exercise oftheinalienable andnational legitimate rightsof thePalestinian peopleinaccordance withtherelevant resolutions oftheUnitedNations 124.TheOfficer-in-Charge introduc@d thereportoncoverage bytheDepartment of policies andpractices thatviolate theprinciples ofinternational lawrelative to bellig~rent occupation, inparticular theGenevaConvention Relative tothe Protection ofCivilian Persons inTimeofWar,of12August1949,wherever they occar,especially thosepolicies andpractices thatfrustrate theattainment and exercise oftheinalienable andnational legitimate rightsofthePalestinian peopleinaccordance withtherelevant resolutions oftheUnitedNations (A/AC.198/85) • 125.Hesaidthatthereportcontained information aboutactivities inthepast yearthatfellwithinthebroadparameters ofthereauest oftheGeneral Assembly. Thoseactivities included, amongotherthings, thedissemination ofinformation through theprintmediabypublishing ofarticles andissuance ofpressreleases, newslett~rs andpamphlets. Furthermore, radionewsprogrammes hadalsobeen broadcast inaIltheofficial UnitedNations languages andmanyotherlanguages. 126.Inaddition, theDepartment hadorganized twofact-finding missions tothe MiddleEastandfourregional encounters forjournalists. 127.Several delegations expressed support fortheactivities oftheDepartment in thisarea. Onedelegation, whileexpressing appreciation fortheDepartment's efforts, saidthattheDepartment should remaineffective byensuring its -25-i 1il'l' 1-,'i: ;, ( "t 1· 1 (, l: f h,. i'! 1:l' i., E "i L ~fobjectivity. Another delegation objected tothereport onthegrounds thatthe Committee wasnottheproper forumforsuchadiscussion sincepclitical issues werenotonitsagenda. Several delegations expressed theviewthatpolitical issuescouldandshould bedealtwithintheCommittee onInformation asweIlasin various forums. Item4(b)(xvii). Comments onthereportoftheJointInspection Uniton publications policyandpractice intheUnitedNations system 128.Anumberofdelegations supported several ofthesubjects raisedinthereport (A/39/602), suchastheneedtogaugetheimpactofUnitedNations information materials, including publications, theneedteproduce material suitable forthe readerships involved, andtheneedtoimprove distribution. Manydelegations emphasized theprimacy ofpublicawareness ofUnitedNations activities overthe prospect ofsalesrevenues. 129.Inregardtothedistribution ofaparticular publicaL ,theUNChronicle, a delegation registered concern aboutthenumberofcopiesthatweredistributed free todelegations ortoSecretariat officiaIs. Inresponse, theOfficer-in-Charge reviewed thewayinwhichtheUNChronicle wasdistributed. Ofthetotalrunof 13,000, about1,100copies weresenttodelegations and500weredistributed within theSecretariat. TheSalesSection received 7,200forsubscriptions andstanding orders. About2,200copies weremailedtolibraries ordistributed through information centres. Theothercopieswerekeptinstock. 3.Evaluation andfollow-up ontheefforts madeandtheprogress achieved bytheUnitedNations sys~eminthefieldof information andcommunications Item4(c) Theprogramme andactivities oftheJointUnitedNations Information Committee 130.Inhisstatement regarding theactivities oftheJointUnitedNations Information Committee (JUNIC), theUnder-Secretary-General saidthatrecent concerns oftheUnitedNations systemregarding publicquestioning ofits effectiveness hadhighlighted onceagaintheimportance ofinter-agency co-ordination andco-operation inthisfield. Thereport (A/AC.198/93) reviewed the·mainissuesdealtwithattheJUNICsèssion. Thoseissuesincluded, among others, Development Forum, Non-Governmental Liaison Services, audio-visual matters andenhancement ofpublicinformation activities oftheUnitedNations system. The reportcontained theplanofactionofJUNICfor1986-1987, whichindicated the broadscopeandsubjects thatJUNICwasconsidering. 131.HesaidthatJUNICalsodiscussed thecritical situation inAfrica andthe fortieth anniversary astwopriority itemsatitsrecentmeeting inRome. The organizations concerned reported ontheactivities theyhadundertaken, and agreement wasreached onanumberofapproaches toguidefuture work.
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The text appears to be related to the United Nations and its activities in the field of information and communication. It discusses the dissemination of information, publication policies, and the activities of the Joint United Nations Information Committee. The focus is on the role of the UN in providing information to the public and promoting public awareness of its activities.

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