text: ;a: : 1 i- i 1 1-",."jua REPORT OFTHE CQMMITTEE ONINFORMATION GENERAL ASSEMBLV OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.21(A/40/21) UNITEDNATIONSREPORT NewYork,1985UNITED NATIONSGENERAL ASSEMBlY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.21(A/40/21)OFTHE COMMITTEE ONINFORMATIONp. NOTE SymbolsofUnitedNationsdocuments aïecomposed ofcapitalletterscombined with figures.Mention ofsuchasymbolindicates areference toaUnitedNationsdocument...------ RlIIlIII_~..._IIIIIJI ...-.SiIllllS-------- .II!II••S••••• 11""'"'" [Original: English/Spanish1 [12September 19851 CONTENTS I.INTRODUCTION'. li•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• '"••••••••••••••• II.ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A.Opening ofthesession •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• C.Organization oftheworkoftheCommittee •••••••••••••Paragraphs Page 1- 8 1 9-12 3 9 3 la 3 11-12 3 13-139 6 13-25 6 26 la 27-138la••••••••••••••••••••• 0•••••••••••••••••B.Election ofofficers ••••••••.•••• 0•••••••••••••••••••• A.Adoption oftheagenda andorqanization ofwork••••••• B.Statement bytheChairman •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••SUBSTANTIVE SESSION C.Consideration ofsubstantive questions ••••••••••••••••III. 1.Promotion oftheestablishment ofanew,morejust andmoreeffective worldinformation and communication orderintended tostrengthen peace andinternational understanding andbasedonthe freecirculation andwiderandbetterbalanced dissèmination ofinformati~n ...••••••••••••••••••• 27-75la 2.Continuation ofexamination ofUnitedNations publicinformation pelicies andactivities inthe lightoftheevolution ofinternational relations, particularly duringthepasttwodecades, andof theimperatives oftheestablishment ofthenew international economic orderandofanewworld information andcommunication order••••••••••••••• 76-129 17 3.Evaluation andfollow-up ontheefforts madeand theprogress achieved bytheUnitedNations system inthefieldofinformation andcommunications ••••130-138 26 D.Recommendations .....000••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 139 27 ANNEXES I.Statement bytherepresentative of~gvptonbehalfoftheGroupof77 atthecommemorative meeting oftheCommittee onInformation forthe fortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 40 -iii-s CONTENTS (continued) II.Statement bytherepresentative oftheGermanDemocratie Republic on behalfofthegroupofEastern European Statesatthecommemorative meeting oftheCommittee onInformation forthefortieth anniversary oftheUnited Nations •.•••.•••••••••••••.••••• &...................... 42 III.Statement bytherepresentative ofSpainonbehalfofthegroupof Western European andotherStatesatthecommemorative meeting of theCommittee onInformation forthefortieth anniversary ofthe United Nations e0•••• 0•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• o.44 IV.Statement bytheChairman oftheCommittee attheopening meeting of thesubstantive session .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• e................ 45 -iv-1 :..J.• ~'. . ' ,'. ~• n - J J'" • ,. -------_._-._----~~..~._-~ ...;.--:-._-- 12 4 5I.INTRODUCTION 1.Atitsthirty-fourth session, theGeneral Assembly decided tomaintain the Committee taReviewUnitedNations Public Inforill~tion Policies andActivities, est.ablished underAssembly resolution 33/115Cof18December 1978,whichwouldbe knownastheCommittee onInformation, andteincrease itsmembership from 4~ te66.Initsresolution 34/182of18December 1979,theAssembly reauested the Committee onInformation: "(~)Tccontinue toexamine UnitedNations publicinformation polieies andactivities, inthelightoftheevolution ofinternational relations, particularly duringthepasttwodecades, andoftheimperatives ofthe establishment ofthenewinternational eeonomic orderandofanewworld in~ormation andcommunication order; fi(~)Tcevaluate andfollow uptheefforts madeandtheprogress achieved bytheUnitedNations systeminthefieldofinformation and eommunicatic.ns;
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the activities and discussions of the Committee on Information, which focuses on promoting the establishment of a new, more just, and more effective world information and communication order. The report discusses the committee's examination of United Nations public information policies and activities, as well as the evaluation and follow-up on the efforts made and progress achieved by the United Nations system in the field of information and communications.