The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 41/187 of 8 December 1986, in which it
proclaimed the period 1988-1997 the World Decade for Cultural Development,
 
      Recalling also its resolution 46/158 of 19 December 1991, in which it
requested the Secretary-General to cooperate with the Director-General of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in
establishing an independent World Commission on Culture and Development, and
expected the World Commission to submit its final report to the General
Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization and to the United Nations General Assembly no later than three
years after it began its work,
 
      Noting that the Director-General of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization has sent the report of the Commission,
entitled Our Creative Diversity, to the member States of that organization for
their comments, as well as to many non-governmental and academic bodies,
 
      1.    Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-
General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, to stimulate further international debate on culture and
development;
 
      2.    Encourages the General Conference of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twenty-ninth session
in 1997 to discuss the report further, taking into account the views, comments
and proposals submitted by member States;
 
      3.    Also encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization to pursue its ongoing task of promoting throughout the
United Nations system a greater awareness of the crucial relationship between
culture and development, taking into account the diversity of cultures;
 
      4.    Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-
General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, to compile a report on culture and development for the
consideration of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, taking into
account the views, comments and proposals put forth by States and the relevant
intergovernmental organizations concerning the report of the World Commission
on Culture and Development.