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Archived Webcasts of Special Events 2006

19 December 06

Special Event: High-level panel discussion in observance of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, on the theme "New Dynamics of South-South and Triangular Partnerships for Development".
[ SG's message : text - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]

18 December 06

Special Event: Welcoming remarks and speeches by the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Concert.
[ Speech by the President of the 61st session of the General Assembly, H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa ]
[ Speech by the Prime Minister of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan ]
[ Speech by the Prime Minister of Spain, H.E. Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ]
[ Speech by the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 50 minutes ]

18 December 06

Special Event: Official Launch of the United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards.
[ Programme ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 53 minutes ]

14 December 06

Special Event: 2006 United Nations 21 Awards Ceremony.
[ Programme ] [ Ceremony Script ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 24 minutes ]

11 December 06

Special Event: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to give farewell address at Truman Presidential Museum & Library on "Global Governance and the Role of the United States".
[ SG's speech : text - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 12 minutes ] (Introduction by Devine and Hagel)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 27 minutes ] (Kofi Annan Speech)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 22 minutes ] (Kofi Annan Q & A)
[Webcast: Archived Audio - English: 47 minutes ]

08 December 06

Special Event: United Nations Correspondents Association Annual Awards Dinner with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Secretary-General designate Ban Ki Moon, Former US President Bill Clinton etc.
[ United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan ]
[ United Nations Secretary-General Designate, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 20 minutes ]

08 December 06

Special Event: Expert panel discussion on "Beyond charity: Rights, power and poverty".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 29 minutes ]

08 December 06

Special Event: International Human Rights Day Event organized by Human Rights Watch.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 36 minutes ]

07 December 06

Special Event: Opening remarks of the board meeting of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 17 minutes ]

07 December 06

Special Event: High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
[ Speech by United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan ]
[ Website ] [ Programme ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 37 minutes ]

05 December 06

Special Event: Meeting of the Women's International Forum, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the topic "The past ten years and beyond".
[ Speech by United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 6 minutes ]

04 December 06

Special Event: Opening speeches at the High-Level Conference aimed at eliminating sexual exploitation and abuse.
[ Speech by United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan ]
[ Speech by Secretary-General's Adviser on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeeping Personnel, H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes ]

01 December 06

Special Event: 2006 Student Conference on Human Rights - Migration and Development: Challenges for Human Rights.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 3 hours and 20 minutes ]

01 December 06

Special Event: 2006 Student Conference on Human Rights - Migration and Development: Challenges for Human Rights.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 2 hours and 5 minutes ]

30 November 06

Special Event: Observance of World AIDS Day at the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church.
[ United Nations Secretary-General's Remarks ]
[ UNAIDS Executive Director's Message ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]

30 November 06

Special Event: NGO Briefing on the Alliance of Civilizations: Final Document Recommendations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 59 minutes ]

30 November 06

Special Event: Launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2007.
[ Programme ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes ]

29 November 06

Special Event: The UN Forum on Our Common Humanity in the Information Age - Opening remarks, Dialogue session 3 (Conference Room 4) Equality and Opportunity, Dialogue Session 4 (ECOSOC Chamber) Tolerance and Dialogue, Dialogue session 5 (Conference Room 4) Solidarity and Equity, Dialogue Session 6 (ECOSOC Chamber) Shared Responsibility and Partnership and Presentation of Forward-Looking Strategies from the Dialogue Sessions (Conference Room 4).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part I  1 hour and 10 minutes] (Con 4)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part II  1 hour and 49 minutes] (Con 4)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 1 hour and 52 minutes] (ECOSOC)

29 November 06

Special Event: The UN Forum on Our Common Humanity in the Information Age - Welcome remarks, Dialogue session 1(Conference 4) Freedom and development and Dialogue session 2 (ECOSOC Chamber) Respect for nature and sustainable development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part I  2 hours and 1 minute] (Con 4)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part II  53 minutes] (Con 4)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 1 hour and 47 minutes] (ECOSOC)

29 November 06

Special Event: The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People holds a solemn meeting in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language:  2 hours ]

22 November 06

Special Event: Third Web for Development Conference: Web4Dev Sessions.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part I  1 hour and 39 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part II  1 hour and 2 minutes]

21 November 06

Special Event: Third Web for Development Conference: Web4Dev Sessions.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part I  1 hour and 44 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part II  1 hour and 19 minutes]

21 November 06

Special Event: Third Web for Development Conference: Web4Dev Sessions.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part I  55 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part II  1 hour and 58 minutes]

