Special Event: 2009 Year in Review
2009 – Arctic ice is melting faster than ever before.  Amid many other crises – food, energy, recession and pandemic flu – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to take on these challenges together.  

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Special Event: Remembrance of the second anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations premises in Algiers.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Special Event: Panel discussion organized by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights. Theme: “Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” [Panellists]
[ Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 25 minutes ]
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Special Event: Panel discussion organized by the New York Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights. Theme: "Race, Poverty and Power": The impact of racial discrimination on development.

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

Special Event: The Annual High-level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund, organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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• Statement by H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Special Event: Comments to the press by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and H.E. Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event: The 12th Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights (UNSCHR) on the theme of "Human Rights Education".

Morning:
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Afternoon:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 50 minutes ]

Special Event: Special event on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. With remarks by the Secretary-General.

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

Special Event: On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Organized by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), in collaboration with the World Bank).

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event: Discussion forum on “The news media and new media: Challenges and opportunities”. (Organized by the Department of Public Information).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours 1 minute ]
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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event: Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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• Statement by H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Special Event: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Launch of the “Network of Men Leaders” on the “UNiTE to end violence against women” campaign, with remarks by the Secretary-General.

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 55 minutes ]
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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event: The Twelfth Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture will be delivered by the Honourable Mr.Yasuo Fakudo former Prime Minister of Japan on “Challenges for sustainable development in a new era: Population, climate change and global security” (organized by the United Nations Population Fund).

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 56 minutes ]
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Special Event : Remarks by the Secretary-General at the Presentation of the Recommendations of the African Commission

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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event : Commemorative event on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and civil society partners).

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 53 minutes ]
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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event : Remarks by the Secretary-General at a Panel discussion on “Industrialization strategies and policies: A key to economic transformation of Africa”(on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day) (organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event : 2009 Parliamentary Hearing on "The way forward - Building political support and implementing effective responses to the gloal economic crisis." (Co-organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the President of the General Assembly.).

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 27 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Briefing on "Healing wounds, reclaiming lost lives: The consequences of female genital mutilation" (in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 54 minutes ]

Special Event : Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund Award for journalists honors Academy award winner Emma Thompson and presents its Inspiration Award to Helen Bamber.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Special Event: Book launch of Jane Poynter's "Champions for Change: Athletes Making a World of Difference".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 15 minutes ]

Special Event: Panel discussion on “Adlai Stevenson and the future of the United Nations” (organized by the United States Mission).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 36 minutes ]

Special Event: Special briefing on "Copenhagen 2009: The fierce urgency of now" (at the ambassadorial level) (organized by the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour 35 minutes ]
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Special Event: The Secretary-General invited all staff to join him at a townhall meeting on staff security. He provided an update on developments related to the tragic events of 28 October in Kabul, Afghanistan, that took the lives of five United Nations staff and injured many others.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 22 minutes ]

Special Event: Observance of the annual World Food Day "Achieving food security in times of crisis".
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Special Event: The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), in partnership with the World Food Programme are organizing a special event on “The Impact of the Economic and Food Crisis on Post-Conflict Countries.

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 46 minutes ]
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Opening Session

• Welcome remarks by H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC
  [ English ] [ French ] - 6 minutes
• Welcome remarks by H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission
  [ English ] - 5 minutes
• Welcome remarks by Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme
  [ English ] - 3 minutes
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [ English ] - 10 minutes

Panel discussion

• H.E. Mr. Ferdinand Nderagakura, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi
  [ English ] [ French ] - 10 minutes
• Dr. Paul Farmer, Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti
  [ English ] - 17 minutes
• Ms. Sarah F. Cliffe, Special Representative/Director, World Development Report 2011, Conflict and Fragility, World Bank
  [ English ] - 11 minutes
• Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Symstem Coordinator on Avian & Pandemic Influenza and the Global Food Crisis
  [ English ] - 6 minutes

Interactive dialogue

• Jamaica
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• Benin
  [ English ] [ French ] - 3 minutes
• South Africa
  [ English ] - 4 minutes
• Bangladesh
  [ English ] - 5 minutes
• Kenya
  [ English ] - 6 minutes
• Guinea-Bissau
  [ English ] [ French ] - 9 minutes
• Haiti
  [ English ] [ French ] - 2 minutes
• Tanzania
  [ English ] - 9 minutes
• Brazil
  [ English ] - 3 minutes
• Spain
  [ English ] [ Spanish ] - 3 minutes
• El Salvador
  [ English ] [ Spanish ] - 3 minutes
• Peru
  [ English ] [ Spanish ] - 3 minutes
• Palestine
  [ English ] - 2 minutes
• Sweden
  [ English ] - 2 minutes
• Republic of Korea
  [ English ] - 3 minutes
• FAO
  [ English ] - 4 minutes
• IOM
  [ English ] - 2 minutes

Closing remarks

• H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission
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• H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC
  [ English ] [ French ] - 7 minutes

Special Event: United Nations Day Concert: A Tribute to Peacekeeping.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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• Statement by H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Special Event: Round table on "Special procedures: Early warning and emerging issues" (organized by the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights).

