(as of 1 September 2000)
Pre-Summit Events – Tuesday, 5 September
| 9:30 am | Peace Bell Ceremony for opening of General Assembly |
| 10 am - 1 pm | Closing of the 54th Session of the General Assembly |
| 10 am - 1 pm | Dialogue among Civilizations
event, to be attended by invited heads of
State/Government and Secretary-General Kofi Annan (open to media) |
| 11:00 am | Press conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be confirmed) |
| 1:30 pm | Press conference on Dialogue among Civilizations event |
| 3:00 pm | Opening of the Millennium Assembly – 55th Session of the General Assembly |
| 3:00 pm | Group of 77 meeting at heads of State/Government level |
| 3:00 pm | Dialogue among Civilizations event with high-level experts (open to media) |
| 3 - 5 pm | Informal meeting of women heads of State/Government (closed to media) |
| 4:00 pm | Press conference by Theo-Ben
Gurirab, President of the 54th Session
of the General Assembly (to be confirmed) |
| 4:30 pm | Flag-raising ceremony for admission of Tuvalu as 189th Member State |
| 5:30 pm | Press conference by women heads of State/Government (to be confirmed) |
Wednesday, 6 September
| 7:30 am | Arrivals begin |
| 9 am -1 pm | Opening of the Summit (General
Assembly Hall)
Including speeches by: Co-Chairs of the Millennium Summit Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, and Sam Nujoma, President of Namibia Secretary-General Kofi Annan Statements by 33 speakers. The President of the host country, William J. Clinton, is expected to be the first speaker. |
| 12:00 pm | Daily briefing by Spokeswoman
for the Co-Chairs of the Millennium Summit
and Spokesman for the Secretary-General |
| 1:15 pm | Official luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General |
| 2:30 pm | Group photo (open only to official UN photographer) |
| 3 - 6 pm | Statements by 30 speakers
(General Assembly Hall)
First round table |
| 6:15 pm | Press encounter by Chair
of first round table, Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister
of Singapore |
| 6:00 - 7:30 pm | Meeting of francophone Member States (closed to media) |
Thursday, 7 September
| 9 am - 1 pm | Statements by 40 speakers (General Assembly Hall) |
| 10 am - 1 pm | Second round table |
| 12:00 pm | Daily briefing by Spokeswoman
for the Co-Chairs of the Millennium Summit
and Spokesman for the Secretary-General |
| 1:15 pm | Press encounter by Chair
of second round table, Aleksander Kwasniewski,
President of Poland |
| 1:30- 3:00 pm | Meeting of Security Council at heads of State/Government level (open to media) |
| 3 - 6 pm | Statements by 30 speakers
(General Assembly Hall)
Third round table |
| 3:30 - 5:30 pm | Interactive forum on girls’ education, for spouses of heads of State/Government |
| 4:00 pm | Press conference by President
Alpha Oumar Konaré of Mali, whose country
is currently serving as President of the Security Council |
| 6:15 pm | Press encounter by Chair
of third round table, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, President
of Venezuela |
Friday, 8 September
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Meeting of Bureau of Economic
and Social Council at heads of State/Government
level (closed to media) |
| 8:45 am | Press conference by President
Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia, whose country
is currently serving as President of the Economic and Social Council (UN Regal Plaza Hotel, 28th floor, Trygve Lie Room) |
| 9 am - 1 pm | Statements by 40 speakers (General Assembly Hall) |
| 10 am - 1 pm | Fourth round table |
| 12:00 pm | Daily briefing by Spokeswoman
for the Co-Chairs of the Millennium Summit and
Spokesman for the Secretary-General |
| 1:15 pm
|
Press encounter by Chair
of fourth round table, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
of Algeria |
| 3 - 6 pm | Statements by 20 speakers
(General Assembly Hall)
Close of the Summit |
| 6:15 pm | Press conference by Co-Chairs
of Millennium Summit, Tarja Halonen, President of
(or whenever Finland, and Sam Nujoma, President of Namibia (to be confirmed) Summit ends) |
Note: Events in the General
Assembly Hall are open to the press, for print media by a system of ticketing,
and for visual media on a rotating basis. The round tables are closed to
media. See Note on Media Arrangements
for other details on press access and facilities.
Published by the United Nations
Department of Public Information
DPI/2146/Rev.2 — September
2000