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2008
31 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 2 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 2 minutes ]

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, H.E. Mr. Giadalla A. Ettalhi, the Permanent Representative of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, the Permanent Observer of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ] (In English and Arabic)

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States, H.E. Mr. Yahya A. Mahmassani on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ] (In English and Arabic)

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Israel, H.E. Ms. Gabriela Shalev, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

31 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

31 December 08

Press Conference: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) via video-link from Gaza, and John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 43 minutes ]

31 December 08

UN in action (in French): Programme 1153-1157 - 5 video clips
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes ]

31 December 08

UN in action: Programme 1158-1162 - 5 video clips
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

30 December 08

Readout: Readout of a teleconference of the Quartet on the situation in Gaza and Southern Israel. [This is not an official Quartet statement.]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute]

29 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, the Permanent Observer of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

29 December 08

Daily Noon Press Briefing: Briefing by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, as well as Ms. Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 53 minutes]

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Israel, H.E. Ms. Gabriela Shalev, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of France, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Observer of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ] (English and Arabic)

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

28 December 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement and informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Neven Jurica, on the situation in Gaza.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

24 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes]
24 December 08

Special Event: “End of the Year” message by the President of the General Assembly, Miguel D´Escoto.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 8 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Spanish: 8 minutes ]

23 / 24 December 08

General Assembly: 74th plenary meeting
1. Report of the Credentials Committee.
2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items.
(more)
1st part (23 December):
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes]
2nd part (24 December):
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 8 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 8 minutes]

23 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes]
22 December 08

General Assembly: 73rd plenary meeting
1. Election of seven members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission.
2. Election of twenty members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination.
(more)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 54 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 54 minutes]

22 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

22 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Hoshyar Zibari, on the situation in Iraq.
Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ] [Arabic and English]

22 December 08

Security Council: The situation concerning Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 37 minutes ]

22 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
22 December 08

Security Council: The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The situation in Burundi. The situation in the Great Lakes region.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]

19 December 08

Special events on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation on the theme "Eyes on South-South development solutions"

Round table on "The role of media in development".
[Programme]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 1 minute ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 1 minute ]

19 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
19 December 08

General Assembly: 72nd plenary meeting
1. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields.
2. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum. (more)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 20 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 20 minutes]

19 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia. Letter dated 10 December 2008 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/769).
The situation in Liberia. Letter dated 12 December 2008 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/785).
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan. Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2008/781).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 52 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 52 minutes ]

18 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Maxime Vergahen and the Secretary of State for International Affairs and Human Rights of France, H.E. Ms. Rama Yade.
Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

18 December 08

Special Event: High-level panel discussion on "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity"(organized by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, Gabon, the Netherlands and Norway).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 23 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 23 minutes ]

18 December 08

Special Event: Global seminar on ¡°Languages matter! Linguistic diversity, globalization and development¡±, on the occasion of the International Year of Languages (2008) (organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Department of Public Information (DPI))
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 49 minutes ]

18 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Morning Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
Afternoon Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 38 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 38 minutes ]

18 December 08

General Assembly: 70th and 71st plenary meeting
1. Election of seven members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission.
2. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. (more)
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 45 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 45 minutes]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 3 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 3 minutes ]

18 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: John Holmes, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, to launch a new global advocacy campaign on internal displacement.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes]
18 December 08

Special events on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation on the theme "Eyes on South-South development solutions"

Round table on "Showcasing solutions in poverty alleviation".
[Programme]
Morning Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 31 minutes ]
Afternoon Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 25 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 25 minutes ]

18 December 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, Permanent Representative of South Africa, to hold a year-end press conference wrapping up South Africa's current membership in the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 58 minutes ]

17 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas, H.E. Mr. Joaquim Chissano, on the situation in the Great Lakes region.
Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

17 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in the Great Lakes region.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

17 December 08

Special events on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation on the theme "Eyes on South-South development solutions"

Round table on "Showcasing Solutions in Public-Private Partnership for Development".
Round table on "Showcasing Solutions in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change".
[Programme]
Morning Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]
Afternoon Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 41 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 41 minutes ]

17 December 08

Press Conference: Daniel Bellemare, Commissioner of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) for Lebanon, to brief following Security Council consultations on the IIIC.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 43 minutes ]

17 December 08

Special Event: Global seminar on ¡°Languages matter! Linguistic diversity, globalization and development¡±, on the occasion of the International Year of Languages (2008) (organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Department of Public Information (DPI))
Morning Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 1 minute ]
Afternoon Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 26 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 26 minutes ]

17 December 08

Press Conference: Georg Kell, Executive Director of the U.N. Global Compact Office, to discuss current trends and developments in the corporate responsibility arena, particularly in the context of the financial crisis and the subsequent economic downturn.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 26 minutes ]

17 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]

17 December 08

Press Conference: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to hold a year-end press conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour ]

17 December 08

Special Event: U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) hosts an event where actor and director Ben Affleck launches "Gimme Shelter", an international campaign to aid those displaced by violence.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 14 minutes ]

17 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East. Letter dated 2 December 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/752).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 24 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 24 minutes ]

16 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 24 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 24 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]
16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Sudan, H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, on the situation in Somalia.
Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the South Africa, H.E. Mr. Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo, on the situation in Somalia.
Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary of State of the United States, H.E. Ms. Condoleezza Rice, on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Prime Minister of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Ivo Sanader, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

16 December 08

Special events on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation on the theme "Eyes on South-South development solutions"

Launch of the Global South-South Development Expo and leaders' round table.
Round table on "Leveraging market solutions for human development".
[Programme]
Morning Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 41 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 41 minutes ]
Afternoon Session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]

16 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Observer of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

16 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 37 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]
16 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes]
15 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary of State of the United States, H.E. Ms. Condoleezza Rice, following the meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and members of the Quartet.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

15 December 08

Special Event: Concert featuring UN Messenger of Peace Maestro Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra commemorates Human Rights Day (which was 10 December).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 28 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
15 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Prince Saud Al-Faisal, following the meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and members of the Quartet.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

15 December 08

Press Conference: Principals of the Middle East Quartet - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 27 minutes ]

15 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, H.E. Mr. David Miliband, on the situation in Zimbabwe.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

15 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Prime Minister of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Ivo Sanader, on the situation in Zimbabwe.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

15 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the First Vice-President of Spain, H.E. Mrs. María Teresa Fernández de la Vega.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

15 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Secretary-General¡¯s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, to brief on her recent trip to Nepal and the Philippines.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 46 minutes]
15 December 08

General Assembly: 69th plenary meeting
1) Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: specific meeting focused on development.
2) Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: cooperation between the United Nation and the Economic Cooperation Organization.
[List of Speakers]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours ]

15 December 08

Security Council: Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 12 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 12 minutes ]

13 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

13 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad and the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

12 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

12 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

12 December 08

Press Conference: Jason Stearns, Coordinator of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 32 minutes ]

12 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 49 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 49 minutes ]

12 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Cyprus. The situation in the Middle East. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.ICTY/ICTR.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 28 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 28 minutes ]

12 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Hassan Jallow, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to brief following Security Council debate on ICTY and ICTR.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 7 minutes]
12 December 08

Press Conference: U.N. Messenger of Peace Daniel Barenboim to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Day concert (15 December), the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and his work as a Messenger of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 21 minutes ]

12 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Cyprus, H.E. Mr. Minas A. Hadjimichael , on the situation in Cyprus.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

12 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in Cyprus and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

