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Archived Webcasts of Special Events 2004

07 December 04 Special Event: 'Unlearning Intolerance' Seminar Series
"Confronting Islamophobia: Education for Tolerance and Understanding"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 hours 34 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video
- 1 hours 45 minutes]
03 December 04 Special Event: Student Conference on Human Rights: HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: From Awareness to Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - Part 1- 3 hours ]
[Webcast: Archived Video
- Part 2- 2 hours 59 minutes] 
29 November 04 Special Event: The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will hold a solemn meeting in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People,
pursuantto General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977. -remarks by the Secretary-General
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours 18 minutes]
23 November 04 Special Event: Global Media AIDS Initiative
[Webcast: Archived Video - AM SESSION 2 hours 29 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - PM SESSION 3 hours 03 minutes]
19 November 04 Special Event - Sixth Committee- International Criminal Court [146] Introduction of and action on draft resolution A/C.6/59/L.25 and A/C.6/59/L.25/Corr.1
International Convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings. . . . [150]
Introduction of draft resolution A/C.6/59/L.26
Action on draft resolutions A/C.6/59/L.2, A/C.6/59/L.8 and A/C.6/59/L.26
Provisional programme of work of the Sixth Committee at the sixtieth session of the General Assembly (A/RES/58/316)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 34 minutes]
18 November 04 Special Event : The launch of the International Year of Microcredit 2005
Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -AM SESSION 1 hour 34 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -PM SESSION 2 hours 35 minutes]
11 November 04 Special Event : Launch of the 2005 Humanitarian Appeal: The Secretary-General is to request over $1 billion to help people survive a web of forgotten humanitarian crises, mainly in Africa. Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -37 minutes]
08 November 04 Special Event: Secretary-General’s Lecture Series will be given by Professor Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, on the topic “Why music matters”
[Webcast: Archived Video -1 hour 04 minutes]
27 October 04 Special Event: Ombudsman Panel Discussion
[Webcast: Archived Video -1 hour 25 minutes]
27 October 04 Special Event:The official launch of Action 2 of the Secretary-General’s reform program on strengthening United Nations human rights-related actions at the country level
[Webcast: Archived Video -1 hour 02 minutes]
25 October 04 Special Event: United Nations Day is observed with a concert with Folkloric musical works performed by the Kuwaiti National Orchestra led by Conductor Ahmad Hamdan
[Webcast: Archived Video -2 hours 07 minutes]
18 October 04 Special Event : Special Ceremony- Observance of the 2004 World Food Day: “Bio-Diversity for Food Security ”, there will be a videoconference-link-up of F.A.O. Ambassadors, school children, who are active in gardening activities in Ghana, Mexico and the USA
[Webcast: Archived Video -1 hour 43 minute]
13 October 04 Special Event : Twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
[Webcast: Archived Video -3 hours 01 minute]
07 October 04 Special Event : Observance of the International Day for Older Persons
[Webcast: Archived Video - Par1 1- 1 hour 18 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Par1
2- 1hour 09 minutes]
21 September 04 Special Event : International Day of Peace, the Secretary-General will ring the Peace Bell at a ceremony in the Japanese Garden at United Nations Headquarters
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]
21 September 04 Special Event : A Fair Globalization: Implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration : The launching of the World Commission Report (Original Language)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hours ]
20 September 04 Special Event : A Fair Globalization: Implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration : The launching of the World Commission Report (Original Language)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hours ]
17 September 04 Special Event : International Day of Peace: Student Observance
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hour 40 minutes]
14 September 04 Special Event : United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People on the theme “Ending the Occupation
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3hour 47 minutes]
13 September 04 Special Event : United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People on the theme “Ending the Occupation".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hour 47 minutes]
10 September 04 Special Event : Afternoon Session of the third annual interdisciplinary symposium on the theme “Healing the world: The ethical dimension of globalization and interdependence in the age of terror”
