EU Statement – UN Committee on Information: Closing Plenary

EU Statement - UN Committee on Information: Closing Plenary

8 May 2026, New York - Statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States delivered by Mr. Daniel PRADA JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS, Attaché, Coordination, Press and Information Section, European Union Delegation to the United Nations, at the closing plenary of the UN Committee on Information

Mr. Chair, Madam Under-Secretary-General, distinguished colleagues,

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and its Member States.

Let me begin by expressing our sincere thanks to the Chair and the members of the Bureau for your commitment in guiding us through this session. We also wish to thank our colleagues from the Secretariat for your continuous support throughout our work.

Our appreciation also goes to the G77 and China for presenting the zero draft, and to our distinguished colleague from Thailand, who once again guided us with great skill as facilitator. We also thank all delegations for your constructive engagement.

It is thanks to our collective efforts and spirit of compromise that today we welcome the adoption by the consensus of the resolution on questions relating to information. In doing so, we continue a proud 39-year tradition within this Committee.

We welcome that, through the effective implementation of resolution 79/327 on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, as well as our collective commitments under the UN80 Initiative to ensure more focused deliberations, we have successfully reduced the frequency of the resolution.

At the same time, the resolution continues to provide strong guidance to the Department of Global Communications to promote reliable, factual and multilingual information, and to uphold information integrity and counter information manipulation and disinformation that undermine the work of the United Nations.

As we move forward, we remain committed to upholding the integrity of this Committee and the mandate of the Department. Let us continue to work together in a spirit of constructive cooperation, consensus and collegiality to ensure that the United Nations remains a beacon of hope in a world that needs it more than ever.

I thank you.