• Statement by Mrs. Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 40 minutes ]

Special Event: "Giving voice to the victims and survivors of human trafficking" [Event hosted by the High Commissioner for Human Rights and organized by the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
• Statement by Mrs. Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

Special Event: Third Committee: Introductory statements by special procedure mandate-holders, Chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies or Chairpersons of Working Groups who will be presenting reports to the Third Committee:
1. Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
2. Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
3. Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 49 minutes ]

Special Event: Unveiling of the Truce Sculpture.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 23 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Panel discussion on “Climate change: Impacts and threats”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours ]

Special Event: “Stand Up, Take Action Against Poverty” event at the United Nations International School.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 29 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

Special Event: Launch of the joint Council of Europe/United Nations study on trafficking in organs, tissues and cells and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of organs (co-organized by the Council of Europe and the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Slovenia and Spain)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 34 minutes ] (The first hour of the meeting was not by UNTV)

Special Event: 3rd Committee meeting (statements made by the Youth Delegates).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]

Special Event: High-level round table on “The inter-ethnic city: Management and policies for a better integration of migrants” (co-organized by the Alliance of Civilizations, the International Organization for Migration and the Permanent Missions of Canada and Italy).

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 49 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 49 minutes ]

Special Event: Partnering for Food Security event. With the Secretary-General and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
• Statement by H.E. Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretrary of State.
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[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 32 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 32 minutes ]

Special Event: 60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions "Ensuring respect for international humanitarian law in a changing environment and the role of the United Nations".

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]
• Statement by H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, Foreign Minister of Switzerland.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 10 minutes ]
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[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 57 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 57 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening speeches at the Alliance of Civilizations: Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]
• Statement by Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 47 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening speeches at the Group of 77: Thirty-third Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs.

• Remarks by Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 46 minutes ]

Special Event: Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 14 minutes ]

Special Event: Event co-sponsored by the United States, the Netherlands, and Brazil on combating violence against girls.

• Statement by H.E. Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretrary of State.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 26 minutes ]

Special Event: Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

• Austria - H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger, Federal Minister for International and European Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• Costa Rica - H.E. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Minister for Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• United Nations - H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]
• France - H.E. Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
• Morocco - H.E. Mr. Taib Fassi Fihri, Minister for Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• UN Messenger of Peace - Michael Douglas
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• United States - H.E. Ms. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 7 minutes ]
• Sweden - H.E. Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 8 minutes ]
• Luxembourg - H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Vice Prime Minister
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
• Marshall Islands - H.E. Mr. John Silk, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 8 minutes ]
• Kazakhstan - H.E. Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• Romania - H.E. Mr. Cristian Diaconescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]
• Liechtenstein - H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
• Belgium - H.E. Mr. Yves Leterme, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• Russian Federation - H.E. Mr. Sergey A. Riabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]
• Czech Republic - H.E. Ms. Helena Bambasova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 minutes ]
• CTBTO - H.E. Mr. Tibor Toth, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 8 minutes ]
• Progress Report: Coordinator (Austria)
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 6 minutes ]
• Progress Report: Coordinator (Costa Rica)
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 5 minutes ]
• Progress Report: Special Representative - H.E. Mr. Jaap Ramaker, Special Representative to promote the ratification process of the CTBT
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 10 minutes ]
  

Morning:
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Part 2: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 46 minutes ]

Afternoon:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 48 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 48 minutes ]

Special Event: High-level commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

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

Part 1: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes ]
Part 2: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 34 minutes ]
Part 3: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 41 minutes ]

Special Event: High-level event on "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing countries".

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 38 minutes ]

Special Event: "Protecting Mothers and Children against HIV", organized by Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy, First Lady of France.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 42 minutes ]

Special Event: Innovative International Financing for Health event, hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

Special Event: State Luncheon Hosted by the Secretary-General for Heads of Delegations.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 10 minutes ]

Special Event: Closing session of the Summit on Climate Change.

• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 42 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 42 minutes ]

Special Event: UN Leadership Forum Luncheon of the Summit on Climate Change (Keynote address by the Secretary-General).
Part 1: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 21 minutes ]
Part 2: [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Opening of the Summit on Climate Change.

