31. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its twenty-fourth session on any possible proposal to continue, if feasible and on a case-by-case basis, the integration policy in a cost-effective manner, while maintaining the operational and functional independence of United Nations information centres, taking into account the views of the host countries to ensure that the information functions and the autonomy of United Nations information centres are not adversely affected, to meet the policy's stated objective of improving the provision of information by the United Nations;
31. 请秘书长向新闻委员会第二十四届会议提出报告，说明任何可能的提案，以期在可行的条件下，按照个案处理的原则，继续以合符成本效益的方式执行合并政策，同时保持各联合国新闻中心在业务和职能上的独立性，并顾及东道国关于确保联合国新闻中心的新闻职能和自主性不致受到不利影响的意见，以实现合并政策所表明的改善联合国新闻提供能力的目标；