25th Session
The 25th Session of the Committee on Information took place from from 28 April to 9 May 2003.
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.198/2003/2)
- Programmatic aspects of the proposed programme budget for 2004-2005 for the Department of Public Information (A/AC.198/2003/3)
- Implementation of the pilot project on the development of an international radio broadcasting capacity for the United Nations (A/AC.198/2003/4)
- Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries (A/AC.198/2003/5)
- Activities of the United Nations Communications Group in 2002 (A/AC.198/2003/6)
General Debate - Statements
28 April 2003 |
29 April 2003 |
| Opening statements: Chairman of the Committee | Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information | Bangladesh |
| Germany | Belarus  |
Mexico  |
Iran |
| Jamaica (on behalf of member states of the CARICOM) | |
| Mongolia | |
| Ukraine |
30 April 2003 |
1 May 2003 |
| Argentina |
Republic of Korea |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Brazil | |
| Canada and Australia | |
| Cuba | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Nepal | |
| Russian Federation |
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| Sri Lanka | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | |
| United States of America |
Meeting Coverage
- UN indispensable foundation for peace; must have clear, effective voice, reaffirms Information Committee in comprehensive draft text (9 May 2003)
- Committee holds interactive dialogue with information department officials (1 May 2003)
- Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor welcomes Information Committee’s endorsement of DPI’s restructuring (30 April 2003)
- World looking to United Nations as source of reliable, impartial information, Committee on Information told, as general debate continues (29 April 2003)
- ‘The United Nations Matters, And Its Voice Must Be Heard’, Committee On Information Told, As It Begins Current Session (28 April 2003)
- Committee On Information To Meet From 28 April To 9 May (24 April 2003)
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
- Report of the Committee on Information (A/58/21)
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/58/175)
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/58/475)
- Note by the Secretary-General on the review of the structure and operations of United Nations Information Centres (A/57/747)
- Major activities and outputs of the Department of Public Information (July 2002-July 2003)
- Questions relating to information (A/RES/58/101 A-B)