SCHEDULE
Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace
18-19 June 2002 at United Nations Headquarters

Monday, 17 June 2002

6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Cocktails
7:00 - 9:00 p.m Private dinner for all Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace
Venue: Trygve Lie Room
UN Millennium Plaza Hotel

Remarks:
Mr. Tim Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
Dr. Nafis Sadik, former Executive Director of UNFPA,

Tuesday, 18 June 2002 Day

9:00 a.m. Arrival at the United Nations
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

OPENING SESSION
ECOSOC Chamber Video: “Celebration of Volunteers”
Public session
Welcome Remarks
Ms. Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for
External Relations

Address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan

VOICES:
Remarks by Goodwill Ambassadors and
Messengers of Peace -- UNICEF, UN Secretariat,
UNFPA, UNDP, UNHCR, UNAIDS, WFP and UNV

Closure

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS
ECOSOC Chamber “MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS”
(closed)
Presenters:
Mr. Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, UNDP
Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM

Moderator:
Ms. Marjorie Newman-Williams
Director, Division of Communications, UNICEF

11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ADVOCACY IN ACTION
ECOSOC Chamber
Presenters:
Mr. Roger Moore, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Ms. Wendy Fitzwilliam, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

Moderator:
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Public Information, UN
12:45 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Photo Session
North Delegates’ Lounge Group photo with the Secretary-General
1:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. SECRETARY-GENERAL’S LUNCHEON
Delegates’ Dining Room Remarks by Sir Peter Ustinov, UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador
Open dialogue with the Secretary-General
3:00 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.

FORGOTTEN EMERGENCIES: GIVING A VOICE
Conference Room 5 TO THE VOICELESS
(closed)
Presenter:
Ms. Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Emergency Relief
Coordinator, OCHA
Ms. Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Moderator:
Ms. Goedele Liekens, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, MALARIA,
Conference Room 5 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(closed)
Presenter:
Dr. Kathleen Cravero, Deputy Executive Director,
UNAIDS
Dr. Tom Frieden, New York City Health Commissioner,
and former WHO official

Moderator:
Mr. Danny Glover, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
5: 00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. RECEPTION
West Terrace


Wednesday, 19 June 2002 DAY 2

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

POVERTY ERADICATION - ACHIEVING
Conference Room 6 THE MILLENNIUM GOALS
(closed)
Presenter:
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN Habitat

Moderator:
Mr. Djibril Diallo, Director, Communications Office, UNDP

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

IN SUPPORT OF UN ENVIRONMENT AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(closed)
Presenter:
Mr. Nitin Desai, Under Secretary-General for Economic
and Social Affairs,

Moderator:
Mr. Adnan Amin, Director, UNEP New York Office

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. PEACEKEEPING AND POLITICS AT THE UN
Conference Room 6
(closed)
Presenters
Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary-General
for Political Affairs
Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under Secretary-General
for Peacekeeping Operations

Moderator:
Mr. Patrick Hayford, Director, African Affairs,
Executive Office of the Secretary-General
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. WHAT NEXT?
Delegates’ Dining Room Working luncheon
Participants will finalize proposals for action
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
Goodwill Ambassadors will present draft proposals for action.

Moderator: Ms. Gillian Sorensen
3:15 p.m. CLOSURE
Remarks by Mrs. Nane Annan

After the closure of the meeting, participants may be invited by their appointing offices to meet with staff or to participate in other activities.

Parallel activities and events:
During the course of the meeting the individual UN offices responsible for Goodwill
Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace will take the opportunity to record or film
individual and joint Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on varying themes for use in
their public information strategies.

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