Mr. Chair,
The Under Secretary General of 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 46th 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 Chair, H.E. Mr. Muhammad Usman Iqbal Jadoon of Pakistan, 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 for the quality of the work accomplished during the past year. The Group would like to thank Mr. Showeb Abdullah for leading the Group of 77 and China in negotiating the draft resolution on the Committee on Information.

4. Allow me to congratulate our distinguished delegates, and representatives of groups, for reaching a consensus on this year's resolution. 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-sixth annual session of the Committee on Information.

5. We are gratified to see that on this occasion the resolution can be adopted in the six official languages of the Organization, which shows the strong commitment not only of the G77 but also of all the delegations involved in this process to multilingualism as a core value of the Organization.

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. 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.