11 December 08

Security Council: BINUB. Fourth Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (S/2008/745).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 37 minutes ]

11 December 08

General Assembly: 67th and 68th plenary meeting
1. Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States.
2. Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission. (more)
[List of Speakers]
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 58 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 58 minutes ]

11 December 08

General Assembly: 67th plenary meeting
1. Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States.
2. Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission. (more)
[List of Speakers]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 7 minutes ]

11 December 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Neven Jurica, on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.
Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

11 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes]
10 December 08

General Assembly: 65th and 66th Plenary meeting
Promotion and protection of human rights: draft resolution (A/63/L.54). Report of the Human Rights Council: report of the Third Committee (A/63/435).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 7 minutes ]

10 December 08

Press Conference: New recipients of U.N. Prize in the Field of Human Rights to brief in connection with the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 50 minutes ]

10 December 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Deputy Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Ranko Vilović on the situation concerning Iraq and informal comments to the Media on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other matters.
Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

10 December 08

Special Event: Panel discussion on "Reclaiming the vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights today".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

10 December 08

Geneva Lecture Series: "Are human rights universal?" - delivered by Shirin Ebadi (2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) and Wole Soyinka (1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature). The event is organized within the framework of the overall programme of events marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
[Programme]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 19 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 19 minutes ]

10 December 08

General Assembly: Commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Panel I on the theme "Sixty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Lessons learned".
Panel II on the theme "The full implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Challenges ahead and ways forward"
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 hours and 12 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 4 hours and 12 minutes ]

10 December 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Deputy Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Ranko Vilović, on United Nations regional centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

10 December 08

Security Council: Non-proliferation. Briefing by the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 27 minutes ]

10 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 46 minutes]
10 December 08

Press Conference: Austin Ruse from Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute; Wendy Wright from Concerned Women for America; Noelia Garcia Ayuele from the Institute for Family Policy; Laura Knaperack from United Families International; Pawel Wosicki from Polish Federation of Pro-Life Groups; Carlo Casini, Member of the European Parliament; and Marthe De Casco, Member of the Honduran Parliament, to brief on Presentation of Petition for the Unborn Child [Facilitated by the U.S. Mission].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 38 minutes ]

10 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Morocco, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki.
Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

9 December 08

Press Conference: Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, to launch a report entitled Eleanor's Dream: How to Strengthen the U.N. Human Rights Council [Sponsored by the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs/ NGO Section].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 41 minutes ]

9 December 08

Press Conference: Craig Mokhiber from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Steven Kull, Director of WorldPublicOpinion.org; and Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director from Human Rights Watch, to launch the World Public Opinion and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reports.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 9 minutes ]

9 December 08

Press Conference: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to brief on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be observed on 10 December.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 48 minutes ]

9 December 08

Press Conference: General Assembly President Miguel D¡äEscoto Brockmann and Maude Barlow, an advisor to the General Assembly President on water issues, to brief on issues relating to human rights and water.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]

9 December 08

Security Council: Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. Letter dated 26 November 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2008/738).
Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]

Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 36 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 36 minutes]

9 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Stjepan Mesić, on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

9 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes]
9 December 08

Press Conference: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, both Co-Chairs of the U.S. Task Force on Genocide, to brief on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [Sponsored by the U.S. Mission]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]

5 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, the Permanent Observer of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour and the Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States, H.E. Mr. Yahya A. Mahmassani, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

5 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Neven Jurica, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

5 November 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations following the Group of Friends on Myanmar meeting.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

5 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Mr. Nikola Špirić on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

5 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Letter dated 13 November 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/705).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 40 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 40 minutes ]

5 December 08

Special Event: Remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the closing session of Global Forum for Responsible Management Education.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 8 minutes ]

5 December 08

Special Event: The 11th Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights (UNSCHR) on the theme of "Climate Change and Human Rights."
[Programme][Website]

Part I:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 47 minutes ]
Part II:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 1 minute ]

5 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to provide an update on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes]
5 December 08

General Assembly: 64th plenary meeting
1) Effects of atomic radiation: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/63/398).
2) International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/63/399). [more]
(List of Speakers)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 29 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 29 minutes ]

5 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

5 December 08

Press Conference: Manuel Escudero, Special Adviser to the U.N. Global Compact; John Fernandes, President of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International); Judith Samuelson, Director of the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program; and Liz Maw, Executive Director of Net Impact, to brief on the first Global Forum for Responsible Management Education.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 40 minutes ]

4 December 08

Special Event: Gala Reception and Dinner hosted by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA). Remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 31 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]
4 December 08

Press Conference: Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, and Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, to brief on the Secretary-General¡¯s strategy and engagement at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland and during next year, leading up to the conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 29 minutes ]

4 December 08

General Assembly: 62nd and 63rd plenary meeting
1) Oceans and the law of the sea.
2) Culture of peace.
3) Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations.
(List of Speakers)
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 35 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 35 minutes ]

4 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, to brief on the new Convention on Cluster Munitions.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 51 minutes]
4 December 08

Special Event: Opening of the High-Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund [organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]
4 December 08

Security Council: Security Council mission. Briefing by Security Council mission to Afghanistan (22 to 28 November 2008).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 15 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 15 minutes ]

3 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Alejandro D. Wolff, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

3 December 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 35 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 35 minutes ]

3 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, on the situation in Chad and the Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes ]

3 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Chad and the Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]

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).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 43 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
3 December 08

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).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 39 minutes ]

3 December 08

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].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 40 minutes ]

3 December 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, and Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the Court's recent report on the situation in Darfur.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 42 minutes ]

3 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Mark Bowden, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, who briefs on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 7 minutes]
3 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina, on the situation in Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

3 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by President of the Security Council and the Permanent Representative of Croatia, H.E. Mr. Neven Jurica and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, on the situation in Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

3 December 08

Security Council: Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 18 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 18 minutes ]

2 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic, Mr. François Lonseny Fall, on the situation in the Central African Republic.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

2 December 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Neven Jurica, Permanent Representative of Croatia and President of the Security Council for December, to brief on the Council's programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]

2 December 08

General Assembly: 61st plenary meeting
1) Reduction of military budgets: report of the First Committee (A/63/381).
2) Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament: report of the First Committee
(A/63/382).
3) Maintenance of international security ¡ª goodneighbourliness,
stability and development in South-Eastern Europe: report of the First
Committee (A/63/383).
4) Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/63/384).
5) Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security: report of the First Committee (A/63/385).
6) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/63/386).
7) Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: report of the First Committee (A/63/387).
8) Prevention of an arms race in outer space: report of the First Committee (A/63/388).
9) General and complete disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/63/389).
10) Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/63/390).
11) Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the First Committee (A/63/391).
12) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/63/392).
13) Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: report of the First Committee (A/63/393).
14) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region: report of the First Committee (A/63/394).
15) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/63/395).
16) Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction: report of the First Committee (A/63/396).
17) Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/63/397).
18) Programme planning: report of the First Committee (A/63/446).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 35 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 35 minutes ]

2 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

2 December 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia. The situation in the Central African Republic. Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country (S/2008/733).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 47 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 47 minutes ]

2 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes]
2 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Ms. Karen Pierce, on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

2 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the United States Ambassador and Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, H.E. Mrs. Rosemary A. DiCarlo, on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

