24th Session
The 24th Session of the Committee on Information took place from 22 April to 2 May 2002.
Documents of the Session (in .PDF)
Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General
- Reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications (A/AC.198/2002/2)
- United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (2001) (A/AC.198/2002/3)
- Integration of United Nations information centres with field offices of the United Nations Development Programme: continued implementation of the views of host Governments (A/AC.198/2002/4)
- Substantive questions: role of the Department of Public Information in United Nations peacekeeping (A/AC.198/2002/5)
- Continued development, maintenance and enrichment of the United Nations web site in the six official languages (A/AC.198/2002/6)
- Activities of the Joint United Nations Information Committee in 2001 (A/AC.198/2002/7)
General Debate - Statements
Meeting Coverage
- Committee on Information calls for ‘wide-ranging, innovative proposals’ by Secretary-General (2 May 2002)
- Committee on Information discusses UN web site language parity, information support for peacekeeping operations (24 April 2002)
- UN must play greater role in bridging ‘digital divide’, Committee on Information told as debate continues (23 April 2002)
- Speakers in information committee debate roles of department, external media in promoting UN concerns (23 April 2002)
- Hard choices, decisions must be made to achieve greater effectiveness, DPI head tells Committee on Information (22 April 2002)
- Reorientation of Department of Public Information focus, as Committee on Information meets 22 April – 2 May (19 April 2002)