29th Session (2007)
The 29th Session of the Committee on Information took place from 30 April - 11 May 2007.
Documents of the Session
Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General
- The network of United Nations information centres: activities and strategic directions (A/AC.198/2007/2)
and Corrigendum (A/AC.198/2007/2/Corr.1) - The United Nations website: progress towards parity among official languages, accessibility and content management (A/AC.198/2007/3)
- Activities of the Department of Public Information (A/AC.198/2007/4) and Corrigendum (A/AC.198/2007/4/Corr.1)
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
- Report of the Committee on Information (A/62/21)
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/205)
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/62/407)
- Questions relating to information (A/RES/62/111 A-B)
General Debate
The statements made at the General Debate of the 29h Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.
30 April 2007
- Opening statements:
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Germany, on behalf of the European Union
- Pakistan, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
- Thailand
1 May 2007
- Angola
- Argentina
- Belarus
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Indonesia
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- United States of America
- Yemen
2 May 2007
- Bangladesh
- Cape Verde
- China
- Comoros [English/French]
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Egypt
- Iceland
- India
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Morocco
- Palestine (right of reply)
- Peru
- Senegal
- Sri Lanka
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Closing Remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information [English/French]
Meeting Coverage
- Information committee emphasizes essential role of dpi in ensuring United Nations voice heard clearly, effectively, as two-week session concludes (11 May 2007)
- Public information department commended for clear, focused strategy in delivering UN message, as information committee continues debate (1 May 2007)
- New head of UN communications stresses strategic nature of media campaigns in telling organization’s story, as information committee opens session (30 April 2007)
- Strategic communications, enhanced use of information technology among issues as information committee meets at Headquarters 30 April- 11 May (27 April 2007)