24th Session (2002)
The 24th Session of the Committee on Information took place from 22 April - 2 May 2002.
Documents of the Session
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 Assembly - Questions relating to information
- Report on the twenty-fourth session of the Committee on Information (A/57/21)
- Questions relating to information (A/RES/57/130 A-B)
General Debate
The statements made at the General Debate of the 24th Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.
22 April 2002
- Opening statements:
- Algeria
- Egypt
- India
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Spain, on behalf of the European Union
- Venezuela, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
23 April 2002
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Costa Rica, on behalf of the Rio Group
- Cuba
- China
- Jamaica, on behalf of the states of the CARICOM
- Japan
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tunisia
- United States of America
24 April 2002
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Ghana
- Guyana
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Monaco
- Ukraine
- Yemen
- Closing remarks by Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Interim Head, Department of Public Information
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)