20 November 06

Special Event: Third Web for Development Conference: Global Alliance for ICT and Development /AIT sessions.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part I  1 hour and 6 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session Part II  1 hour and 25 minutes]

20 November 06

Special Event: Third Web for Development Conference: Opening Session and Global Alliance for ICT and Development /AIT sessions.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part I  2 hours and 2 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session Part II  1 hour and 32 minutes]

17 November 06

Special Event: Special United Nations Tribute to the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Prof. Muhammad Yunus, to be presided over by the President of the General Assembly (organized by the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 47 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 47 minutes]

16 November 06

Special Event: Briefing on the report, entitled "Failure to protect: A call for the United Nations Security Council to Act in North Korea", with its sponsors Former President of the Czech Republic, H.E. Vaclav Havel, Former Prime Minister of Norway, H.E. Kjell Magne Bondevik and Nobel Prize Laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 47 minutes]

15 November 06

Special Event: International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty - Session 1: Reducing Hunger and Extreme Poverty.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 34 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 34 minutes]

15 November 06

Special Event: International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty - Opening and Plenary Session.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 57 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 57 minutes]

10 November 06

Special Event: A roundtable to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Commission on the Status of Women during the 61st session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 29 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 29 minutes]

10 November 06

Special Event: The 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics World Summer Games Forum, on the theme "Special Olympics for social harmony" (co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of China, the United Nations New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace, the Shanghai Municipal Government and Special Olympics International).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 54 minutes]

10 November 06

Special Event: Opening of the 2007 Shanghai Olympics Exhibit.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 13 minutes]

10 November 06

Special Event: The launching of the International Human Solidarity Day.
[ Website ] [ Agenda ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 15 minutes]

09 November 06

Special Event: NGO Communications Workshop - Surveying for Change.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 51 minutes]

09 November 06

Special Event: Informal briefing for NGO's on the Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on System-wide Coherence.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 13 minutes]

09 November 06

Special Event: Informal briefing by the Co-Chairs of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide Coherence, on the occasion of the presentation of the report of the High-level Panel to the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 32 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hours and 30 minutes]

02 November 06

Special Event: DPI/NGO Townhall Meeting - The Theme for the 60th DPI/NGO Conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 21 minutes]

29 October 06

Special Event: Concert - United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 59 minutes]

29 October 06

Special Event: Panel discussions -United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 33 minutes]

29 October 06

Special Event: Opening session/dialogue of the United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 23 minutes]

26 October 06

Special Event: NGO Briefing - The Different Faces of Ethics.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 2 minutes]

23 October 06

Special Event: The event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Freedom Fight and Revolution (the concert with the speech of Mr. Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 57 minutes]

18 October 06

Special Event: Special ceremony in observance of World Food Day 2006 on the theme "Investing in agriculture for food security" (organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 48 minutes]

16 October 06

Special Event: The fifth seminar in the "Unlearning Intolerance" seminar series of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), entitled "Cartooning for Peace: The Responsibility of Political Cartoonists?", in partnership with Emory University's Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 2 hours and 20 minutes]

16 October 06

Special Event: The fifth seminar in the "Unlearning Intolerance" seminar series of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), entitled "Cartooning for Peace: The Responsibility of Political Cartoonists?", in partnership with Emory University's Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 2 hours and 13 minutes]

12 October 06

Special Event: NGO Briefing - An Overview of the 61st Session of the General Assembly.
[ Programme ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 39 minutes]

11 October 06

Special Event: Launch of the Peacebuilding Fund by the Secretary-General.
[ SG's Remarks ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 14 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 14 minutes]

05 October 06

Special Event: The 16th Annual Celebration of the International Day of Older Persons - Improving the Quality of Life for Older Persons: Advancing UN Global Strategies.
[ Programme ] [ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 hours and 1 minute]

03 October 06

Special Event: Public launch of the United Nations Peacemaker Web site, by the Department of Political Affairs (hosted by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 1 minute]

25 September 06

Special Event: Panel discussion on "The education of girls in the developing world" organized by the United States Mission.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 27 minutes]

22 September 06

Special Event: Opening speeches at 30th Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 41 minutes]

21 September 06

Special Event: International Day of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 04 minutes]

21 September 06

Special Event: On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the Secretary-General rings the Peace Bell at a ceremony held on in the Japanese Garden in front of the United Nations conference building. The Secretary-General delivers a message of peace and calls to observe a minute of silence on that occasion. With United Nations Messengers of Peace and others.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 20 minutes]

19 September 06

Special Event: Launch of UNITAID.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 53 minutes]

