Exhibitions in General Assembly Visitors' Lobby in 2005

Exhibitions in General Assembly Visitors' Lobby

Calendar 2005

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

Dates	Sponsor/Contact	Event/Observance/Location

20 December - 11 January	International Sibling Society	"Painting a Voice" Mini-exhibit of artwork created by children to raise awareness of child abandonment around the world [Off Main Gallery]

5-31 January	UN Secretariat (DPI)	Tsunami Disaster: UN Relief Efforts Graphic panels presenting UN response to Tsunami Disaster [Off Main Gallery] >> To learn more about the UN response to the Tsunami Disaster

12 January-7 February	UN Secretariat (DESA/DPI)	"Small Islands Big Stakes" Graphic panels highlighting the issues before the United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States, Mauritius, 1-14 January 2005 [Off Main Gallery]

18 January - 25 February	International Auschwitz Committee (Berlin)	"Afterwards, it's just a part of you" Reflections of youth groups from several countries after visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps, including works by Dutch photographer Pieter Boersma and Dutch visual artist Antoon Versteegde [South Gallery] >> 28th special session of the General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps

24 January - 25 February	Contact Press Images with support from the Herbert Bearman Foundation and the United Nations Foundation	"Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict" by Lori Grinker and "This Hallowed Ground: The Beaches of Normandy"by David Burnett A two-part photographic exhibition commemorating the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations featuring photographs and text by Lori Grinker and David Burnett [Main Gallery] >> Press release

24 January - 16 March	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel/Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority (Jerusalem)	"Auschwitz: The Depth of the Abyss" Photographs and Drawings from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Museum [Northeast Gallery] >> 28th special session of the General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps

8-18 February	UN Secretariat (DESA/DPI)	Copenhagen + 10 Graphic panels illustrating progress since the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, in the core areas of poverty erdication, employment generation and social integration [Off Main Gallery] >> Commission for social development session, 9 - 18 February, to address poverty, employment, social integration ten years after Social Summit >> To learn more about the Commission for social development

4 March - 6 May	UN Secretariat (DAW/DESA and DPI)	"Empower Women: Thirty Years of the United Nations Efforts to Promote Gender Equality" Photographic exhibition highlighting the progress and new initiatives for consideration 10 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 [Main Gallery] Archived Video of the opening of the exhibition (20 minutes, Real Player) >> Press Release >> To learn more about the Beijing +10 Conference: 49th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women

4 March-11 April	UN Postal Administration Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	Human Rights Mural The exhibit consists of six canvases by artist Yuri Gevorgian -- each measuring 6 feet high and 55 inches wide -- and is the largest commissioned stamp art in the UNPA’s history. [South Gallery] >>Press Release

21 March- 28 April	Umbrage Editions, No Limits Media	"Raising the Bar: New Horizons in Disability Sport" Photographic exhibition with some of the finest portraits and sports photography featuring the international community of athletes with disabilities [Northeast Gallery] >> Press Release >> To learn more about the UN and disability

1-30 April	UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations	"The Surge in UN Peacekeeping" Graphic and text panels to highlight the ongoing surge in UN peacekeeping operations >> International Day of UN Peacekeepers >> UN Peacekeeping

12-24 April	UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Association of New York	"Water for Life" Exhibit marking the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' 2005-2015 coinciding with the 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development [South Gallery]

14-25 April	Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, UN Foundation and Friedrich Ebert Foundation	"Speaking for the Secretary-General" Photographic exhibit showing how the UN organized its relations with the media at the time of its founding and its evolution in the past 60 years [Off Main Gallery]

2 May - 9 June	Friends of Tony Price	"Swords into Plowshares" Atomic art by sculptor Tony Price presented in conjunction with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference and the 60th anniversary of the United Nations [South Gallery] >> Press Release >> Artist Gallery >> To learn more about the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

2-29 May	Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organization (Nihon Hidankyo), the city of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations	"No More Hiroshimas and Nagasakis" A photographic exhibit focusing on the lives of the “Hibakushas”, survivors of the atomic bombings. [Off main Gallery] >> To learn more about the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

2 May-9 june		"Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)" Graphic and text panels explaining the landmark international treaty, mounted in conjunction with the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [Off main Gallery] >> To learn more about the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

3-31 May	World Press Photo Foundation/Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN/DPI	World Press Photo Photographic exhibition featuring winning entries in the 2004 World Press Photo Contest, the premier international competition in press photography [Northeast Gallery] >> Press Release >> To learn more about the Committee on Information

16 May-2 August	Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DPI	Art and Indigenous Peoples Art and cultural exhibition showcasing international indigenous artists [Main Gallery] >> Press Release >> To learn more about the International Day of the World's Indigenous People

1 June - 13 July	UNAIDS and the Global Campaign on Microbicides	Giving Women Power Over AIDS Travelling exhibit featuring "In Her Shoes," an award-winning photo essay by The Seattle Times about women and children in a world of AIDS [Off Main Gallery] >> To learn more about the 2005 General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS >> Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS (Theme of World Aids Day 2004)

13 June - 5 July	United States Fund for UNICEF. International Certification Network and the Japan Quality Assurance Organization	5th Annual International Environmental Children's Drawing Contest Exhibition of artwork by winners of annual drawing contest to encourage the world's children to think about the environment [South Gallery]

