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1297 (XLIV). Non-governmental organizations |
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling its resolution 1225 (XLII) of 6 June 1967, which requested the Secretary-General to report on the procedures of associating national and international non-governmental organizations with the Office of Public Information, and the possibilities of increasing the number of national non-governmental organizations from all States Members of the United Nations associated with the Office of Public Information, in order to increase their informational activities concerning economic and social affairs,
Recalling further its resolution 1296 (XLIV) of 23 May 1968, and particularly paragraphs 9 and 17 thereof,
Recognizing the contribution of national and international non-governmental organizations to the dissemination of information about the United Nations,
1. Notes the report of the Secretary-General
2. Calls upon the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Public Information, while reviewing the status of present organizations or considering new applications, excludes all those organizations whose aims or practices tend or contribute to the propagation of nazi ideology and racial and/or religious discrimination;
3. Recommends that the Secretary-General should accord immediate and sympathetic considerations of the inadequately represented regions of the world, particularly in Africa, with respect to association with the Office of Public Information in order to accomplish a more equitable representation of national non-governmental organizations from Member States;
4. Recommends that the Secretary-General should encourage the increase of the number of national and international non-governmental organizations from all States Members of the United Nations associated with the Office of Public Information, particularly those representing racial groups because of the diversity of the experience they may have both in the field of human rights and in that of economic and social affairs; in this connexion, special efforts should be made to encourage the association with the Office of Public Information of organizations representing people of African descent;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to hold
the next regional conference of non-governmental organizations in Africa, in accordance with paragraph 41 of his report
6. Recommends that the Secretary-General bear in mind the letter and
spirit of Council resolution 1296 (XLIV) governing consultative status, in
associating international and national non-governmental organizations with the
Office of Public Information;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his annual reports on the work of the Organization information on the implementation of the provisions of the present resolution
1524th plenary meeting
27 May 1968
* Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Forty-fourth session, Annexes, agenda item 18, document