41st Session of the Committee on Information
29 April to 10 May 2019
Annotations and programme of work
29 April 2019
Opening of the session
The session was 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 41st session, the Committee elected a Chair, two 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 considered requests for membership in the Committee.
Statement by the Chair
The Chair addressed the Committee at its opening meeting.
Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
The Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications addressed the Committee (read the opening statement) at its opening meeting to provide an update on the activities of the Department of Global Communications and to report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in .
Informal interactive meeting of the Committee
An informal interactive meeting of the Committee was held on 29 April 2019, allowing members of the Committee to exchange ideas with, and pose questions to, the senior management of the Department of Global Communications.
29-30 April 2019
Continuation of the General debate
Consideration of reports submitted by the Secretary-General
1-7 May 2019
Open-ended working group of the Committee on Information
The Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications made a closing statement at the Open-ended Working Group session held on 1 May 2019. Read the closing statement
The Secretariat requires a 48-hour period to process the draft report of the Committee in all official languages.
10 May 2019
Consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its 74th session.