18 September 06

Special Event: The Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award ceremony. The President of the Republic of Poland H.E. Mr. Lech Kaczynski, will accept the Award presented by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the World Committee on Disability. With remarks by the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 12 minutes]

14 September 06

Special Event: Roundtable discussion on "The United Nations and the response to genocide" organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme of the Department of Public Information.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 24 minutes]

11 September 06

Special Event: Virtue Foundation's Fifth Annual Bicoastal Symposium: RETHINKING PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION & HOPE
In Collaboration With: The United Nations Global Compact ~ The Nour Foundation ~ The United Nations NGO Section/DESA [...more]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 19 minutes]

08 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - The Role of the Media and Communications Technology in Achieving the MDGs. Closing Session. (Conference Room 4)
[ Secretary-General closing speech ]
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 33 minutes]

08 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Promoting Respect for Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution. (Conference Room 8)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 28 minutes]

08 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Commitment to Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger. (DHL Auditorium)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 33 minutes]

08 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Civil Society and Global Partnerships for Development. (Conference Room 4)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 17 minutes]

07 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Human Security: Responsibility to Protect and Peacebuilding Commission. (Conference Room 8)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 22 minutes ]

07 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Emerging Approaches to Healthcare, including Gender-based HIV and AIDS. (DHL Auditorium)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 21 minutes ]

07 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Science and Technology for Education. (Conference Room 4)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 18 minutes]

07 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Acheiving Ecological and Financial Sustainability.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 2 hours and 33 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: AM Session 2 hours and 33 minutes]

06 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Moving Development Forward.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 2 hours and 27 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: PM Session 2 hours and 27 minutes]

06 September 06

Special Event: 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference - Unfinished Business: Effective Partnerships for Human Security and Sustainable Development. (Opening Session)
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 1 hour and 53 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: AM Session 1 hour and 53 minutes]

30 August 06

Special Event: UNITAR Symposium on ICT Policy Issues for Development: Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Information Security and IT Leadership.
[ Chat Room ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 3 hours and 5 minutes]

29 August 06

Special Event: UNITAR Symposium on ICT Policy Issues for Development: Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Information Security and IT Leadership.
[ Agenda ] [ Chat Room ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 2 hours and 50 minutes]

29 August 06

Special Event: UNITAR Symposium on ICT Policy Issues for Development: Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Information Security and IT Leadership.
[ Agenda ] [ Chat Room ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 3 hours and 20 minutes]

25 August 06

Special Event: Closing session of Ad Hoc Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: PM Session 3 hours and 53 minutes]

25 August 06

Special Event: Closing session of Ad Hoc Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities.
[ Website ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: AM Session 57 minutes]

18 August 06

Special Event: Day of Remembrance 3rd Anniversary Baghdad Bombing.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes]

28 July 06

Special Event: 18th Annual Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Day U.N. Event.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 hours and 5 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 5 hours and 4 minutes]

21 July 06

Special Event: FLASH APPEAL for Lebanon, Moderated by Jan Egeland, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 33 minutes]

06 July 06

Special Event: on the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts
[Website]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hour and 8 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hour and 9 minutes]

28 June 06

Special Event: Fifth Committee/ 65th meeting. /Re: U.N. budget items
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes]

28 June 06

Special Event: Fifth Committee/ 65th meeting. /Re: U.N. budget items
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes]

28 June 06

SPECIAL EVENT : Flag raising ceremony for the Republic of Montenegro.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English 14 minutes ]

26 June 06

Special Event: The United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs and the Small Arms Survey project - presentation of the English edition of the Survey will launch the Small Arms Survey 2006.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 57 minutes]

26 June 06

Special Event: Handover ceremony of the Million Faces Petition
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 10 minutes]

23 June 06

Special Event: UN Public Service Day
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 58 minutes]

23 June 06

Special Event: UN Public Service Day
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours]

15 June 06

Special Event: Meeting of the Decolonization Committee including speech by FM of Argentina
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 37 minutes ]

14 June 06

Special Event: Unitar Web Seminar Series on ITC Policy for Development: E-Governance for Development Organizationed in Collaboration with the Intel Corporation, DPADM-UNDESA1 and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations.
[Agenda][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 13 minutes ]

14 June 06

Special Event: Unitar Web Seminar Series on ITC Policy for Development: E-Governance for Development Organizationed in Collaboration with the Intel Corporation, DPADM-UNDESA1 and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations.
[Agenda][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 41 minutes ]

10 June 06

Special Event: The Secretary-General to address the graduation ceremony of the United Nations International School.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 11 minutes ]