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hour 57 minutes]
10 September 04 Special Event: Afternoon Session of 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 56 minutes] -- English Audio
10 September 04 Special Event : Morning Session of the third annual interdisciplinary symposium on the theme “Healing the world: The ethical dimension of globalization and interdependence in the age of terror”
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2hour 23 minutes]
10 September 04 Special Event: Morning Session of 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hour 07 minutes] -- English Audio
09 September 04 Special Event: Afternoon Session of 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hour 19 minutes] -- English Audio
09 September 04 Special Event: Morning Session of 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 20 minutes] -- English Audio
08 September 2004 Special Event: Afternoon Session of the 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video --3 hours ] -- Spanish Audio
08 September 2004 Special Event: Opening Session of the 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 47 minutes] -- Spanish Audio
08 September 2004 Special Event: Afternoon Session of the 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video -3 hours ] -- English Audio
08 September 2004 Special Event: Opening Session of the 57th Annual DPI / NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 47 minutes] -- English Audio
19 August 2004 Special Event : Observance of the First Anniversary of the Baghdad Tragedy.
Live from UN Headquarters, New York
[Webcast: Archived Video - 41 minutes]
Programme   |   Website
19 August 2004 Special Event : Observance of the First Anniversary of the Baghdad Tragedy.
Live from the UN Office at Geneva
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1hour 4 minutes]
Programme    |   Website
14 August 2004 Special Event: Right To Play: Athens Roundtable Harnessing the Power of Sport for Development and Peace.
The Roundtable brought together members of governments represented by Prime Ministers, Presidents as well as leaders of the UN, and the Olympic family, elite athletes, representatives of international sporting federations and other members of the world of sport to ensure that this powerful and diverse element of society becomes an active and committed force in the global partnership for development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours 40 minutes]
Website
12 August 2004 Special Event - International Youth Day
In order to commemorate International Youth Day, the United Nations Programme on Youth of the Department for Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with Directions for Our Youth (City of New York) are organizing an event that will take place in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes]
Press Release
Website
09 August 2004 Special Event: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People:
The commemoration will be observed with a one hour cultural event preceded by statements from the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Ole Henrik Magga. The observance is organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues DSPD/DESA, DPI and the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 20 minutes]
Press Release
Website
28 June 2004 Special Event: The Economic and Social Council substantive session of 2004 - ECOSOC will hold a high-level policy dialogue and discussion with heads of multilateral financial and trade institutions of the United Nations system on important developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation. H.E. Mr. Mathieu Kerekou, President of the Republic of Benin will participate in the meeting. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours 54 minutes]
25 June 2004 Special Event: The Secretary-General will preside over the launch of the InterAcademy Council (IAC) report entitled “Realizing the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture: Science and Technology Strategies for Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa”. The report and its recommendations will be presented by the Co-chairs of the IAC study panel that produced it.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 07 minutes]
24 June 2004 Special Event: Global Compact Leaders Summit chaired by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Programme
Global Compact Website
Press Release
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes - Opening with the Secretary-General]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes - mid-morning session ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes - late-morning session ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes - lunch session]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes - early-afternoon session]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes - mid-afternoon session]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 51 minutes - afternoon session]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes - late-afternoon session]

