text: (e) A staternent detailing the priorily level that the sec re tary-General has attached to current or future activiCies of lhe Department in docuftents dealing with such act ivit ies. 54. The Department of Public Infornation should imProve, withln existing resources. its data-collection Procedures with regard to the actual use made by redisseninators of naterials ttistribut.ed by lhe DePartnent and its infornacion centres anal aubmit a report to the conunittee on Infornation at its substantive gession in 1986 on progress nade in this area. 55. The steps taken by the Department of Public Infornation in redressing the lmbalance in it€ staff should be noted. T'he Departnent shoutd continue to lntensify its efforts to that end and the secretary-General should be requested to take urgent steps to increase the rePresentation of under representeal aleveloPing countries and of other under represented groups of councries, especially at the senior I'evels, ln conformity $ith the relevant provisions of the Charter of the united Nations, and to subnit a rePort to the connittee on fnfornat ion at its substantive session in 1986. 56- Member states sttould be called upon once again Eo tnake voluntary cont.ributions to lhe United Nations Trust Fund for Economic and social InformaCion. 57, fhe assessnent contained in the report of the Sec retary-Genera 1 on the present system of charging Nember states and the nedia for video taPes, audio tapes and news photoqraPhs of irnporlant United Nations eeenEs 4!/ should be noted, and the Departnent of Public Infornation should report to the Corunittee on rn fornat ion at its substantive gession in 1985 on that subject with a view to reducing appropriately the final cost of these materials and spreading overt iine charges legitinately incurred in an equitable way so as to enable fhe nedia in the trtember states, Particularly in the developing countries, to give
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the United Nations Department of Public Information and its activities related to information dissemination, resource allocation, and representation. It touches on issues such as data collection, staff imbalance, and equitable distribution of resources. While it doesn't directly mention economic development or humanitarian aid, it seems to be focused on the flow of information and resources within the UN system.