28th Session
The 28th Session of the Committee on Information took place from 24 April - 5 May 2006.
Documents of the Session
Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General
- Continued rationalization of the network of United Nations information centres (A/AC.198/2006/1)
- Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries: update on new strategic directions (A/AC.198/2006/2)
- The United Nations website: recent developments and progress towards parity among the official languages (A/AC.198/2006/3)
- Assessing the effectiveness of United Nations public information products and activities: the results of a three-year evaluation project (A/AC.198/2006/4) , and Corrigendum (A/AC.198/2006/4/Corr.1)
- Activities of the Department of Public Information (A/AC.198/2006/5)
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
Documents
- Report on the twenty-eighth session of the Committee on Information (A/61/21)
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/61/216) , and Corrigendum (A/61/216/Corr.1)
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/61/410)
Resolution
General Debate
The statements made at the General Debate of the 28th Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.
24 April 2006
- Opening statements:
- Austria, on behalf of the European Union
- Bangladesh
- Guyana, on behalf of the Rio Group
- South Africa, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
25 April 2006
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Iceland
- India
- Japan
- Nigeria
- People's Republic of China
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- São Tome and Principe, on behalf of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries
- Syrian Arab Republic
26 April 2006
- Angola
- Belarus
- Congo
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Indonesia
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Israel
- Kenya
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Switzerland
Meeting Coverage
- Committee on Information forwards DPI’s proposed strategic framework to committee for programme and coordination (24 August 2006)
- Global alliance for ICT, development announces members of steering committee, strategy council (14 June 2006)
- Committee on Information says UN’s voice must be clearly heard, emphasizes essential role of DPI as focal point for information activities (5 May 2006)
- Three-day information committee debate provided DPI with clear evaluation of performance, where improvement needed, says Under-Secretary-General (26 April 2006)
- Governments urge DPI to promote awareness of UN’s noteworthy achievements, as information committee continues general debate (25 April 2006)
- DPI is model of change in adopting more strategic approach to communications and evaluation, information committee told at opening of session (24 April 2006)
- Three-year evaluation of UN information activities among issues as information committee meets at Headquarters, 24 April - 5 May (21 April 2006)