27th Session (2005)
The 27th Session of the Committee on Information took place from 18 April - 3 May 2005.
Documents of the Session
Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General
- Continuing reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications: a progress report (A/AC.198/2005/2)
and Corrigendum (A/AC.198/2005/2/Corr.1) - Further rationalization of the network of United Nations information centres (A/AC.198/2005/3)
- Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries: new strategic directions (A/AC.198/2005/4)
- Activities of the United Nations Communications Group in 2004 (A/AC.198/2005/5)
- The United Nations web site: progress towards parity among official languages (A/AC.198/2005/6)
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
- Report of the Committee on Information (A/60/21)
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/60/173)
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/60/479)
- Questions relating to information (A/RES/60/109 A-B)
General Debate
The statements made at the General Debate of the 27h Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.
18 April 2005
- Opening statements:
- Argentina, on behalf of the Rio Group
- Egypt
- Jamaica, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
- Luxembourg, on behalf of the European Union
19 April 2005
- Algeria
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Iceland
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Singapore
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Ukraine
- United States of America
- Yemen
20 April 2005
- Angola
- Belarus
- Cape Verde
- Cuba
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Trinidad and Tobago, on behalf of member states of the CARICOM
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Closing remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Meeting Coverage
- Concluding current session, Committee on Information reaffirms United Nations as ‘indispensable foundation’ of peaceful, just worldD (3 May 2005)
- Under-Secretary-General responds to ‘rich and intense debate’ on UN information activities, as Committee concludes general discussion (20 April 2005)
- Information Centre rationalization, website, library modernization among issues addressed in Information Committee debate (19 April 2005)
- UN information department takes action to improve public image of UN around world, Under-Secretary-General tells Information Committee (18 April 2005)
- Focus will be UN information department’s completed reorientation, as Committee on Information meets at Headquarters 18 - 28 April (15 April 2005)