2 December 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

1 December 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
1 December 08

Press Conference: Jimmy Kolker, Chief of the HIV and AIDS section at UNICEF; Bertil Lindblad, Director of the UNAIDS Office in New York; Andrey Pirogov, Executive Director of the World Health Organization office in New York; Steven Kraus, Chief of HIV and AIDS section at UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund); and Joan Laporta, President of the Futbol Club Barcelona, present the Third Stocktaking Report on children and mothers affected by HIV and AIDS.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 44 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon at the level of Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Michael C. Williams, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Alejandro D. Wolff, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Ms. Karen Pierce, on the situation in Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Lamberto Zannier, on the situation in Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Skënder Hyseni of Kosovo, on the situation in Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

26 November 08

Security Council: Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999). Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2008/692).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 10 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 10 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the United States Ambassador and Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, H.E. Mrs. Rosemary A. DiCarlo, on the situation in Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr. Alan Doss, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Foreign Minister of Belgium, H.E. Mr. Karel de Gucht, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

26 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes]
26 November 08

Security Council: The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fourth special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (S/2008/728).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 28 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 28 minutes ]

26 November 08

General Assembly: 60th plenary meeting
1) Question of Palestine.
2) The situation in the Middle East.
3) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind.
4) Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields.
5) Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 28 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 28 minutes ]

26 November 08

Press Conference: Catherine Braggs, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to brief on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 26 minutes ]

26 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

26 November 08

Press Conference: Oxfam, Refugees International, WorldVision, and Human Rights Watch on the humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 40 minutes ]

25 November 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Minister Counsellor of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Ballestero on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.
Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

25 November 08

Press Conference: Riyadh Al-Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, to brief on the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as well as peace process and negotiations with the government of Israel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 50 minutes ]

25 November 08

Special Event: High-level event on "United voices say no to violence against women", on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 2 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 2 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
25 November 08

General Assembly: 58th and 59th plenary meeting
1) Question of Palestine.
2) The situation in the Middle East.
(List of Speakers)
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 12 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 12 minutes ]

Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 1 minute ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 1 minute ]

25 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Inés Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM; UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman; Ambassador Piet de Klerk, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Netherlands; and Marie Nyombo Zaina, grantee of the U.N. Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence against Women, to announce the results of UNIFEM's "Say No to Violence against Women" campaign
[Webcast: Archived Video - 58 minutes]
25 November 08

Press Conference: Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly; as well as Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt; and Ambassador Johan Løvald, Special Envoy for Financing for Development in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - both Co-facilitators of the draft outcome document for the Financing for Development Review Conference - to brief on the Conference to take place in Doha.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 42 minutes ]

25 November 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 22 minutes ]

24 November 08

General Assembly: 57th plenary meeting.
1) Promotion and protection of human rights: draft resolution (A/63/L.31).
2) Question of Palestine.
3) The situation in the Middle East: Reports of the Secretary-General (A/63/361 and A/63/368).
(List of Speakers)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]

24 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Olesegun Obasanjo, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ]

24 November 08

Special Event: Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/40B of 2 December 1977.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 17 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 17 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]
24 November 08

Press Conference: Kemal Dervis, U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator; Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development; and Oscar de Rojas, Executive Secretary of the upcoming Financing for Development Review Conference, to discuss the Conference and the Secretary-General's high-level retreat on the global financial crisis to take place in Doha
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 53 minutes ]

24 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes]
21 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Mr. Javier Solana, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other matters.
Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

21 November 08

General Assembly: 44th and 45th meeting of the Third Committee.
1) Promotion and protection of human rights: Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
2) Promotion and protection of human rights: Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 54 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 54 minutes ]

21 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes]
20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Saúl Weisleder on the situation in Somalia and informal comments to the Media on the situation in Somalia and other matters.
Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

20 November 08

Security Council: The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 5 minutes ]

20 November 08

Special Event: Opening remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and others at the 2008 Parliamentary Hearing on "Towards effective peacekeeping and the prevention of conflict - Delivering on our commitments".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 34 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]
20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Minister of Defense of Germany, H.E. Mr. Franz Josef Jung, on situation in Somalia and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

20 November 08

Press Conference: Aira Kalela, Head of International Affairs at the Ministry of the Environment of Finland; Janet Macharia, Senior Gender Advisor at the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP); and Liane Schalatek, Associate Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in North America, to brief on issues relating to gender and climate change.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 38 minutes ]

20 November 08

Press Conference: Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant' Agata, Permanent Representative of Italy to the U.N.; Saad Houry, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF; and former child soldiers and youth advocates Ismael Beah, Grace Akallo, and Kon Kelei to launch a new global network of children formerly affected by war.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 58 minutes ]

20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina on the situation in Guinea-Bissau and informal comments to the Media on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the South Africa, H.E. Mr. Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo, on the situation in Somalia.
Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

20 November 08

Security Council: The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Letter dated 31 October 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/703). The situation in Somalia. Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia (S/2008/709).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]

20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Oscar Arias Sanchez and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte on maintenance of international peace and security and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

20 November 08

General Assembly: 56th plenary meeting.
1) Report of the Security Council (A/63/2). Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters: Joint debate.
2) Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments.
(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/528)
(b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/529)
(c) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/530)
(e) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/531)
(f) Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/532)
3) Judges of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991: letter from the Secretary- General (A/63/548).
4. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
(List of Speakers)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]

20 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes]
20 November 08

Press Conference: Esteban Conejos Jr., Under-Secretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines; and Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), to provide an update on global migration, review this year's Global Forum on Migration and Development in Manila and discuss next year's Forum in Athens.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes ]

20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

20 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

19 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina on maintenance of international peace and security.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

19 November 08

Security Council: Maintenance of international peace and security. Strengthening collective security through general regulation and reduction of armaments. Letter dated 10 November 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/697).
Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English:2 hours and 24 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language:2 hours and 24 minutes]

19 November 08

General Assembly: 55th plenary meeting.
Report of the Security Council (A/63/2). Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. (List of speakers)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]

19 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes]
18 November 08

General Assembly: 53rd and 54th plenary meeting.
1) Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the preparation of the 2008 Review Conference: report of the Second Committee (A/63/413) 2) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 3) Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations (A/63/300) 4) Joint debate: Report of the Security Council and Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. (List of speakers)
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 57 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 57 minutes]

18 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes]
18 November 08

Press Conference: Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on the situation in the DRC via video link from Kinshasa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 57 minutes ]

17 November 08

Press Conference: Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, and General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann to brief following Mr. Morales’ address to the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 45 minutes ]

17 November 08

General Assembly: 51st and 52nd plenary meeting.
1) Joint debate: Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit; Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields; Strengthening of the United Nations system 2) Address by His Excellency Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia. (List of speakers)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 43 minutes ]

17 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes]
17 November 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Irakli Alasania of Georgia to brief on the situation in Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 31 minutes ]

17 November 08

Press Conference: Academy Award-winning actress and activist Charlize Theron to be formally introduced as a U.N. Messenger of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 28 minutes ]

14 November 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina on the situation concerning Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

14 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic, H.E. Mr. Bashar Ja’afari on the situation concerning Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

14 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Hamid Al Bayati on the situation concerning Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

14 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

14 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes]
14 November 08

Security Council: The situation concerning Iraq (S/2008/688).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 22 minutes ]

14 November 08

Press Conference: Nigerian film producer Patience Ozokwo and actors, Ini Edo, Zack Orji and Regina Askia, on the a film titled "Deeper Than Sex", which promotes awareness of health issues such as HIV and AIDS.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 15 minutes ]

13 November 08

Press Conference: Joint press conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, on the General Assembly meeting on Culture of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 33 minutes ]

