provided categories.