75 million people in Europe were being deprived of the possibility of receiving such information in their own language. 17. Resolution 13 (I) of the General Assembly, approved in 1946, under which all peoples in all parts of the world should receive the fullest and most accurate information possible about the United Nations, had still not been implemented. The posts for information services in German could be filled through reallocation, taking into account the funds allocated to the Department of Public Information. For those reasons, his delegation could not support the appropriation under section 27 in the form proposed. 18. Mr. DITZ (Austria) agreed with the comments of the representative of the Federal Republic of Germany and said it was essential to establish a complete information service in German in order to keep the German-speaking public informed of the activities of the United Nations. The competent intergovernmental organs had recognized the need to strengthen the public-information function in the agencies headquartered at Vienna1 moreover, it had been requested that specific action should be taken in the matter. Accordingly, the time had come to reinforce the small nucleus of information services now existing in Vienna and convert it as quickly as possible into an information centre capable of providing all the necessary services. 19. Mr. MASARWEH (Jordan) said that his delegation had been absent during the vote on the appropriation for the booklet on the question of Palestine. If it had been present, it would have voted in favour. 20. Mrs. KNEZEVIC (Yugoslavia), Mr. ALI (Bangladesh), Mr. BA (Senegal) and Mr. BANGURA (Sierra Leone) said that they had been absent during the votes but that if they had been in the meeting room, they would have voted in favour in both cases. 21. Mr. MSELLE (Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of providing information to the public in their own language, specifically in German, and the need to establish a complete information service in German to keep the German-speaking public informed of the activities of the United Nations. This suggests that the category should be related to communication or information.

**Category**
Transport and communication, International relations