13 November 08

General Assembly: 48th, 49th and 50th plenary meeting.
Culture of Peace (A/63/262) [List of speakers, pdf]
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]

Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 hours and 4 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 5 hours and 4 minutes ]

13 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes]
12 November 08

Press Conference: Aminata Touré, Chief of the Culture, Gender and Human Rights Branch of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) on UNFPA’s State of the World Population 2008 report.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

12 November 08

Security Council: Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]

12 November 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel; H.E. Ms. Tzipi Livni, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel; and Ambassador Gabriela Shalev of Israel to brief on the General Assembly meeting on Culture of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes ]

12 November 08

General Assembly: 46th and 47th plenary meeting.
Culture of Peace (A/63/262) [List of speakers, pdf]
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 40 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 40 minutes ]

Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 39 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 39 minutes ]

12 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes]
11 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

11 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, H.E. Mr. Atoki Ileka on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

11 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

11 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

11 November 08

Press Conference: Juliette Prodhan, Oxfam aid worker based in Goma (by teleconference); Fabienne Hara, Vice President, International Crisis Group; and Steve Crawshaw, U.N. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, on the situation in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 58 minutes ]

11 November 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the General Assembly, on the upcoming High-Level Meeting on the Culture of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes ]

11 November 08

General Assembly: 44th plenary meeting.
1) Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance: joint debate 2) Report of the International Criminal Court 3) Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit.
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 50 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

11 November 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General holds the second of his regularly-scheduled monthly press conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes ]

10 November 08

Special Event: 70th Anniversary Observance of Kristallnacht - Panel discussion: "Nowhere to turn".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 19 minutes ]

10 November 08

General Assembly: 42nd and 43rd plenary meeting.
1) Prevention of armed conflict 2) The situation in Afghanistan 3) The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development 4) Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance: joint debate 5) Report of the International Criminal Court 6) Cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States.
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes]

10 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal and Head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 2 minutes]
7 November 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina on the situation in Nepal and informal comments to the media on other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

7 November 08

Security Council: The situation in Côte d'Ivoire.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 7 minutes ]

7 November 08

Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process (S/2008/670).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 30 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 30 minutes ]

7 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet, will give a brief update on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes]
7 November 08

General Assembly: 41st plenary meeting.
Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects - Commemorative meeting for the sixtieth anniversary of peacekeeping.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 57 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 57 minutes ]

6 November 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina, on the election of five members of the International Court of Justice.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

6 November 08

Security Council: Election of five members of the International Court of Justice (S/2008/502, S/2008/503 and Add.1 and 2 and S/2008/504).
Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 41 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 41 minutes ]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 5 minutes ]

6 November 08

General Assembly: 39th and 40th plenary meeting.
Election of five members of the International Court of Justice (A/63/186, A/63/187 and Add.1 and 2 and A/63/188)
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 37 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 15 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 15 minutes ]

6 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes]
6 November 08

DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing on Millennium Villages: A New Approach to Fighting Poverty in Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 15 minutes ]

5 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes]
5 November 08

Special Event: Panel discussion "Global Citizenship in Action? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance" organized by UN University.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 4 minutes ]

5 November 08

Security Council: Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan (S/2008/662)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 30 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 30 minutes ]

5 November 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations on the outcome of the United States Presidential Election.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

4 November 08

Press Conference: Mr. Githu Muigai, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

4 November 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and President of the Security Council for November, on the Council's programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ]

4 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
4 November 08

General Assembly: 38th plenary meeting.
Report of the Human Rights Council (A/63/53 and A/63/53/Add.1)
[List of Speakers]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 6 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 6 minutes ]

3 November 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations following his Asian trip.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ]

3 November 08

Press Conference: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Alan Doss to brief via videoconference link from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 41 minutes ]

3 November 08

General Assembly: 36th and 37th plenary meeting.
1) Report of the Economic and Social Council (A/63/3 and A/63/255) and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields (A/63/83): joint debate
2) Cooperation between the UN and regional and other organizations (A/63/228)
3) Holocaust remembrance (A/63/316).

Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 2 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 2 minutes ]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 31 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 31 minutes ]

3 November 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes]
31 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour]
31 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the arms trade treaty and the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

30 October 08

UN in action: Programme 1148-1152 - 5 video clips
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]

30 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]

30 October 08

Press Conference: General Assembly President, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, will be joined by other speakers, to brief on the General Assembly’s debate on the global financial crisis.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

30 October 08

General Assembly: 34th and 35th plenary meeting.
1) Second report of the General Committee (A/63/250/Add.1)
2) Report of the International Court of Justice (A/63/229)
3) Report of the International Criminal Court (A/63/323).

Morning meeting:

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 47 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 47 minutes ]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 6 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 6 minutes ]

30 October 08

General Assembly: Interactive Panel on the Global Financial Crisis.

Morning meeting:

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 40 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 40 minutes ]

  • Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 33 minutes ]

30 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Kevin Kennedy, Head of the Great Lakes Integrated Operational Team and MONUC Director of Public Information Designate, will be the guest at today's noon briefing, to provide an operational update on the situation in Goma.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 51 minutes]
30 October 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev of Ukraine to brief on the initiatives introduced by Ukraine to the 63rd session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

30 October 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East - Eighth Semi-Annual Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004) (S/2008/654).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 21 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 21 minutes ]

30 October 08

Security Council: Consideration of the draft report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 9 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 9 minutes ]

29 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

29 October 08

Security Council: The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]

29 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

29 October 08

General Assembly: 33rd plenary meeting.
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (A/63/93) (A/63/L.4).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 9 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 9 minutes ]

29 October 08

Security Council: Women and peace and security (S/2008/622).
Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 51 minutes]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 40 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 40 minutes]

29 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes]
29 October 08

Press Conference: Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), on how the UNCCD constitutes a systemic and worldwide response to global environmental challenges.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

29 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Côte d’Ivoire (S/2008/598).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 4 minutes ]

28 October 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of China, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yesui.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

28 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the situation in Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

28 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes (French and English) ]

28 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Sudan, H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad on the situation in Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

28 October 08

Security Council: Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan. Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2008/659).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 43 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 43 minutes ]

28 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will provide an update on the situation there via video link.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 26 minutes]
28 October 08

Special Event: Launch Ceremony of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 49 minutes ]

28 October 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Vitaly Churkin of the Russian Federation, to brief on the current issues of the 63rd session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

27 October 08

Press Conference: Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ]

27 October 08

General Assembly: 31st and 32nd plenary meeting.
1. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 2. Election of twenty members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination: Note by the Secretary-General (A/63/312). 3. Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences: Note by the Secretary-General (A/63/107). 4. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations.
Morning meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 49 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 49 minutes ]
Afternoon meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 39 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 39 minutes ]

27 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes]
27 October 08

Press Conference: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, will brief on the situation in Haiti.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ]

27 October 08

Press Conference: Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, and Eduardo Lopez Moreno, Director of UN-HABITAT’s City Monitoring Branch, to brief on UN-HABITAT’s State of the World’s Cities Report 2008/9: Harmonious Cities.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ]

27 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Côte d'Ivoire. Eighteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (S/2008/645).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 13 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 13 minutes ]

24 October 08

Special Event: United Nations Day Concert by the Silk Road Project. Opening remarks.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 27 minutes ]

24 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on the issue of the Global Financial Crisis.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

24 October 08

Press Conference: Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 44 minutes ]

24 October 08

Special Event: Statements by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Mr. Robert Bruce Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group on the Signing of the UN-World Bank Partnership Framework for Crisis and Post Crisis Situations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]

