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6 February 08
Statement by Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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6 February 08
Opening of the Session and Statements by Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Johan Scholvinck, Director Division for Social Policy and Development and HE. Mr. Carlos Tomada, Keynote Speaker, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Government of Argentina on "Promoting Full Employment And Decent Work For All".
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6 February 08
Panel discussion on "Promoting Full Employment And Decent Work For All" with Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director, Social Protection Sector, International Labour Organization, HE. Mr. Vladimir Spidla, European Union Commissioner for Employment Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission, Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, India, Mr. Daniel Funes de Rioja, Employer Vice-Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body and Chairperson of the Employers’ Group, Ms. Sanja Crnkovic-Pozaic, Director of CEPOR – SMEs and Entrepreneurship Policy Centre of Croatia and Ms. Gladys Branche of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress.
[ Video - 2 hours and 44 minutes ] |
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8 February 08
Panel discussion: “Review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: regional perspective”, Moderator: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Marek Belka, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Mr. Jose Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Mr. Francois Farah, Chief, Social Development Division, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
[ Video - English: 2 hours and 44 minutes ]
[ Video - Original language: 2 hours and 44 minutes ]
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11 February 08
Panel discussion: “Reducing Poverty Through Employment Generation: The Role Of Cooperatives”, Chair: Her Excellency Ochir Enkhtsetseg, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations. Speakers: Mr. Johnston Birchall, Stirling University; Ms. Maria Elena Chavez Hertig, ILO; Mr. Paul Hazen, President & CEO, National Cooperative Business Association, International Cooperative Alliance; Mr. Tadesse Meskela, General Manager, the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union.
[ Video - 2 hours and 44 minutes ]
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20 March 08
DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing on "Climate Change and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples".
[ Video - 1 hour and 50 minutes] |
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20 March 2008
Climate change: Grave consequences for indigenous peoples
Elissavet Stamatopoulou, Chief of the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, briefed NGOs on 20 March on climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods, the theme of the Forum’s upcoming session. “Although indigenous peoples have hardly contributed to climate change,” noted Stamatopoulou, “they are bearing some of its gravest consequences.”
[ Video - 110 minutes ] |
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21 April 08
Press Conference: President Evo Morales of Bolivia to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as on the current situation in Bolivia, 21 April
[ Video - 31 minutes ] |
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21 April 08
Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Myrna Cunningham, Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Autonomy and Development (Nicaragua); Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity; and Fiu Elisara, Executive Director of O le Siosiomaga Society Inc. (Samoa), to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
[ Video - 38 minutes ] |
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21 April 08
The opening meeting of 7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the theme of "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges".
[ website]
[ Video - English: 1 hour and 58 minutes]
[ Video - Original language: 1 hour and 58 minutes]
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1 May 08
Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Simeon Adewale Adekanye and Lars Anders Baer, members of the Forum, to brief on the outcomes of the Forum's seventh session.
[ Video - 34 minutes ] |
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4 April 08
Press Conference: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs; Ambassador Maria Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador; Ambassador Habib Mansour of Tunisia; and Ambassador Mohammed Al-Allaf of Jordan, on the future entry into force of the Convention.
[ Video - 57 minutes ]
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12 May 08
Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations during the Commemorative event for the entry into force of the Convention and its optional protocol.
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12 May 08
Commemorative event for the entry into force of the Convention and its optional protocol, 12 May 2008.
[ Video - 2 hours and 24 minutes ] |
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 Photos of the Commemorative event for the entry into force of the Convention and its optional protocol, 12 May 2008.
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12 May 08
Press Conference: Prince Ra’ad Bin Zeid of Jordan; Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico; Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Lex Grandia, Chairman of International Disability Alliance CRPD Forum.
[ Video - 30 minutes ]
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17 October 08
Observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the theme “Human rights and dignity of people living in poverty” - Opening ceremony and round table on “Turning rhetoric into action –– Building effective partnerships to combat extreme poverty and exclusion”.
[ Video : 1 hour and 18 minutes - Part 1 ]
[ Video : 2 hours and 34 minutes - Part 2 ]
Press Conference: Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, UN Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty; and Nina Lim Yuson, President of International Movement ATD Fourth World on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
[ Video - 29 minutes ]
Special Event: United Nations staff, permanent missions, non-governmental organizations and students will take part in a “Stand Up, Take Action” event in front of the UN Secretariat building. The Stand Up event will feature performances from the cast of the Broadway Musical “A Tale of Two Cities”.
[ Video - English: 38 minutes ]
Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
[ Video - 7 minutes ]
Statement by Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
[ Video - 4 minutes ]
[ Photos ]
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3 December 08
Special Event: Opening of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the theme "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us" and Seminar on "Implementing the digital accessibility agenda of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (co-organized by UNITAR, G3ict, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, DESA, and the secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DESA).
[ Video - English: 3 hours and 43 minutes ]
- Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Special Event: Multimedia presentation on "Protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities through advocacy efforts on the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on Cluster Munitions: Experience, perspectives and tools from the field" (organized by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peacekeeping Operations).
[ Video - English: 39 minutes ]
Special Event: Musical performances on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. [co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Australia and Hungary, in cooperation with the secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DESA].
[ Video - English: 40 minutes ]
[ Photos of the Event ]
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March 2008
Development not a privilege but a right for all
Addressing the largest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that development should not be "a privilege of the few, but a right for all." That right has been made clear over the past two decades, as the world agreed on a set of ambitious, but achievable, development goals,” Mr. Ban told the Group of 77 developing countries and China – commonly known as the G77 – at a ceremony on 11 January at which the group’s chairmanship was handed over from Pakistan to Antigua and Barbuda.
