Prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, this calendar lists events organized to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations. For information on UN conferences and special observances , please consult this list.
2006
January February March April May June
July August September October November December

December
Millennium Development Goal 8
Goal 8

Develop a global partnership for development.

Target: In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth.

Target: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

Target: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

Developments:

The United Nations Millennium Declaration represents a global social compact: developing countries will do more to ensure their own development, and developed countries will support them through aid, debt relief and better
opportunities for trade.

Progress in each of these areas has already begun to yield results. But developed countries have fallen short of targets they have set for themselves.

To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, increased aid and debt relief must be accompanied by further opening of trade, accelerated transfer of technology and improved employment opportunities for the growing ranks of young people in the developing world.

Millennium Development Report 2005


By resolution 58/211, the General Assembly designated 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The Assembly is deeply concerned by the exacerbation of desertification, particularly in Africa, and its far-reaching implications for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular on the goal on poverty eradication.

2006 marks the end of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty which was proclaimed by the General Assembly by resolution 50/107 of 20 December 1995.
A review of the Decade was carried out at the Commission for Social Development, 44th session,
8 - 17 February 2006.

 

1 November 2005 - Early 2007
Exhibition
"Uniting Painting" by Ranan Lurie. This work of art is a large international exhibit spanning continents. One of its missions is to connect the world by art and goodwill.
UN Visitors' Lobby.

16 October – 4 December
Exhibition
"Human Security for All". Photographic exhibition showing projects implemented by the UN Trust Fund on Human Security.
Sponsored by the Human Security Unit of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

23 October - 1 December
Exhibition
"Afghan Children – the Next Generation". Photographic exhibition showing the face of Afghanistan today through its children.
Sponsored by Fairleigh Dickinson University and ImagineAsia.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

29 November - 13 December
Exhibition
"Con/Textualization: A Palestinian Narrative". An exhibition of Palestinian art in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People sponsored by the Division for Palestinian Rights and the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

1 - 30 December
Exhibition
"Drawing it Out". An exhibition of 300 cartoons on HIV/AIDS by artists from around the world marking the 25th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS. The exhibit is presented by the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region, in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Health and UNAIDS.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

1 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
World AIDS Day

2 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Day of Disabled Persons

5 December
Event
Panel discussion on "Environmental Governance: Key Issues and Perspectives". Organized by the Non-Governmental Organizations Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development.
Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters.
1.15 - 2.30 p.m.

6 December
Panel Discussion
"Civil Society Forum: Human Rights and Poverty: Voices from Affected Groups". Panellists: Roberto Mucaro Borrero, Chair, NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples; Fatima Ahmed, President, ZENAB for Women and Development; Iulia Motoc, International Law Chair, Bucharest and Senior Fellow, Yale Univ.; Sr. Darlene Jacobs, Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns. Moderator: Bobbi Nassar, Chair, NGO Committee on Human Rights.
Conference Room 1, UN Headquarters.
1.15 - 2.45 p.m.

7 December
NGO Briefing
"Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century".The briefing will be held in observance of Human Rights Day.

8 December
Panel Discussion
"Beyond Charity: Rights, Power and Poverty". Panellists: Philip Alston, Director, NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Former Director, Human Development Report,
Varun Gauri, Senior Economist, World Bank, Alicia Ely Yamin, Director of Research and Investigations, Physicians for Human Rights.
Moderator: Craig Mokhiber, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights .
Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters.
1.15 - 2.45 p.m.

9 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Anti-Corruption Day

10 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
Human Rights Day

12 December
Meet the Author
Launch of "Gandhi’s Outstanding Leadership" by Pascal Alan Nazareth. Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Nirupam Sen, Permanent Representative of India to the UN and Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
UN Bookshop.
12:45 p.m.

13 December
Meet the Author
James Traub will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power".
UN Bookshop.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

14 December
NGO Briefing
The briefing will be held in observance of Human Rights Day.

18 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Migrants Day

18 December
Concert
A concert in honour of Secretary-General Kofi Annan featuring the West-East Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim.
Sponsored by the Department of Public Information and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN.
General Assembly Hall
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

19 December
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

27 December
Meet the Author
Stanley Meisler will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War".
UN Bookshop.
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.


 

 


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