24 October 08

Special Event: Panel discussion on "Seizing the moment: Breakthrough measures to build a new East West consensus on weapons of mass destruction". Remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon and others.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 50 minutes ]

24 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes]
24 October 08

Press Conference: Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Sergey Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. and an expert on weapons of mass destruction; Max Kampelman, Former Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Negotiations with the Soviet Union on Nuclear and Space Arms; Ved Malik, Former Chief of Army Staff of India; and John Mroz, President of the EastWest Institute, to brief on a new initiative to break the logjam on nuclear non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

24 October 08

Press Conference: Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes ]

23 October 08

Special Event: "World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy" as part of World Food Day at the UN [organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 23 minutes ]

23 October 08

Special Event: Reception on the occasion of the Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists. Remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 6 minutes ]

  • Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]
23 October 08

Press Conference: Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes ]

23 October 08

Special Event: Special ceremony in observance of World Food Day 2008 (organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 23 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 23 minutes ]

  • Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]
  • Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
23 October 08

Press Conference: Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

23 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Achim Steiner, Executive Director, U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), to brief on Paint for the Planet, an exhibit organized by UNEP involving young artists from around the world, whose work will be auctioned to raise funds for UNICEF.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes]
23 October 08

DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing on "Relevance of the UN in the Field" in observance of United Nations Day (24 October).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 8 minutes]

23 October 08

Security Council: Peace and security in Africa. Note verbale dated 3 October 2008 from the Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/635).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]

23 October 08

Press Conference: Donville Inniss, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; and Luis Fernando Andrade Falla, Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States, to brief on the work of the Association to designate the Caribbean Sea as a Special Area in the context of sustainable development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes ]

22 October 08

Press Conference: Martin Scheinin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

22 October 08

Special Event: The New Human Rights Dialogue Series "The Price of Dignity: Human Rights and Global Economics".
[Webcast: Archived Video : 1 hour and 26 minutes ]

22 October 08

General Assembly: 30th plenary meeting.
Election of 18 Members of the Economic and Social Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

22 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Salil Shetty, Director of UN Millennium Project, who will brief on last week's Stand Up for Poverty campaign.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes]
22 October 08

Special Event: Video message by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon on the United Nations Day
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 minutes ]

22 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

22 October 08

Press Conference: Kemal Dervis, U.N. Development Programme's (UNDP) Administrator, to hold a press conference to launch UNDP's report entitled "Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes ]

22 October 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 21 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 21 minutes ]

21 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Democratic Republic of Congo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 9 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 9 minutes ]

21 October 08

Security Council: Post-conflict peacebuilding.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 38 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 38 minutes ]

21 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: Dr. David Nabarro, U.N. System Influenza Coordinator, to brief on the status of the current avian influenza threat and the quality of the global response.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes]
20 October 08

General Assembly: 29th plenary meeting.
1) 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 (resumed).
2) Follow-up to the Commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade: report of the Secretary-General (A/63/213)
3) Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 18 minutes ]

20 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes]
17 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by nine Representatives after the election by the General Assembly of five non-permanent members of the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 49 minutes ]

  • Permanent Representative of Uganda, H.E. Mr. Francis K. Butagira
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]
  • Permanent Representative of United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
  • Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Alejandro D. Wolff
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
  • Permanent Representative of Japan, H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]
  • Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ] (French and English)
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
  • Foreign Minister of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Ali Babacan
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]
  • Foreign Minister of Austria, H.E. Ms. Ursula Plassnik
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]
  • Permanent Representative of Mexico, H.E. Mr. Claude Heller
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
17 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes]
17 October 08

General Assembly: 28th plenary meeting.
Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

  • Vote [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 15 minutes ]
  • Results [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ] (after suspension of the meeting)
17 October 08

Special Event: 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”.
[Webcast: Archived Video : 1 hour and 18 minutes - Part 1 ]
[Webcast: Archived Video : 2 hours and 34 minutes - Part 2 ]

17 October 08

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”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 38 minutes ]

17 October 08

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.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

16 October 08

Special Event: Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Compassion Ball, hosted by Airline Ambassadors.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]

16 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes]
16 October 08

DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing "The Situation of Rural women: Providing the Tools for Economic Empowerment".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 37 minutes]

15 October 08

Security Council: Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 minutes ]

15 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Guinea-Bissau Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country (S/2008/628).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 7 minutes ]

15 October 08

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:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 56 minutes ]
Afternoon Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 30 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 30 minutes ]

15 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Joel Boutroue, UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Haiti, to provide an update on the situation in that country.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes]
14 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, Mr. Kai Eide, on the situation in Afghanistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

14 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, H.E. Mr. Zahir Tanin on the situation in Afghanistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

14 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Afghanistan (S/2008/617).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]

14 October 08

Security Council: The question concerning Haiti (S/2008/586).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 5 minutes ]

14 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes]
14 October 08

UN in action (in French): Programme 1143-1147 - 5 video clips
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

13 October 08

General Assembly: 24th and 25th plenary meeting.
1) Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations: report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/472)
2) Joint debate on the reports of the International Criminal Tribunals in Rwanda (A/63/209) and the Former Yugoslavia (A/63/210)
3) Joint debate on the reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/63/92) and the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218 and A/63/218/Corr.1)
Morning Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
Afternoon Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 9 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 9 minutes ]

13 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes]
10 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to brief on the latest developments in negotiations on a new climate change agreement that needs to be finalized by December 2009 in Copenhagen.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes]
10 October 08

Press Conference: Hédi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), to provide an update on the situation in Haiti.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

9 October 08

Special Event: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Launch of the UN Book Days.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 24 minutes ]

9 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Angela Kane, Under-Secretary-General for Management; Jun Yamazaki, Controller; and Sandra Haji-Ahmed, Director A.I., Strategic Planning and Staffing Division, OHRM, to brief on management reform.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 53 minutes]
9 October 08

General Assembly: 23rd plenary meeting.
1. Judges of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed on the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (A/63/458-S/2008/621, A/63/4691 and A/63/4701) 2. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/63/92-S/2008/417); Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218-S/2008/522).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]

9 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of China, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yesui, on the Somalia Sanctions Committee and the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

9 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

9 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

9 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. (S/2008/631).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 minutes ]

8 October 08

Press Conference: Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

8 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of China, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yesui, on the situation in Haiti.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

8 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Ralph Zacklin, former Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and head of the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of U.N. Personnel and Premises Worldwide, to brief on the report of Panel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour]
8 October 08

General Assembly: 22nd plenary meeting.
Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on whether the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law (A/63/L.2).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 44 minutes ]

8 October 08

Security Council: The question concerning Haiti (S/2008/586).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 24 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 24 minutes ]

8 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by Matthew Nimetz, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Greece-FYROM talks.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

7 October 08

Special Event: Discussion on “The Interface between Literacy and Development” on the occasion of the midterm review of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 – 2012).
Participants are Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States and Honorary Ambassador of the United Nations Literacy Decade, Mr. Ahlin Byll-Cataria, Executive Secretary, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Mr. Patrick R. Gaston, President, Verizon Foundation.  
(Event sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 33 minutes ]

7 October 08

Press Conference: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes to brief ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (8 October).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

7 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of China, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yesui, on the situation in Somalia and Guinea-Bissau.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

7 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Guinea-Bissau.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 8 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 8 minutes ]

7 October 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 20 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 20 minutes ]

7 October 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General holds the first of his regularly-scheduled monthly press conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 57 minutes ]

7 October 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Somalia and Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

6 October 08

General Assembly: 20th and 21st plenary meetings.
1) Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items, Request for the inclusion of an additional item submitted by the Secretary-General (A/63/232)
2) Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/63/1).
Morning Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
Afternoon Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 32 minutes ]

6 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes]
3 October 08

Press Conference: Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

3 October 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Zhang Yesui, Permanent Representative of China and President of the Security Council for October, on the Council's programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ]

3 October 08

Special Event: Midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action. Panel discussion: “Role of International Support in establishing efficient transit transport systems to expand trade opportunities for landlocked developing countries”.  

