A meeting of the Public Information Officers of the Regional Commissions was organized by the Regional Commissions New York Office (RCNYO) at Headquarters in New York, on 2-3 March 2000.  The objective of the meeting was to share experiences in this area in order to further improve the Commissions’ public information strategies within the regions on their work and the work of the United Nations as a whole.  The Public Information Officers met with representatives of the media and relevant NGOs accredited to the United Nations, and held joint DPI/Regional Commissions meetings for consideration of issues of common interest, in particular, the preparations for the Millennium Assembly.

The meeting was organized back-to-back with a DPI-sponsored meeting of UN Information Centres, held at Headquarters on 6-7 March 2000, in which the Public Information Officers of the regional commissions also participated.