07 June 06

Special Event: United Nations Population Award Ceremony:The Laureates of the Award for this year are Dr. Halida Hanum Akhter ( Bangladesh ) and the Fondation pour la santé reproductive et l'éducation familiale (FOSREF) ( Haiti ). [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 56 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 56 minutes]

01 June 06

Special Event: "An Evening of Remembrance and Hope, Uniting the World Against AIDS". Participating in the evening's observances will be actors Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, and Naomi Watts, as well as internationally renowned musicians Angelique Kidjo (Benin), Salman Ahmad (Pakistan), Wyclef Jean (Haiti), the African Children's Choir (Uganda, Kenya) and Paul Winter (USA).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 36 minutes]

31 May 06

Special Event: "Women, conflict, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS" An examination of the heavy cost of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda on women in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo today.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour]

31 May 06

Special Event: "International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers" [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes]

31 May 06

Special Event: "International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers"
[Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 43 minutes]

25 May 06

Special Event: The UN Study on Violence against Children from Childrens' Perspective. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 54 minutes]

24 May 06

Special Event: Countdown to 2006 World Scholar Athlete Games. The United Nations and the Institute for International Sport will launch a partnership at a festive ceremony to use sport as a means to promote peace and conflict resolution around the world. The United Nations New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace is the Institute's partner in the initiative. The ceremony from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the United Nations ECOSOC Chamber, will feature performances by scholar athletes and artists from around the world.
[Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 12 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 12 minutes]

22 May 06

 Special Event: Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 51 minutes]

18 May 06

Special Event: Briefing in observance of the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hours and 42 minutes] [Website]

17 May 06

 Special Event: UNITAR/Intel 2006 Web seminar series on ICT policy issues for development: Broadband wireless to bridge the digital divide in collaboration with W2i
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 32 minutes]

17 May 06

 Special Event: UNITAR/Intel 2006 Web seminar series on ICT policy issues for development: Broadband wireless to bridge the digital divide in collaboration with W2i
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 51 minutes]

15 May 06

 Special Event: "Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues"
[Website] [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 32 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 32 minutes]

12 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 27 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 27 minutes]

12 May 06

 Special Event: "Holocaust Awareness and the Prevention of Genocide"
[Press Release][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 55 minutes]

12 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 6 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 3 hours and 6 minutes]

11 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 4 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 58 minutes]

11 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 2 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 3 hours and 2 minutes]

11 May 06

 Special Event: "Changing Families: Challenges and Opportunities in observance of the International Day of Families, 15 May"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hours and 50 minutes] [Website]

10 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 1 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 3 hours and 1 minutes]

10 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 4 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 12 minutes]

09 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 57 minutes]

08 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 55 minutes]

08 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 55 minutes]

05 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 45 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 45 minutes]

05 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 54 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 54 minutes]

04 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 58 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 56 minutes]

04 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 2 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 3 hours and 2 minutes]

03 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 55 minutes]

03 May 06

 Special Event: " World Press Freedom Day" [Press Release][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 54 minutes]

03 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 17 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 17 minutes]

02 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 3 hours]

02 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English Part I: 1 hours and 21 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English Part 2: 1 hours and 27 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]

01 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]

01 May 06

 Special Event: "Commission on Sustainable Development"
[Website][Agenda][Archived Videos]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 52 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]

28 April 06

 Special Event: "UN Teachers Conference on Human Rights" (linked via video conference to Canada, China, the Domincan Republic, Haiti, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Sweden and the United States).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 17 minutes ]

24 April 06

 Special Event: : Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour]

20 April 06

 Special Event: The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Chanceller of the Exchequer, United Kindom, will make a speech on the challenges of environmental change.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour]

20 April 06

 Special Event: DPI/NGO Briefing:"The Communications Workshop on Accessing Correct UN Information: Fact or Fiction?"
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 53 minutes]

13 April 06

 Special Event: "Changing Realities: Indigenous Peoples in the next decade" [Link]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 43 minutes]

06 April 06

 Special Event: "TWELVE YEARS AFTER THE RWANDA GENOCIDE: WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT TO PROTECT CIVILIANS?" [Programme] [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes]

06 April 06

 Special Event: Economic and Social Council/NGO Forum [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 2 hours and 51 minutes]

03 April 06

 Special Event:  Presentation of the final report on the International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace (organized by the United Nations Office of Sport for Development and Peace) With the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and others. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 34 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 34 minutes]

28 March 06

 Special Event:  Secretary-General's Lecture Series - Professor Chinua Achebe, novelist, and Professor Paul Muldoon, poet, will speak on the topic “The Use of Language in War and Peace? The Secretary-General hosts this lecture series on topics at the forefront of the humanities and natural sciences, as part of a continuing effort to create a strengthened framework for dialogue and mutual understanding within the United Nations community.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 23 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original: 1 hours and 23 minutes]

