Opening of the session
The session will be opened by the Chair of the Committee.

Election of officers
At its organizational session in 1980, the Committee reached an agreement according to which the principle of geographical rotation would be applied to all officers of the Committee, who would be elected for two-year terms. At the beginning of its thirty-seventh session, the Committee will elect a Chair, three Vice-Chairs and a Rapporteur to serve for the subsequent two years.

Adoption of the agenda and programme of work
The provisional agenda has been prepared on the basis of consultations among the members of the Bureau of the Committee.

Admission of new members
The Committee will consider requests for membership in the Committee.

Statement by the Chair
The Chair will address the Committee at its opening meeting.

Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
The Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information will address the Committee at its opening meeting to provide an update on the activities of the Department of Public Information and to report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in General Assembly resolutions 69/96 A and B.

Informal interactive meeting of the Committee
An informal interactive meeting of the Committee will be held at 3 p.m. on 27 April, allowing members of the Committee to exchange ideas with, and pose questions to, the senior management of the Department of Public Information.

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.198/2015/2)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: news services (A/AC.198/2015/3)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information: outreach services (A/AC.198/2015/4)

Open-ended working group of the Committee on Information

The Secretariat will require a 48-hour period to process the draft report of the Committee in all official languages.

Consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its seventieth session