Morning:

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 41 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 41 minutes ]

3 October 08

Press Conference: General Assembly President, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, to provide a wrap-up of the General Debate.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

3 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes]
2 October 08

Press Conference: Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Africa and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States;  Antonio Juan Sosa from Corporación Andina de Fomento; Robert Schoellhammer from the Asian Development Bank; and Hachim Koumare from the Board of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP), to brief on the High-level Plenary Mid-term Review of the Almaty Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes ]

2 October 08

Special Event: Midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action. Panel discussion: “Role of International Support in establishing efficient transit transport systems to expand trade opportunities for landlocked developing countries”.  

Morning:

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 37 minutes ]

  • Remarks by H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
    [Webcast: Archived Video - English - 3 minutes ]
    [Webcast: Archived Video - Spanish - 3 minutes ]

Afternoon:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]

2 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes]
2 October 08

General Assembly: 17th plenary meeting: Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation.
a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/165)
b) Draft resolution A/63/L.3

Opening of the High-level plenary meeting devoted to the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 55 minutes ]

2 October 08

Special Event: Informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 33 minutes ]

1 October 08

UN in action: Programme 1143-1147 - 5 video clips
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]

1 October 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes]
29 September 08

Special Event: Ministerial meeting on “Reducing Disaster Risks in a Changing Climate”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 10 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 10 minutes ]

29 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on Lebanon and informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Sudan and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

29 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guests at noon: Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), and Nicholas Haysom, Director for Political Affairs in the EOSG, to provide an analysis of the General Debate, special events and the Secretary-General's meetings.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 23 minutes]
29 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 2 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 9 minutes
Afternoon: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 3 hours and 8 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 32 minutes

29 September 08

Press Conference: Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russia Federation to hold a press conference on the outcome of the General Debate.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 43 minutes ]

29 September 08

Security Council: The situation in Liberia. Seventeenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia (S/2008/553).
International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Letter dated 24 September 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2008/621)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 10 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 10 minutes ]

27 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 4 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 5 minutes
Afternoon: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 1 minute
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 19 minutes

27 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

27 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

27 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

27 September 08

Security Council: Non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 7 minutes ]

27 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, H.E. Mr. David Miliband, on Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

27 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, H.E. Mr. George Yeo, on Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

26 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
[ English ] [ Original Language ] 5 hours
Afternoon: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 3 hours and 46 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 9 minutes

26 September 08

Special Event: The Permanent Mission of France, UNICEF and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in collaboration with the Paris Principles Steering Group* - Meeting to follow-up on the implementation of the Paris Commitments related to Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups. The meeting is scheduled to be co-chaired by : The French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Ms. Rama Yade;  The Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflicts, Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy and the Executive Director of Unicef, Ms. Ann Veneman.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 18 minutes ] (not complete)

26 September 08

Press Conference: Joint Press Conference by the Middle East Quartet – Secretary-General; Ms. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State; Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia; Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France; Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy; Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations; and Mr. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]
26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Alejandro D. Wolff, on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly I. Churkin on the issue of non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Ms. Rama Yade, Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights of France, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

26 September 08

Security Council: Briefing by the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 18 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 18 minutes ]

26 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes]
26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Israel, H.E. Ms. Gabriela Shalev, on the situation in the Middle East.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Alexandra Stubb, Foreign Minister of Finland.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

26 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press encounter after the meeting of the Friends of Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

26 September 08

Special Event: Group of 77 meeting (Opening statements).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 58 minutes ]

26 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Dimitris Christofias, President of Cyprus.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 43 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: Closing Plenary Session of the High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes ]

25 September 08

Press Conference: Secretary-General to hold a joint press conference with Mr. Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Mr. Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the Millennium Development Goals High-level Event.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]
25 September 08

Press Conference: Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of G-77; Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the General Assembly; and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo of the Dominican Republic will brief on the 2008 U.N. MDG Achievement Award.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: Gender equality and empowerment of women - A perquisite for achieving all MDGs by 2015.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 9 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - English - 7 minutes ]
25 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
[ English ] [ Original Language ] 4 hours
Afternoon: Archived Video
[ English ] [ Original Language ] 6 hours

25 September 08

Special Event: High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
Round table III: Environmental Sustainability.
Morning:
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 22 minutes ]
Afternoon: (Continued)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 44 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 44 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
Round table II: Education and Health.
Morning:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
Afternoon: (Continued)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
Round table I: Poverty and hunger.
Morning:
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 42 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 42 minutes ]
Afternoon: (Continued)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 27 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 27 minutes ]

25 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes]
25 September 08

Press Conference:  H.E. Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

25 September 08

Press Conference: Mr. Peter Power, Minister of State for Overseas Development of Ireland; Mr. Joe Walsh, Chairman of the Irish Hunger Task Force, Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University; and Ms. Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) to brief on the Irish Hunger Task Force.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ]

25 September 08

Press Conference: Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway; Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Mr. Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank; Ms. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; and Mr. Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to present a global plan to save 10 million mothers and children by 2015.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 46 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: Opening Plenary Session of the High-level event on the Millennium Development Goals.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]

25 September 08

Special Event: Presentation of Irish Hunger Task Force Report with the Secretary-General; Dr. Joe Walsh, Chairperson of the Hunger Task Force; Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Colombia University, and Artist Bono of U2 among those speaking.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

24 September 08

Security Council: The situation in Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion - Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (S/2008/601 and Add.1).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 37 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 37 minutes ]

24 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on terrorist attacks in Spain and informal comments to the media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Sudan, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

24 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

24 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

24 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan; H.E. Mr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, and Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan, to brief on the Partnership Event Water and Sanitation for All to take place on 24 September 1.15-3.30 p.m. at the Trusteeship Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

24 September 08

Special Event: Funding UN country programmes to achieve the MDGs: Lessons learned from the MDG Achievement Fund. Launch of an expanded, multi-donor ‘Delivering as One’ funding window.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 17 minutes ]

24 September 08

Special Event: UNIDO side event / UN Private Sector Forum” The Millennium Development Goals and Food Sustainability”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 16 minutes ]

24 September 08

Special Event: “Partnership Event Water and Sanitation for All”. H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan; H.E. Mr. Jan Peter
Balkenende, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; and Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 44 minutes ]

24 September 08

Press Conference: Secretary-General to hold a joint press conference with Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway, Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director, U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP); Mr. Kemal Dervis, Administrator of U.N. Development Programme (UNDP); and Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to launch a new initiative to reduce emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 44 minutes ]

24 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes]
24 September 08

Special Event: Ministerial Meeting in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (organized by the Permanent Missions of Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan and the Netherlands).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 24 minutes ]

24 September 08

Press Conference: The Secretary-General holds a joint press conference with the Troika leaders of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark; and Hassan Wirajuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

