31st Session of the Committee on Information
4 to 15 May 2009
Documents of the Session
Agenda
Reports of the Secretary-General to the Committee on Information
General Assembly - Questions relating to information
General Debate
The statements made at the General Debate of the 31st Session are presented by date and in alphabetical order.
4 May 2009
Opening statements:
- Statement by the Chairman of the Committee on Information, Ambassador Monteiro Lima
- Statement by Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Czechia, on behalf of the European Union
Mexico, on behalf of the Rio Group
5 May 2009
7 May 2009
Meetings coverage
- Committee on Information concludes two-week Session by approving text urging stronger role for "indispensable voice" of United Nations (15 May 2009)
- Under-Secretary-General pledges to improve department’s impact, performance as Committee on Information concludes general debate (7 May 2009)
- Delegates in Committee on Information stress seed for better coordination, new technology in getting United Nations message out (5 May 2009)
- Under-Secretary-General outlines role of strategic approach in widening outreach, improving performance as Committee on Information opens thirty-first session (4 May 2009)
- Thirty-first session of Committee on Information to be held at Headquarters, 4 - 15 May (30 April 2009)