36th Session of the Committee on Information
28 April to 9 May 2014
Annotations and programme of work
28 April 2014
Opening of the session
Adoption of the agenda and programme of work
Admission of new members
Statement by the Chair
Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
The Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information addressed the Committee at its opening meeting and provided an update on the activities of the Department of Public Information. He reported on the implementation of the recommendations contained in General Assembly resolution 68/86 A and B. He also took part in an interactive dialogue with Member States in the afternoon of the opening day of the meeting.
28-30 April 2014
General debate
Consideration of reports submitted by the Secretary-General
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: strategic communications services (A/AC.198/2014/2)
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: news services (A/AC.198/2014/3)
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: outreach services (A/AC.198/2014/4)
- Proposed strategic framework for the period 2016-2017, Part two: biennial programme plan, Programme 24, Public information (A/69/6(Prog. 24) and A/69/6(Prog.24)/Corr.1)
1 May - 6 May 2014
Open-ended working group of the Committee on Information
9 May 2014
Consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session.
Documents
Provisional Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General to the Committee on Information
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: Strategic Communications Services (A/AC.198/2014/2)
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: news services (A/AC.198/2014/3)
- Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: outreach services (A/AC.198/2014/4)
General Assembly
- A/RES/69/96 - Questions relating to information
- A/69/21 -Report of the Committee on Information (36th session)
- Report of the Secretary-General on questions relating to information (A/69/310)
Meeting coverage
- Committee on Information Emphasizes Need for Equitable Use of All Official United Nations Languages, as It Approves 2 Draft Resolutions (9 May 2014)
- United Nations Remains ‘Repository’ of Information for Advancing Humanity’s Cause, Under-Secretary-General Says, as Committee Concludes General Debate (29 April 2014)
- Department Deploying All Efforts to Support United Nations Peace Efforts across Africa, Under-Secretary-General Tells Committee on Information (28 April 2014)