Archived Webcasts of Special Events
2003
|
26
December 2003 |
Address: Secretary-General Kofi
Annan’s message for the New Year
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 04 minutes] |
11
December 2003 |
Special Event: Sixth Annual Summit
on Staff Security.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 2
hours 17 minutes] |
10
December 2003 |
Special Event: The
Hello World Project projects human rights messages with a laser
on the north face of the United Nations Secretariat Building.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
05
December 2003 |
Special Event: Student
Conference on Human Rights: Education for All: Everybody's
Human Rights.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Part One - 1 hour 44 minutes] |
01
December 2003 |
Meeting Coverage: The Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People will hold a solemn meeting in observance of the International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. With a speech
by the Secretary-General among others.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Part One - 60 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Part Two - 1 hour 21 minutes] |
21
November 2003 |
Special Event: Coverage
of the Investor Summit on Climate Risk
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour 14 minutes] |
20
November 2003 |
Stakeout: Statement on the incident
in Afghanistan made to the media by the President of the Security
Council.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 3 minutes] |
18
November 2003 |
Stakeout: Ambassador Steven Mann
(US), head of the Coalition Provisional Authority CPA team, which
is overseeing the transition of the Oil for Food Programme from
the UN to the Iraqis & the Coalition Provisional Authority
CPA.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 10 minutes] |
17
November 2003 |
Special Event: United Nations
observance of the International Day for Tolerance.
-- Programme
for the event
-- Press Release
-- Statement
of the Secretary-General
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour 27 minutes]
|
17
November 2003 |
Ceremony: President Carlo Azeglio
Ciampi of Italy will accept the seventh annual Franklin Delano
Roosevelt International Disability Award on behalf of his country. Press
Release.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1
hour 03 minutes] |
31
October 2003 |
Special Event: A panel discussion
on “Trade”. The meeting will be chaired by H.E. Mr. Iftekhar
Chowdhury (Bangladesh),Chairman of the Second Committee. The
proceedings will begin with a keynote address by Mr. Pascal Lamy,
European Union Commissioner for Trade, followed by a question-and-answer
session. Ambassador Clodoaldo Hugueney, Under-Secretary General
for Economic and Technological Affairs, Ministry of External
Relations of Brazil, will then address the Committee. A dialogue
session will follow, in which Mr. Roberto Bissio, Instituto del
Tercer Mundo, will participate as lead discussant.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1hour 25 minutes] |
28
October 2003 |
Special Event: The Secretary-General
Kofi Annan will present the budget to the 5th committee.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 12 minutes] |
24
October 2003 |
UN Day 2003 - Webcast
videos. Includes Secretary-General's UN Day video message
and "In Memoriam", a video tribute to Sergio Vieira
de Mello and all the United Nations staff who died in the bombing
at the United Nations Office in Baghad on 19 August 2003. |
24
October 2003 |
Special Event: The Secretary-General
Kofi Annan will officially open an exhibit on the life and
United Nations career of Ralph Johnson Bunche.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes] |
24
October 2003 |
Special Event: The Secretary-General
unveils the U.N. Memorial to all those who have lost their lives
while serving the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 11 minutes] |
07
October 2003 |
Special
Event: Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of
the Papal Encyclical "Pacem in Terris", organized
by the Holy See. Opening remarks by the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 2hrs 31 minutes] |
02
October 2003 |
Meeting: The
13th Annual Celebration of the International Day of Older
Persons Mainstreaming Ageing: Forging Links Between the Madrid
Plan of Action on Ageing and the Millennium Development Goals.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 3hours 01 minutes] |
25
September 2003 |
Meeting: 27th
annual ministerial meeting (Foreign ministers) of Group of
77. Opening remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
22
September 2003
|
General
Assembly: High-Level meeting on HIV/AIDS -
World Leaders Will Convene To Review Progress in Implementing
the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (A/58/184).
Speaker's List & Archived Video |
22
September 2003
|
Resumed
Session: General Assembly High-Level meeting on
HIV/AIDS. The Secretary-General will read a short summary.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 6minutes] |
22
September 2003
|
Informal
Panel Discussion: Chaired by UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and featuring the participation of several Heads
of State, this informal debate will feature a lively high-level
discussion regarding the progress countries are making in
expanding HIV prevention and care programs, key challenges
facing Governments, and strategies for the future. Participants
to include:
· Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
· Heads of State, Ministers and other high-level government representatives
· Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa
· Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director
· Tarum Das, Director-General, Confederation of Indian Industry
· Representatives of the Global Fund to Fight, AIDS, TB and Malaria, AIDS
service organisations, and the community of people living with HIV/AIDS
[Webcast:
Archived Video - Available Later] |
22
September 2003
|
Briefing:
Media and AIDS: New Ways Forward, organized by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Moderators:
- Mr. Mark Malloch-Brown, Administrator, UNDP
- Mr. Sashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public
Information
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1hr 33minutes] |
19
September 2003
|
Memorial
Ceremony to honour the memory of our colleagues
killed in the bombing of the United Nations offices in
Baghdad on 19 August 2003.
In
Memoriam page
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1hr 01minutes] |
19
September 2003
|
Peace
Bell Ceremony: The Secretary-General will ring the
Japanese Peace Bell in observance of the International Day
of Peace. The following Messengers of Peace, as well as 400
middle and high school students bearing the flags of Member
States, will participate in the peace bell ceremony.