24 September 08

Press Conference: Ms. Ursula Plassnik, Foreign Minister of Austria; Stephen Smith, Foreign Minister of Australia; Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica; Mr. Michael Douglas, U.N. Messenger of Peace and actor; Mr. William Perry, Former US Defence Secretary; Mr. Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Secretariat to brief on the Ministerial Meeting in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes ]

24 September 08

Press Conference: Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda; Sandra Torres de Colom, First Lady of Guatemala; Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme; Howard G. Buffett, Chairman of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation; and Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to launch a joint initiative to empower small farmers.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 58 minutes ]

24 September 08

Press Conference: Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, U.N. Environment Programme; Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; and Ronnie Goldberg, Vice President, International Organisation of Employers, launch a study entitled Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ]

24 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 16 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 29 minutes
Afternoon: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 3 hours
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 25 minutes

23 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 54 minutes ]

23 September 08

Special Event: Arrivals for the State Dinner hosted by the Secretary-General for Heads of State and Government.  Includes the toasts.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 53 minutes ]

  • Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
    [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, President of Cape Verde.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Franco Frattini, Foreign Minister of Italy.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

23 September 08

Security Council: Maintenance of international peace and security, mediation and settlement of disputes (S/2008/590).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 14 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 14 minutes ]

23 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 4 minutes ]

23 September 08

Special Event: UNESCO - “Financing Education for the Millennium Development Goals”. With the participation of His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser al Missned UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic Education and Higher Education, Honorable Erik Solheim Minister of the Environment and International Development, Norway.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 32 minutes ]

23 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, and H.E. Mr. Alexander Stubb, Foreign Minister of Finland.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes ]

23 September 08

Press Conference: Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Foreign Minister of Iceland, and H.E. Mr. Hjalmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland, to brief on Iceland's new fund for the Island Growth Initiative.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

23 September 08

Media Stakeout: H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

23 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes]
23 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes ]

23 September 08

General Assembly: General Debate (Multimedia coverage)
Morning: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 1 hour and 38 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 2 hours and 36 minutes
Afternoon: Archived Video
Part 1 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 1 hour and 38 minutes
Part 2 [ English ] [ Original Language ] 1 hour and 48 minutes

22 September 08

Special Event: "A Response to the World Food Crisis: Smallholder Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development of Africa". Considers key elements of a possible plan to enhance agriculture productivity, raise incomes, reduce hunger and improve nutrition in Africa. (Programme)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 28 minutes ]

22 September 08

Special Event: The Secretary-General and the Climate Change Support Team with Advertising Industry Leadership.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes ]

22 September 08

General Assembly: Closing of the High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward” - Adoption of the Political Declaration.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 17 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 17 minutes ]

22 September 08

General Assembly: Rount table 4 - High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]

22 September 08

General Assembly: Rount table 3 - High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 31 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 31 minutes ]

22 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on the terrorist attack in Pakistan and Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Afghanistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

22 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad on the situation in Afghanistan and the terrorist attack in Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

22 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Afghanistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

22 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in South Africa and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

22 September 08

Special Event: The MDG Africa Steering Group and the Gleneagles Scenario Approach to Scaling Up ODA. (Programme)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 17 minutes ]

22 September 08

Security Council: The situation in Afghanistan and Presidential statement on the terrorist attack in Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 12 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 12 minutes ]

22 September 08

Press Conference: Mr. Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister; Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway and Co-chair of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC); and Mr. Tony Blair, Middle East Quartet Representative to brief on the Palestinian Donor Conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes ]

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”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 28 minutes ]

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”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 32 minutes ]

22 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes]
22 September 08

Press Conference: Mr. Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), and Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank to brief on the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Africa's development needs.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

22 September 08

Press Conference: Mr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ]

22 September 08

General Assembly: Opening of the High-level plenary meeting on the theme “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 33 minutes ]

22 September 08

Press Conference: Mary Robinson, Chair of Realising Rights: Ethical Global Initiative; Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization; Ela Bhatt from the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India and a member of The Elders; Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson; and José Antonio Ocampo from Columbia University brief on “Working out of Poverty: A Decent Work Approach to Development and the Millennium Development Goals”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes ]

19 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Chad, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

19 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Menkeros on the development of the situation in Zimbabwe and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

19 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers, on the situation in Zimbabwe.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

19 September 08

Press Conference: Bob Harrison, CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI); Amir Dossal, Executive Director of the U.N. Office for Partnerships (UNOPS); Georg Kell, Executive Director of the Global Compact Office; and Parfait Onanga Anyanga from the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General (TBC), to discuss the work of CGI members to take action on the global challenges in the areas of  health, climate change, education, and poverty alleviation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ]

19 September 08

21st Century: Programme #22
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ]

19 September 08

Press Conference: Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of the U.N. University (UNU) Office in New York; Patrick Stover, Director of the UNU Food and Nutrition Programme;  Per Pinstrup-Andersen and David Sahn from Cornell University to brief on the UNU-Cornell Africa Series.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour ]

19 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. Guest at noon: John Holmes, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, to  brief on the food crisis in the horn of Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 56 minutes]
19 September 08

Special Event: Student commemoration of the International Day of Peace. Theme: Peace and Human Rights. Remarks by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the President of the 63rd General Assembly, Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann and United Nations Messengers of Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 hours and 5 minutes ]

19 September 08

Security Council: The situation in Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion (S/2008/601).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 44 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 44 minutes ]

19 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

19 September 08

Press Conference: Salih Mahmoud Osman, MP, Sudan National Assembly; Osman Hummaida, human rights researcher from Sudan; Richard Dicker, Director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch; Bill Pace, Convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to brief on current developments relating to the ICC’s investigation in Darfur and the role of the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 54 minutes ]

19 September 08

General Assembly: 2nd plenary meeting of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Organization of the sixty-third regular session of the General Assembly, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: First report of the General Committee (A/63/250).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 41 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 41 minutes ]

19 September 08

Special Event: On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the Secretary-General will ring the Peace Bell in the Japanese Garden. The Secretary-General will deliver a message of peace and call to observe a minute of silence.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ]

18 September 08

Press Conference: Patricia O'Brien, U.N. Legal Counsel; Ngonlardje Mbaidjol, Director of the New York Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Clarissa Brocklehurst from UNICEF, to brief on the upcoming 2008 Treaty Event.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

18 September 08

Special Event: The Secretary-General participates in an event marking the launch of UNIFEM’s Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009 report.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 32 minutes ]

18 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes]
18 September 08

Press Conference: Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and U.N. Special Adviser on Africa, to brief on the key development issues facing Africa and its international partners as well as preview the goals of the 22 September General Assembly high-level meeting on Africa’s development needs.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ]

18 September 08

Press Conference: Ines Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM; Anne-Marie Goetz from UNIFEM; Christiana Thorpe, Electoral Commissioner from Sierra Leone, and Shankar Singh,  activist from India’s Right to Information Movement to launch UNIFEM’s Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes ]

18 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, and Secretary-General's Envoy to the Quartet, Mr. Robert H. Serry, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

18 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

18 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

18 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, the attack in Yemen and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

18 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Sudan and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

18 September 08

Security Council: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 22 minutes ]

18 September 08

Special Event: Wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the forty-seventh anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations from 1953 to 1961, and of those who accompanied him on his last mission of peace. The wreath will be laid by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban-Ki-moon, in the Visitors’ Lobby outside the Meditation Room.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

17 September 08

Special Event: The New Human Rights Dialogue Series - Knowledge, Power and Progress: New Approaches to Human Rights Learning [Programme]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 41 minutes ]

17 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Edmund Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 5 minutes]
17 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by a representative of the United States, on the terrorist bombing outside the United States embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 minute ]

