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

September
Millennium Development Goal 7
Goal 7

Ensure environmental sustainability.

Target: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources.

Achievements:

Most countries have committed to the principles of sustainable development. But this has not resulted in sufficient progress to reverse the loss of the world’s environmental resources.

Achieving the goal will require greater attention to the plight of the poor, whose day-to-day subsistence is often directly linked to the natural
resources around them, and an unprecedented level of global cooperation.

Action to prevent further deterioration of the ozone layer shows that progress is possible.

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.

9 August - 10 September
Exhibition
"Annual International Environmental Children’s Drawing Contest Winners". Exhibition of artwork by winners of the annual drawing contest to encourage the world’s children to think about the environment.
Sponsored by the US Fund for UNICEF, the Japan Quality Assurance Organization, and the International Certification Network.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

29 August - 18 October
Exhibition
"In Praise of the Olive". An exhibition presenting all sides of the culture of the olive, from the mythical appearance of the olive in the Mediterranean and its links with Olympic Games, to the reality of the culture of the olive in Greek lands.
Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN.

6 September
Lectures and Conversations Series
Topic: "Knowledge Management: What is it? Will it really make us effective?"
Linda Stoddart, Chair of the Task Force on Knowledge Sharing will give this presentation.It will be followed by an interview with Bruce Strong, an expert in Knowledge Management, on the impact of knowledge sharing initiatives in a variety of organizations.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.
11:00 a.m.

6 - 8 September
59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
UN Headquarters, New York.

7 September - 10 October
Exhibition
"North South East West". An exhibition by ten leading Magnum photographers, capturing not only the impacts of global warming, but the solutions which are being implemented to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Sponsored by the Climate Group, in partnership with the British Council and the British Consulate General.
UN Visitors’ Lobby.

8 September
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Literacy Day

12 September
Conference
Opening of 61st Session of UN General Assembly
General Assembly Hall.

13 - 15 September
Event
Annual treaty event, "Focus 2006: Crossing Borders". The event will highlight treaties deposited with the Secretary-General associated with international migration and development.
UN Headquarters.

14 September
Conference
Roundtable discussion on "The United Nations and the Response to Genocide". The event will feature a discussion with Dr. David Hamburg, Chair of the Secretary-General's Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention, and other human rights experts. This discussion follows the screening of the film "Genocide: The Horror Continues", which highlights the history of genocide in the second half of the 20th Century.
Organized by the Department of Public Information, under the Holocaust and the UN Outreach Programme, mandated by General Assembly resolution 60/7.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

14 - 15 September
Conference
UN General Assembly High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
General Assembly Hall.

18 September
Lectures and Conversations Series
Screening of "Fredens Pris: Dag Hammarskjöld och visionen om FN" (The Price of Freedom: Dag Hammarskjöld's Vision of the UN) - film by Stig Homlqvist and produced by Göran Gunér. It provides a picture of Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN and the world at the time of his tenure as Secretary-General. Following the film there will be a brief unveiling ceremony of several photographs by Dag Hammarskjöld that have been presented to the Library by Dag Hammarskjöld's niece, Marlene Hagström, and recently hung in the Library's 1st Floor Reading Room.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
12 noon.

18 - 19 September
Conference
UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on the Midterm Comprehensive Global Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010.
General Assembly Hall.

19 September
Meet the Author
"Kings of Peace, Pawn of War: The Untold
Story of Peace-Making" by Harriet Martin. Ms. Martin covered the war in Bosnia for the
Financial Times and The Economist in the mid-1990s, and subsequently worked at the BBC in London.
UN Bookshop.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

21 September
Observance
"Ringing of Peace Bell on the International Day of Peace". Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Peace during which the Secretary-General will ring the Peace Bell, deliver a message of peace and call attendees to observe a minute of silence.
Japanese Garden (in front of the UN Headquarters conference building)
9.30 a.m.

21 September
Observance
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library marks:
International Day of Peace

28 September
Secretary-General's Lecture Series
 Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will speak on the topic: Global Warming - An Inconvenient Truth. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will make opening remarks and chair the event. A question-and-answer session with the audience will follow the lecture. Al Gore recently published a book and released a documentary film on global warming entitled "An Inconvenient Truth". He will sign copies of his books at the end of the session.
ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters.
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.




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