[
Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 03 minutes - closing session]
23 June 2004 Special Event: UN Public Service Day Awards Ceremony. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours 02 minutes]
21 June 2004 Special Event: Secretary-General Kofi Annan will open a seminar-conference on “Confronting anti-Semitism: Education for Tolerance and Understanding”. The seminar will be the first in a series entitled “Unlearning Intolerance”. [Secretary-General's Remarks] [Agenda] [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 3 hours 07 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 16 minutes]
21 June 2004 Panel Briefing: Briefing by H.E. Mr. Fernando H. Cardoso, former President of Brazil and Chairperson of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society Relations, to formally launch the Panel’s report entitled “We the Peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations and Global Governance”. The briefing will be chaired by Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General. The Chairperson of the Panel will present the report and respond to questions. He will be accompanied by panel members: Ms. Mary Racelis, H.E. Mr. Bagher Asadi, and Mr. Kumi Naidoo.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 24 minutes]
04 June 2004 Special Event: Student observance of World Environment Day.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours 17 minutes]
02 June 2004 Special event: Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, will discuss “Women Democracy and Islam ” .
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 06 minutes]
28 May 2004 Special Event: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: 35 military officers and eight police officers will receive United Nations medals. [Programme] [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes]
28 May 2004 Special Event: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: A medal ceremony to honour 98 peacekeepers from more than 40 countries who died during the year 2003.
[Programme] [Press Release]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes]
25 May 2004 Special Event: A meeting of the African Group (Solemn meeting in commemoration of the forty-first anniversary of Africa Day).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hours 30 minutes]
10 May 2004 Special Event: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will hold its third session.. The session will be opened by theSecretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council, together with an indigenous elder and an indigenous woman.
[Press Release] [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 1 hours 05 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 30 minutes]
03 May 2004 Special Event: Observance of World Press Freedom Day, organized by the Department of Public Information, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in Conference Room 2, as part of the twenty-sixth session of the Committee on Information. The opening segment will include remarks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Chairman of the Committee on Information, the Director of the UNESCO Office in New York and the President of the United Nations Correspondents Association. This segment will be followed at 10.50 a.m. by a panel discussion on “Reporting and Under-reporting: Who Decides?” [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video
- 2 hours 00 minutes]
28-30 April 2004 Special Event: UNDP, DPI and the World Bank will be hosting an issue-based webcast from 28-30 April. It will focus on the key themes for CSD12: water, sanitation and human settlements, the people working on these issues, their challenges and success stories. [Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video
: 28 April, 29 April, 30 April]
30 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session -
2 hours 48 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 50 minutes]
29 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session -
2 hours 41 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 2 hours 58 minutes]
28 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session -
3 hours 05 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 2 hours 57 minutes]
27 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
49 minutes]
27 April 2004 Special Event: Commemorative meeting for ten years of freedom in South Africa (the Secretary-General in attendance).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1
hour 34 minutes]
26 April 2004 Special Event: Annual high level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institution and WTO. ECOSOC
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 1
hour 19 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours
01 minutes]
26 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
41 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 45 minutes]
23 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
49 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 4
9 minutes]
22 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours
49 minutes]
21 April 2004 The Secretary-General of the United Nations Message to the People of Cyprus Annan Plan, UNFICYP
[Webcast: Archived Video -
08 minutes]
21 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
55 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours
41 minutes]
20 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
56 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 2 hours 50 minutes]
19 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development, 12th Session (CSD-12). Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours
56 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 3 hours 01 minute]
15 April 2004 Special Event: The DPI/NGO Section in collaboration with the Task Force for Child Survival and Development and the Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations is organizing a Stakeholder Forum entitled “Global Road Safety: A Shared Responsiblity”. Website Press Release
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours 48 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - A
fternoon Session - 2 hours 53 minutes]
14 April 2004 Special Event: Commission on Sustainable Development - 12th Session (CSD-12): Official Opening of CSD 12 Website
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 49 minutes]
07 April 2004 Panel Discussion:  "A Decade after Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect"
Programme (PDF- 13kb)
Panellists' Bios (PDF - 19 kb)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour, 45 minutes]
07 April 2004 Special Event: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addreses s a special one-hour commemorative meeting in Geneva, within the framework of the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to Observe International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes]
26 March 2004 Special Event: UN ICT Task Force Global Forum. (Audio Only)
[Webcast: Archived Video -
2 hour 37 minutes]  
26 March 2004 Special Event: Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide.
[Webcast: Archived Video -
3 hour 41 minutes]  
25 March 2004