20 June - 2 August	Boys and Girls Harbor of East Harlem and the UN Department of Public Information	Gift of Life A collection of collages created by youth, sold in a silent auction to benefit a school in South Africa. [Off Main Gallery]

27 June - 1 July	United States Mission to the UN	Early African American Culture Exhibit of the first known Arabic language document in the United States, mounted in conjunction with a panel discussion entitled "Islamic Influences with the United States". [Off Main Gallery]

27 June - 24 October	UN Department of Public Information and the Hewlett-Packard Company	"The Founding of the United Nations - A photographic exhibit to commemorate 60 years of the UN Charter" A photo exhibit depicting unique and rarely seen images of the early years of the United Nations goes on display at the Organization’s New York Headquarters on 27 June as part of a year-long programme of activities to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations. [North East Gallery] >>Press Release >>To learn more about the commemorations of the sixtieth anniversary of the San Francisco Conference

11-28 July	Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Inc.	Why Are You Not There? An art installation and photo exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre. [South Gallery] >>Press Release >>Artist Gallery

3 August-30 August	World Food Programme, Amnesty International and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations	Child Soldiers: The Conflict in Uganda Photographs by James Akena taken in camps for internally displaced persons in Uganda combined with drawings by child soldiers reflecting the conflict from their point of view. [Off Main Gallery] >>To learn more about children and armed conflict

3 August-26 September	Umbrage Editions and No Limits Media	Raising the Bar: New Horizons in Disability Sports Re-installation of photographic exhibition to coincide with the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities [South Gallery] >>Press Release >>To learn more about the UN and disability >>Disability and the UN

12 August -28 October	UN Interagency initiative	"Chasing the Dream: Youth Faces of the Millennium Development Goals" Photographic exhibition showing the connection between the lives of young people in the developing world with the Millennium Development Goals [Main Gallery] >> Announcement >> Press Release >> International Youth Day 2005 \| Observance at UN Headquarters

12 September - 31 October	United Nations Environment Programme	Focus On Your World International Photographic Competition on the Environment 2004-2005 award winning photographs, a collection of powerful images documenting the beauty and fragility of the global environment. [Ground Floor Corridor, Conference Building (off-limits to the public)] >> Official website of the photocompetition

14 September - 24 October	Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN and the UN Department of Public Information	"Trygve Lie: The First Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946-1953" A tribute to the life and work of former United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie of Norway in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations [North East Gallery] >> Press Release >> Biography of Mr. Lie

27 September - 31 October	United Nations Development Programme	Inequality Matters A series of multi-coloured posters created by Tom Geismar and the American Institute of Graphic Arts using data from the Human Development Report 2005. [Off Main Gallery] >> To learn more about the UN Development Report 2005

29 September - 31 October	Exhibition produced in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Public Information, in collaboration with the United States Fund for UNICEF, FOTORELIEF, Swann Auction Galleries, VII, Hasted-Hunt Gallery, Shop Studios Network and Digizone.	"Children of Darfur" Visual representation of a child’s daily life in Darfur today and illustration of the activities conducted by UNICEF to alleviate the plight of the one and a half million children affected by the conflict. [South Gallery] >> Press Release >> Photo Gallery * >> To learn more about the situation in the Sudan

6 - 19 October	Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the UN	60 Years of International Solidarity A collection of award-winning posters designed by Polish artists and students participating in a poster competition organized by the Foreign Ministry of Poland and the Polish Union of Artists. [Off Main Gallery] >> To learn more about the history of the creation of the "Solidarity" movement in Poland

24 - 30 October	Dag Hammarskjold Foundation and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs	The Dag Hammarskjold Exhibition: Peace in Mind A multi-media exhibition marking the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Dag Hammarskjöld and highlighting his achievements as Secretary-General of the UN [Off Main Gallery] >> To learn more about Dag Hammarsjöld

1 November - Early 2007		"Uniting Painting" Global Art Creation that unites an expanding group of countries in one large international exhibit spanning continents [Visitor's Entrance] >> Press Release >> To learn more about the artist and his exhibit

4 November - 4 December	United Nations Mine Action Service	One Step Beyond - The Mine Revisited An artistic investigation by Lukas Einsele, a German artist, on landmines and their victims in four heavily mined countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Cambodia. [South Gallery] >> To learn more about landmines >> Press Release

4 November - 9 December	Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations	Joint exhibit > Amrik Photographic exhibition showing a rich history of Arab presence in South America > Encounters and Re-encounters in Naive Art: Brazil - Haiti An exhibition of paintings and artefacts tracing the roots, influences and directions of naive art in Brazil and Haiti [Main Gallery] >> Press Release

22 November - 6 January 2006	Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the UN and Yours Gallery	Walking the World Photographic exhibition by Tomasz Gudzowaty, Judith Berekai and Wojciech Eksner from journeys across Bangladesh, China, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. [North East Gallery] >> Press Release

29 - 30 November	Division for Palestinian Rights	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Text and graphic panels on the Question of Palestine in observance of the international day [Off Main Gallery] >> DPI Booklet and brochure >> To learn more about the UN and the question of Palestine >> Kofi Annan's remarks

20 December - 15 March	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Spirit of the East Joint exhibit of artworks by Kaii Higashiyama, Japanese painter and Wang Wusheng, Chinese photographic artist in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations [Main Gallery] >> Press Release

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