22 March 06

 Special Event:   Informal meeting on the Human Rights Council, sponsored by the Department of Public Information and the Office of the President of the General Assembly.  Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hours and 54 minutes]

09 March 06

 Special Event: Launching of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 13minutes]

08 March 06

 Special Event:   International Women's Day observance.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 58minutes]

02 March 06 Special Event DPI/NGO Briefing: The Role of the Media in Advancing Cross-Cultural Understanding. [Link]
[ Archived Video - 2 hours and 11 minutes ]
27 Febuary 06 Special Event Opening of the 50th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSD)
[ Archived Video - 48 minutes ] [Website]
23 Febuary 06 Special Event DPI/NGO Annual Orientation Programme NGO Section
[ Archived Video - 1 hours 50 minutes ] [Website]
22 Febuary 06 Special Event DPI/NGO Annual Orientation Programme NGO Section
[ Archived Video - 2 hours 49 minutes ] [Website]
22 Febuary 06 Special Event DPI/NGO Annual Orientation Programme NGO Section
[ Archived Video - 2 hours 29 minutes ] [Website]
20 Febuary 06 Special Event (Audio only): US Income Tax briefing -   The presentation will provide general information regarding the UN's tax reimbursement procedures and the related filing requirements. [...more]
[ Archived Video - 1 hours 30 minutes ]
16 Febuary 06 Special Event DPI/NGO briefing.
[ Archived Video - PM Session: 2 hours 1 minutes ] [Website]
16 Febuary 06 Special Event DPI/NGO briefing.
[ Archived Video - AM Session: 1 hours 35 minutes ] [Website]
13 Febuary 06 Special Event United Nations Forum on Forests.
[ Archived Video - AM Session: 3 hours 6 minutes ] [Website]
10 Febuary 06 Special Event International Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) event being hosted by UN-HABITAT at the UN Secretariat.
[Programme] [Press]
[ Archived Video - PM Session: 2 hours 35 minutes ]
10 Febuary 06 Special Event International Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) event being hosted by UN-HABITAT at the UN Secretariat.
[Programme] [Press]
[ Archived Video - AM Session: 2 hours 35 minutes ]
10 Febuary 06 Special Event Opening of the 2006 session of Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People -remarks by the Secretary-General.
[ Archived Video - 47 minutes ]
09 Febuary 06 Special Event The DPI/NGO Section NGO Briefing on Avian Flu in Perspective.Panel includes Dr. David Nabarro, UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, Mr. Kim Moon-Hwan, Director, Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea, and Dr. Sanjay Sinho, Health Director, CARE.
video
[ Archived Video - 1 hour and 17 minutes ]
02 Febuary 06 Special Event DGP/NGO weekly briefing. World Summit on the Information Society Follow-up.
[ Archived Video - 1 hour and 15 minutes ]
02 Febuary 06 Special Event Lecture on “The international civil servant: Then and now, theory and practice?(fifth and final event in a series of lectures and conversations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the former United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld) (organized by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, DPI, with the support of the Permanent Mission of Sweden ) [Website]
[ Archived Video - 59 minutes ]
31 January 06 Special Event (Central Hall, London): in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, which was itself held in Central Hall, London in January 1946 - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is delivering a speech.
[ Archived Video - 58 minutes ]
27 January 06 Special Event The United Nations Department of Public Information will hold the first universal observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust under the theme “Remembrance and Beyond?from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The day designated by the General Assembly, 27 January, is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. [more]
[Website]
[ Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 51 minutes ]
26 January 06 Special Event NGO briefing - Panel discussion: In observance of The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust under the overall theme of "Remembrance and Beyond". Featured speakers include Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, and Judea Pearl, President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. The theme will focus on promoting tolerance, cross-cultural understanding and communication.
[ Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 13 minutes ]
19 January 06 Special Event “Meeting the Challenges of Peace Operations: Cooperation and Coordination”
[Press]
[ Archived Video - English: 1 and 3 minutes ]
[ Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 3 minutes ]
16 January 06 Special Event Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.
[ Archived Video - English: 29 minutes ]
[ Archived Video - Original Language: 29 minutes ]
12 January 06 Special Event Group of 77 (ceremonial meeting to mark the formal handover of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Jamaica to the Republic of South Africa).  With the Foreign Ministers of the outgoing and incoming presiding countries and the Secretary-general among those attending. 
[ Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 31 minutes ]
[ Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 31 minutes ]

 

 
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