Ceremony: Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members. The Nineteenth Annual Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members will be observed at a ceremony, organized by the United Nations Staff Council Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service. With remarks by the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1
4 minutes]  

25 March 2004 Special Event: UN ICT Task Force Global Forum on Internet Governance. (Audio Only)
[Webcast: Archived Video - Part One - 1 hour
43 minutes]  
[Webcast: Archived Video - Part
Two - 1 hour 56 minutes]  
18 March 2004 NGO/Civil Society: Forum in preparation for the 2004 High Level Segment of ECOSOC Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Part One - 1 hour 16 minutes]  
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Part Two - 28 minutes]  
[Webcast: Archived Video - Part Three - 2 hours 13 minutes]  
17 March 2004 Secretary-General's Lecture Series: Guest speaker, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, will be speaking on the topic: "God's Word and World Politics" Programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 13 minutes]  
12 March 2004 Meeting: Opening of the 2004 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Featuring remarks of The Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes]
09 March 2004 Special Event: A meeting of the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group, open to all Member States, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Haiti and the role of the international community in addressing the situation. The new Humanitarian Flash Appeal for Haiti, prepared in response to the current crisis, will be presented by Mr. Jan Egeland, Emergency Relief Coordinator. The Permanent Representative of Belgium, as Chair of the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG), will chair the meeting. The meeting will take place from 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon in the Economic and Social Council Chamber.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes]
08 March 2004 Panel Discussion: “Women and HIV/AIDS” in observance of International Women's Day. Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Part One - 32 minutes]  
[Webcast: Archived Video - Part Two - 1 hour 23 minutes]  
01 March 2004 Luncheon Opening Remarks: The report of the Commission on the Private Sector and Development entitled "Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor". The Secretary-General will address the luncheon and Prime Minister Martin of Canada will deliver the keynote address.
UNDP Media Advisory
[Webcast: Archived Video -
42 minutes]
25 February 2004 Special Event: DPI/NGO Annual Orientation Programme. Description, Programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 2 hours 1
1 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Afternoon Session - 3 hours]
19 February 2004 Meeting: Defending the United Nations: What Every NGO Should Know. Programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - Morning Session - 1 hour 47 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 2 hours 04 minutes]
11 February 2004 Meeting: Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. To be opened by the Secretary-General. Journal
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes]
6 February 2004 Meeting: "International Conference on the Reconstruction of Liberia"
[ Agenda ] [ Report ] [ Press Release ]
Websites: [ UNMIL ] [ UNDP ] [ UNDG ]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Morning Session - 3 hours 08 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 2 hours 27 minutes]
5 February 2004 Meeting: The Secretary-General will preside over the launch of the InterAcademy Council (IAC) report entitled "Inventing a Better Future: A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology" Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -
48 minutes]
5 February 2004 Meeting: International Conference on the Reconstruction of Liberia
Press Release , Report, UNMIL Website, UNDG Website
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Morning Session - 2 hours 56 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video -
Afternoon Session - 21 minutes]
22 January 2004 Panel Discussion: "Anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia and Racism: New Perspectives on Old Menaces" will be the focus of a DPI/NGO briefing to be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Media Advisory (56k- PDF Format)

[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 29 minutes]
16 January 2004 Meeting: The Group of 77 meeting at ambassadorial level to formally turn over the Chairmanship of the Group from the Kingdom of Morocco to the State of Qatar. Address by the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes]
15 January 2004 Press Conference: On the roundtable meeting with over 20 world media leaders. Invited media leaders are expected to discuss ways in which the media can use their resources to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and also encourage broader support for the global fight against AIDS.
List of Participants
- Media Advisory
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes]
15 January 2004

Global Media Initiative on AIDS Luncheon: Coverage of the luncheon keynote address by Bill Gates, Co-founder, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes]

15 January 2004 Global Media Initiative on AIDS Roundtable Meeting: The U.N. Secretary-General and leaders of the world's major media organizations. Statements by Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary-General; Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS; and Drew Altman, President and CEO, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 41 minutes]
12 January 2004 Secretary-General Lecture Series: Professor Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University, will speak on the topic “Designer Genes: The Ethics of Modern Genetics” . Web Page
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 14 minutes]

 

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