Messengers
of Peace:
- Mr. Muhammad Ali, former Heavyweight Boxing Champion,
- Ms. Anna Cataldi, Author and Journalist,
- Mr. Michael Douglas, Actor,
- Ms. Jane Goodall, Environmentalist, and
- Mr. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate/Writer
Websites: Int'l
day of Peace - CyberSchoolBus
[Webcast: Opening
Ceremony - 12 minutes]
[Webcast: Morning
Session - 1hr 03minutes]
[Webcast: Afternoon
Session - 1hr 08minutes] |
15
September 2003
|
Lecture: Professor
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, will speak
on "Islam
and the West", as part of the Secretary-General’s
Lecture Series.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1hr 18 minutes] |
9
September 2003
|
Meeting: Assembly
of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court: Plenary, Election of Deputy Prosecutor, Working
Group on the budget for the 2nd financial year.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes] |
8
September 2003 |
Meeting: Assembly
of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court: Plenary, opening of the meeting.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
4
September 2003
|
Meeting: of
the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of
the Palestinian People: United Nations International Conference
of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, on the
theme “End the Occupation!”
[Webcast: Morning
Session 1 -
1hr 16 minutes]
[Webcast: Morning
Session 2 - 1hr 57 minutes]
[Webcast: Afternoon
Session - 2hrs 00 minutes] |
21
August 2003
|
Meeting: The
Secretary-General will address all the United Nations staff
at Headquarters and UN Offices around the world in connection
with the bombing of the UN Office in Baghdad, Iraq. Offices
away from Headquarters will be connected through video conference.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 12 minutes] |
20
August 2003 |
Video
Message: By the Secretary-General following the
bomb attack on the United Nations Mission in Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 3 minutes] |
19
August 2003 |
Statement: UN
Security Council on the Bomb Blast at United Nations Headquarters
in Iraq.
[Webcast: English & Arabic] |
07
August 2003
|
Special
Event: Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration.The
Secretary-General will attend.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
06
August 2003
|
Humanitarian
Appeal: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), will launch the Revised Inter-Agency Humanitarian
Appeal for Liberia. Presenters; Mr. Jacques Klein, Special
Representative of the Secretary for Liberia; Ms. Carolyn
McAskie, Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General, Deputy Emergency
Relief Coordinator.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
29
July 2003
|
Special
Event: UNICEF teams up with Manchester United for
soccer clinic at UN Headquarters, North Lawn, in honour of
the exceptional contribution that Manchester United has made
for children around the world.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
11
July 2003
|
Meeting: The
first Biennial meeting of States to Consider the Implementation
of the 2001 Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
11
July 2003
|
Meeting: The
first Biennial meeting of States to Consider the Implementation
of the 2001 Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
10
July 2003
|
Meeting: Implementation
of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate
the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its
Aspects.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
8
July 2003
|
Panel
Discussion: 'The International Rule of Law: Multilateral
Treaties Against Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism'. Programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
2 hrs 05 mins] |
23
June 2003
|
World
Public Service Day Awards Presentation Ceremony Website
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
2hr 07 mins] |
23
June 2003
|
Launch
Meeting: "Humanitarian Appeal for Iraq".
Statements by: Mrs. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General
of the United Nations, who will open the launch; Mr. Kenzo
Oshima, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator,
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and,
Mr. Ramiro Lopez da Silva, Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
39 mins] |
6
June 2003
|
Special
Event: Observance of World Environment Day
2003 Remarks by Mrs. Nane Annan, Author, Lawyer,
Painter and wife of the UN Secretary-General
Programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
2 hrs 8 mins]
|
28
May 2003
|
Special
Event: Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of "Africa
Day" - Remarks by the UN Secretary-General.
|
27
May 2003
|
Special
event: The 6th International Non-stop Reading
Marathon at the United Nations. H.E. Mr. Jan Kavan,
President of the 57th General Assembly Session, will hold "The
Sixth International Non-stop Reading Marathon". United
Nations Diplomats and senior staff will read excerpts from
different books. [List of Readers]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later]
|
7
May 2003
|
Meeting: International
Year of Freshwater
Programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
2
May 2003 |
Freedom
of Expression in Cyberspace: The Department of Public
Information and the Columbia University School of International
and Public Affairs (SIPA) observe World Press Freedom Day. Press
release
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
1h46min]
|
2
May 2003
|
World
Press Freedom Day Observance: Panel discussion on "The
Media and Armed Conflict" - Moderator: Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. Programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
1h38min]
|
21
April 2003
|
International
Criminal Court (ICC): 10th Meeting
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
21
April 2003
|
International
Criminal Court (ICC): Election of Prosecutor
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
48min]
|
14
April 2003
|
ECOSOC: Special
High-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with
the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization
- Opening statement by the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
14
March 2003
|
Secretary-General's
Lecture Series: "Globalization: Winners and
Losers" by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor Jeffrey
Sachs and Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
1h24min]
|
07
March 2003
|
Observance
of International Women's Day
Website: Programme and
other information
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
2h14min]
|
07
February 2003
|
Election
of ICC Judges: The first-ever election of the 18
judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
2h41min] |
06
February 2003
|
Election
of ICC Judges: The first-ever election of the 18
judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
[Webcast: Archived
Video 1h18min] |
05
February 2003 |
Election
of ICC Judges: The first-ever election of the 18
judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
[Webcast: Archived
Video 1h01min]
|
04
February 2003
|
Election
of ICC Judges: The first-ever election
of the 18 judges of the International Criminal
Court (ICC).
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
29min - Morning Session]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
16min - Afternoon Session]
|
30
January 2003
|
Panel
discussion: Preventing
Violence, Promoting Health:
Shared Strategies.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
1h46min]
[Video: Armed
and Innocent -
17min]
[Video: Nelson
Mandela (PSA) -
1min]
[Video: Desmond
Tutu (PSA) -
1min]
|
16
January 2003
|
Meeting: The
formal turnover ceremony
of the chairmanship
of the Group of 77
from the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
to the Kingdom of Morocco
- UN Secretary-General
will attend.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
1h26min] |