The Committee on General Affairs,
Considering that it is highly desirable that Members should take pratical steps to make public opinion more directly aware of the reality of European Union,
Considering that it is urgent that the education of public opinion in each country as regard such action should be extended to include all matters relating to the realisation of a closer union between Members and to the activities of the Council of Europe,
Requests that the Secretary-General arrange for a Report to be drawn up on the pratical steps which might be taken for this purpose and authorises him to prepare a plan for developing the activities of the Directorate of Information of the Secretariat-General ; the Directorate should carry out its task in the different Member States with the collaboration of the competent Government Departments,
Requests that the Assembly, at its next Session, undertake a study of the Proposals contained in the Reports of the Secretary-General and that it should recommend that the Committee of Ministers examine these plans and provide the Secretariat with the necessary means for their early execution.