27th Session (18 April - 3 May 2005)
Reports
Committee on Information
Programme of work
Reports of the Secretary-General to the Committee on Information
- Continuing reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications: a progress report - A/AC.198/2005/2 [PDF, 103KB] and Corrigendum - A/AC.198/2005/2/Corr.1 [PDF, 22KB]
- Further rationalization of the network of United Nations information centres - A/AC.198/2005/3 [PDF, 76KB]
- Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries: new strategic directions - A/AC.198/2005/4 [PDF, 75KB]
- Activities of the United Nations Communications Group in 2004 - A/AC.198/2005/5 [PDF, 50KB]
- The United Nations web site: progress towards parity among official languages - A/AC.198/2005/6 [PDF, 56KB]
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
Documents
- Report on the twenty-seventh session of the Committee on Information - A/60/21 [PDF, 144KB]
- Report of the Secretary-General - A/60/173 [PDF, 127KB]
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) - A/60/479 [PDF, 92KB]
Resolution
- Questions relating to information - A/RES/60/109 A-B [PDF, 180KB]
Statements
Opening statements at the twenty-seventh session of the Committee on Information on 18 April 2005
- Chairman of the Committee on Information
- Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information [as delivered in English and French]
Remarks to the twenty-seventh session of the Committee on Information on 20 April 2005
- Remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information [as delivered in English and French]
Statements by Members of the Committee (in chronological and alphabetical order)
18 April 2005:
- Argentina, on behalf of the Rio Group [also available in Spanish]
- Egypt [Arabic - PDF, 80KB]
- Jamaica, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
- Luxembourg, on behalf of the European Union [also available in French]
19 April 2005:
- Algeria [French]
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso [French]
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Iceland
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Philippines
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation [also available in Russian]
- Singapore
- Switzerland [French]
- Tunisia [French]
- Syrian Arab Republic [Arabic - PDF, 110KB]
- Ukraine
- United States of America
- Yemen [Arabic - PDF, 39KB]
20 April 2005:
- Angola
- Belarus [Russian]
- Cape Verde
- Cuba
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
- Mongolia
- Pakistan
- Sao Tome
- Trinidad and Tobago, on behalf of member states of the CARICOM
- United Republic of Tanzania
Press Releases
- CONCLUDING CURRENT SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION REAFFIRMS UNITED NATIONS AS ‘INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION’ OF PEACEFUL, JUST WORLD - 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