17 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on terrorist attack in Yemen and informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation between Eritrea and Djibouti and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

17 September 08

Press Conference: Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General of Public Information (DPI); Eric Falt, Director of the Outreach Division, DPI; Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor at U.N. Foundation; Pera Wells, Secretary-General of World Federation of U.N. Associations, and Anthony Torbay, former Model U.N. delegate, to launch the Global Model U.N. conference.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes ]

17 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation between Eritrea and Djibouti, Georgia, Iran, Kosovo, Sudan, Lebanon, and Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

16 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann (Nicaragua), President of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly on the opening of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

16 September 08

General Assembly: 1st plenary meeting of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly.
1. Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation
3. Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee
4. Organization of work of the sixty-third regular session of the General Assembly: letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Conferences (A/63/352 and A/63/352/Add.1)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 2 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 2 minutes ]

16 September 08

Press Conference: Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and U.N. Special Adviser on Africa; Maged Shawky, President of the African Securities Association; and Marilou Uy from the World Bank is joined by other speakers to launch the Socially Responsible Investment Index for Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 34 minutes ]

16 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly gives a wrap-up press briefing on the work of the 62nd session.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 59 minutes ]

16 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes]
15 September 08

Special Event: "International Day of Democracy", United Nations Democracy Fund
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 36 minutes ]

15 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes]
15 September 08

General Assembly: 122nd and 123rd plenary meeting (Closing meeting of the sixty-second regular session of the General Assembly)

122nd plenary meeting (morning):

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 22 minutes ]
123rd plenary meeting (afternoon):
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 47 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 47 minutes ]

15 September 08

General Assembly: Informal meeting of the plenary of the General Assembly to observe the International Day of Democracy.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 51 minutes ]

12 September 08

Press Conference: Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes, to brief on the humanitarian flash appeal for Haiti.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

12 September 08

Press Conference: Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly; Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Ambassador Francis Lorenzo of the Dominican Republic; Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy of Madagascar; and actor Danny Glover, on the U.N. Millennium Development Goals Awards 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

12 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes]
12 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on the Republic Democratic of the Congo and informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Haiti and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

12 September 08

Special Event: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commutes to work on the "Solartaxi", a fully solar powered car that is making its way around the world, before joining a videoconference with the Heads of State of Indonesia, Poland and Denmark—the hosts 2007, 2008 and 2009 climate change conferences.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

11 September 08

Media Stakeout: Press statement on Lebanon and informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on non-proliferation, Sudan, Myanmar and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

11 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari on the situation in Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

11 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, H.E. Sir John Sawers on the situation in Myanmar and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

11 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad on the situation in Myanmar and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

11 September 08

Special Event: U.N. / NGO symposium entitled “Beyond the Mind-Body Problem: New Paradigms in the Science of Consciousness”. [Website]
Morning: [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 25 minutes ]
Afternoon: [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 50 minutes ]

11 September 08

Press Conference: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his priorities for the 63rd Session of the General Assembly and to launch the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 (PDF).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 4 minutes ]

11 September 08

General Assembly: 121st plenary meeting.
1. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects: Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/62/406/Add.1)
2. Globalization and interdependence: draft resolution (A/62/L.41/Rev.1)
3. Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa: draft resolution (A/62/L.47)
4. Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament: draft decision (A/62/L.49)
5. Question of Palestine: letter from the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to the President of
the General Assembly (A/62/951)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 39 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 39 minutes ]

11 September 08

Security Council: Non-proliferation. Briefing by the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 30 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 30 minutes ]

11 September 08

Press Conference: Sam Parnia, from the Weill Cornell Medical Center on the opening of the UN/ NGO symposium entitled “Beyond the Mind-Body Problem: New Paradigms in the Science of Consciousness”. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes ]

10 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes]
10 September 08

Press Conference: Brian Mishara, President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, and Werner Obermeyer, Senior External Relations Officer at the World Health Organization New York office, in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes ]

9 September 08

Media Stakeout: Ingrid Betancourt who is attending the U.N. Symposium on "Supporting Victims of Terrorism".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ] (In English, Spanish and French)

9 September 08

Special Event: UNU-Cornell Africa Series, Symposium III “The social and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa” [organized by the United Nations University Office in New York (UNU-ONY), in collaboration with Cornell University, the Permanent Mission of Turkey, UNAIDS, the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)]
Morning: [Webcast: Archived Video - 3 hours and 27 minutes ]
Afternoon: [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 hours and 15 minutes ]

9 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of the Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, on the situation in Liberia, Georgia and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ] (In French with English interpretation)

9 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vitaly I. Churkin on the situation in Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

9 September 08

Special Event: The Secretary-General’s Symposium on “Supporting Victims of Terrorism”. [Programme] [Video Clip] (16 minutes)

Morning Meeting
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 45 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 45 minutes]

Afternoon Meeting
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 4 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 4 minutes]

9 September 08

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, is joined by terrorism victims representatives: Mr. Ashraf Al-Khaled, Ms. Ingrid Betancourt, Mr. Chris Cramer and Ms. Laura Dolci (on the symposium on “Supporting Victims of Terrorism”).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 9 minutes ]

9 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Georgia, Myanmar and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ] (In French and English)

8 September 08

Press Conference: Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of the U.N. University (UNU) Office in New York and other speakers to brief on UNU-Cornell Africa Series symposium on "The Social and Economic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes ]

8 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: U.N. Police Adviser Andrew Hughes, to brief on the outcome of last month’s 4th International Policing Advisory Council meeting.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes]
8 September 08

Press Conference: Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, to brief on the Secretary-General's Symposium on Supporting Victims of Terrorism.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour ]

8 September 08

General Assembly: Informal consultations on the draft outcome document (A/CONF.212/CRP.1) of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, Qatar, 29 November–2 December 2008).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour ]

8 - 26 September 08

Conferences: 9th session of Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
[Archived Videos]

5 September 08

General Assembly: 120th plenary meeting - The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/89) and Draft resolution (A/62/L.48).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hours and 53 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hours and 53 minutes]

5 September 08

Press Conference: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to brief on the humanitarian situation in areas in the Caribbean, South Asia and West Africa affected by recent storms and floods.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes ]

5 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly, and Robert Orr, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, to brief on the General Assembly session reviewing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 5 minutes]
5 September 08

General Assembly: 119th plenary meeting - The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/898) and Draft resolution (A/62/L.48).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 55 minutes ]

4 September 08

General Assembly: 118th plenary meeting - The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: draft resolution (A/62/L.48).
[ List of Speakers ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 58 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours ]

4 September 08

Security Council: The situation in Somalia. The situation in Cyprus.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 13 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 13 minutes ]

4 September 08

General Assembly: 117th plenary meeting - The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: draft resolution (A/62/L.48).
[ List of Speakers ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 51 minutes ]

4 September 08

Press Conference: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ad Melkert of U.N. Development Programme (UNDP); and Rob Vos from the Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to hold a press conference to launch the report of the MDG Gap Task Force.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 7 minutes ]

3 - 5 September 08

Conferences: 61st annual DPI/NGO Conference, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
[Archived Videos]

3 September 08

Press Conference: Ambassador Michel Kafando, Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso and President of the Security Council for September, briefs on the Council's programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

3 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
3 September 08

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States, H.E. Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Afghanistan and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

2 September 08 Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes]
2 September 08

Special Event: SG's video message on the International Day of Peace
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 minutes ]

 

 
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