[ Video - 12 minutes ]
[ Full coverage: http://www.un.org/webcast/SE2008.html ] |
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6 May 08
Special Event:The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) and the World Committee on Disability will honor New Zealand with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award.
Scheduled participants include: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; H.E. Mr. Anand Satyanand, Governor General of New Zealand and Mrs. Satyanand; Mr. Sha Zukang, UN Under Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Ambassador William J. vanden; Mr. Robert David Hall, Actor CSI; Dr. Young Woo Kang, Vice-Chairman, World Committee on Disability; Mr. Mike Gourley, National President, Disabled Peoples Assembly (New Zealand). Event includes a traditional ceremony by the Maori Cultural Performance Group "Kahurangi".
[ Video - 1 hour and 25 minutes]
[Remarks by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations -
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20 May 08
Global food crisis: A harbinger of what is to come, unless we act wisely: Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, urged action on the food crisis during a special session of the Economic and Social Council on 20 May. To avoid facing the same crisis next year or the year after, "We need to rethink the failed policies of the past. We need new strategies for development that work."
[ Video - 9 minutes ]
[ Full coverage ]
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5 June 08
Press Conference: Guanghua Wan, Senior Research Fellow at the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and Terry Sicular from the University of Western Ontario, to brief on UNU-WIDER's new study entitled The Poverty- Growth-Inequality Triangle in China.
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30 June 08
Development Cooperation Forum: Inclusive participation and broad ownership
Speaking at the opening of the first Development Cooperation Forum in New York on 30 June, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Thomas Stelzer, said that the Forum would have a special niche in both form – through its inclusive participation and broad ownership – and function, adding that all stakeholders should take full advantage of the rich set of views and perspectives on offer. Mr. Stelzer was delivering a statement on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
[ Video - 8 minutes ]
[ Full coverage http://www.un.org/webcast/ecosoc/ ] |
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18 July 08
Double jeopardy: High food, fuel prices undermine global
development
Speaking at a General Assembly meeting on the global food and energy crisis in New York on 18 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the current insecurity is not a short-term issue. In 2030, world food demand will have risen by 50 percent, and by 2050 the world’s population will increase by a third.
[ Video - 11 minutes ]
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18 July 08
Double jeopardy: High food, fuel prices undermine global
development
Speaking at a General Assembly meeting on the global food and energy crisis in New York on 18 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the current insecurity is not a short-term issue. In 2030, world food demand will have risen by 50 percent, and by 2050 the world’s population will increase by a third.
[ Video - 11 minutes ]
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22 September 08
General Assembly: Rount table 1 - High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.
[ Video - English: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]
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22 September 08
General Assembly: Rount table 2 - High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.
[ Video - English: 2 hours and 28 minutes ] |
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25 September 08
Special Event: Opening Plenary Session of the High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
[ Video - English: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]
[ Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]
- Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
[ Video - English - 7 minutes ]
[ Video - English / French - 7 minutes ]
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
[ Video - English - 11 minutes ]
[ Video - Spanish - 11 minutes ]
- Complete list of speakers and statements
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15 October 2008
General Assembly: 26th and 27th plenary meeting.
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): progress in implementation and international support; causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa: reports of the Secretary-General (A/63/206 and A/63/212); 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa: note by the Secretary-General (A/63/219): joint debate.
Morning Meeting:
[ Video - English: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]
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Afternoon Meeting:
[ Video - English: 2 hours and 30 minutes ]
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Saving indigenous languages, January 08
Among other things, the survival of a language depends on the prosperity and political influence of the community which speaks it
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Global solidarity and the least developed countries, March 08
The level of the world’s income has grown impressively since the start of the new Millennium, from $31.8 trillion in 2000 to $48.2 trillion in 2006, at annual rates of above four percent on average, with some of the emerging economies such as China and India attaining growth rates between eight and nine percent. Regrettably, the media focus on these impressive income growth rates masks a tremendous imbalance with LDCs.
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World economy on the edge, June 08
The year 2008 marks a major transition in global economic and social development. The era of cheap and plentiful fossil fuels is waning, pressures on commodity prices are accelerating, and the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and well-being are getting worse. A slowdown in economic growth lies ahead.
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World Economic and Social Survey 2008, July 08
According to the 2008 World Economic and Social Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. The risk and threats vary from community to community; in advanced countries, they have been associated with a significant rise in inequality, a hollowing out of middle-class lifestyles and reduced welfare protection. Elsewhere, economic shocks and premature deindustrialization have raised fears of an insufficiency of the formal sector jobs needed to accommodate an expanding urban population.
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Towards Full and Decent Employment, July 08
While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends such as growing unemployment, underemployment and the phenomenon of “jobless growth”. This book also breaks new ground in seeking fresh solutions. Employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction, with management of technological change playing a crucial role.
[ Buy Print Version ] |
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Social equity gets a boost, October 2008
Poverty and social impact assessments – the latest tool in the development handbook – are one way of forcing a rethink of the human dimensions of economic policy, and boosting social equity in the process. For example, poverty is widespread around the world in part because economic rights are routinely violated. A deeper, social, analysis may be needed to untie the knots.
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Developing countries take a hit, November 2008
The global financial crisis has markedly intensified. Equity prices have fallen sharply worldwide, a number of major financial institutions have collapsed, while liquidity has evaporated in financial markets. These financial strains are exerting tremendous downward pressure on economic activity worldwide. A large number of developed economies are already in recession, and growth in many developing countries is decelerating significantly.
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Poor countries seek technology to brace for climate change, December 2008
Technology is a critical means by which countries rich and poor can adapt to and mitigate climate change. Indeed, technology will be the key to averting catastrophic climate change in this century. Through the development and deployment of clean and climate-friendly technologies, the world can adopt a powerful, integrated approach to tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development.
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