Mr. Chair,
The Under- Secretary-General for Global Communications,
Distinguished delegates:

1. I am honored to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the closing of the 47th Session of Committee on Information this year.

2. The Group 77 and China welcomes the adoption of the G77 proposed resolution by consensus.

3. At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to you, Mr. Chair, and the other members of the Bureau, for their effective and inclusive leadership role. We also thank the Department of Global Communication, USG Ms. Melissa Fleming, and her team at the Department of Global Communication for the quality of the work accomplished during the informal sessions. The Group would like to thank Ms. Kulapa Suaprae, from the Permanent Mission of Thailand, for her excellent work of leading the Group of 77 and China in negotiating the draft resolutions on the Committee on Information.

4. Allow me to congratulate our distinguished delegates, and representatives of groups, on reaching a consensus on this year's resolutions. We thank them for their constructive engagement with the G77 and China with a sense of responsibility, hard work and spirit of compromise to ensure a smooth and a successful outcome of the forty-seventh annual session of the Committee on Information.

5. The Group notes with concern that the draft report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its eightieth session, including the chapter containing draft resolutions A and B, was not issued in all six official languages of the Organization despite the Committee having concluded its work on schedule. This highlights ongoing challenges to fully upholding multilingualism as a core value of the United Nations.

6. The negotiation of the draft resolutions led by the Group of 77 and China and adopted today in the Committee is an example of commitment to achieve a positive outcome for the work of the Organization. Member States can be capable of strengthening the aspects that unite us, creating balances and putting aside the elements that divide us, even under the most complex scenarios.

7. I thank the Department of Global Communications, all the members of CoI Secretariat, and the members of G77 and China Secretariat for providing an enabling environment and excellent support during the course of this session.

8. The Group of 77 and China's objective through the adoption of the resolution was to ensure renewed momentum and support for the Department of Global Communications and the work of the United Nations, and we believe we have made an important progress in this regard.

I thank you.