Documents of the Session

Agenda

• Provisional agenda (A/AC.198/2005/1)

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) + Corrigendum (A/AC.198/2005/2/Corr.1)
• Further rationalization of the network of United Nations information centres (A/AC.198/2005/3)
• Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries: new strategic directions (A/AC.198/2005/4)
• Activities of the United Nations Communications Group in 2004 (A/AC.198/2005/5)
• The United Nations web site: progress towards parity among official languages (A/AC.198/2005/6)

General Assembly - Questions relating to information

• Report of the Committee on Information (A/60/21)
• Report of the Secretary-General (A/60/173)
• Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/60/479)
• Questions relating to information (A/RES/60/109 A-B)

General Debate

The statements made at the General Debate of the 27th Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.

Meetings coverage

• Concluding current session, Committee on Information reaffirms United Nations as ‘indispensable foundation’ of peaceful, just worldD (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)