• Statement by Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
• Mr. Djimon Hounsou, actor, Academy Award nominee, originally from Benin.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]
• Students from a diverse group of countries.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]
• Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Republic of Maldives .
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the Peoples Republic of China .
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda .
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica .
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]
• H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]
• Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, Founder, Green Belt Movement, Kenya (Civil Society).
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
• Ms. Yugratna Srivastava, Asia-Pacific UNEP/TUNZA Junior-Board representative, India, age 13 (Youth) .
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 15 minutes ]

Special Event: Student commemoration of the International Day of Peace. Theme: Disarm Now For a Better World. Remarks by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the President of the 64th General Assembly, Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Jane Goodall, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
• Statement by Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 35 minutes ]

Special Event: Peace Bell Ceremony: The Secretary-General with Messengers of Peace will ring the Japanese Peace Bell in observance of the International Day of Peace.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes ]

Special Event: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the UN Bookshop, will organize a panel discussion on the book "Half the sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide". The focus of the panel discussion will be human trafficking and other issues affecting women that are featured in the book by Mr. Kristof and Ms. WuDunn. Antonio Maria Costa, the Executive Director of UNODC, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will deliver the opening remarks.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 21 minutes ]

Special Event: Dag Hammarskjöld Wreath-Laying Ceremony with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 minutes ]

Special Event: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convene a discussion of the book of the United Nations Intellectual History Project “UN Ideas that Changed the World”. The discussion moderated by Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 42 minutes ]

Special Event: Launching of the book entitled "United Nations International Civil Service: Perceptions and Realities" jointly co-authored by H.E. Mr. Murari R. Sharma (former PR, Nepal) and Dr. Ajit Banerjee (former Special Adviser and Principal Coordinator for Administrative Reform and Governance Programme in the United Nations). Remarks by the Secretary-General of United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon.

• Remark by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 34 minutes ]

Special Event: Nour Foundation Symposium: Establishing the foundations for a common morality.
Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 8 minutes ]
Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 hours and 10 minutes ]

Special Event: First observance of World Humanitarian Day.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
• Pre-recorded video message by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. [ 2 minutes ]
  [Webcast: Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish ]

60 seconds Public Service announcement
[Webcast: Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish - Portuguese ]

Special Event: Wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Baghdad bombing.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 3 minutes ]

Special Event: Commemoration of International Youth Day "Sustainability: Our Challenge, Our Future". (more)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 27 minutes ]

Special Event: Observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (Welcome ceremony, cultural performance and a panel discussion on this year's theme - indigenous peoples and HIV/AIDS).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 25 minutes ]

Special Event: "We Must Disarm" - Video message of the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

Special Event: H.E. Ms. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States, accompanied by Senior White House Advisor Valerie B. Jarrett, sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and deliver remarks.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

Special Event: Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Annual Day
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 hours and 11 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening speech by the Secretary-General of United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon at the 5th meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission/ Organizational Committee/ Third session.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 46 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original language: 46 minutes ]

Special Event: Round table under the overall theme "Examining and overcoming the deepening world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development"
Round Table 4 - Contributions of the United Nations development system in response to the crisis. (Website)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 52 minutes ]

Special Event: Round table under the overall theme "Examining and overcoming the deepening world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development"
Round Table 3 - Present and future impacts of the crisis on, inter alia, employment, trade, investment and development goals and the Millennium Development Goals. (Website)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 4 minutes ]

Special Event: Round table under the overall theme "Examining and overcoming the deepening world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development"
Round Table 2 - Coordinated and collaborative actions and appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of the crisis on development. (Website)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 46 minutes ]

Special Event: Round table under the overall theme "Examining and overcoming the deepening world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development"
Round Table 1 - The role of the United Nations and its Member States in the ongoing international discussions on reforming and strengthening the international financial and economic system and architecture. (Website)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]

Special Event: United Nations Public Service Day and awards ceremony.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 11 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 11 minutes ]

Special Event: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples - Question of the Malvinas. H.E. Mr. Jorge E. Taiana, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes ]

Special Event: Interview given to the Foreign Policy Association by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

Special Event: Remarks by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Foreign Policy Association.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

Special Event: UNlearning Intolerance seminar on Cyber Hate.

Morning session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 21 minutes ]

Afternoon session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 34 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Launch of the 2009 Report on the Global Campaign for the Health MDGs.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 15 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]
• Statement by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

Special Event: Secretary-General's forum on Advancing Global Health in the Face of Crisis.
Morning Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 54 minutes ]
Afternoon Meeting:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 6 minutes ]

• Opening Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]
• Closing Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 13 minutes ]

Special Event: Peacebuilding Commission - Third session / Sierra Leone configuration.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 28 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original language: 3 hours and 28 minutes ]

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

Special Event: International student video conference in observance of UN World Environment Day with interactive dialogue on climate change among students from Bangladesh, Kenya, Panama, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 40 minutes ]

Special Event: 2009 UN Population Award Ceremony. The Secretary-General will present the Population Award to the laureates.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 50 minutes ]

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

Special Event: International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers -Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy will award medals at Headquarters to the military and police officers currently serving in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 26 minutes ]

Special Event: International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers - Dag Hammarskjöld Medals will be awarded posthumously to the military, police and civilian personnel who lost their lives last year serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations.  The medals will be received by representatives of the respective Permanent Missions to be forwarded on to the next of kin.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 38 minutes ]

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

Special Event: International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers - Solemn wreath-laying ceremony at in honour of the 132 peacekeeping personnel, 10 of them women, who lost their lives whether through attacks, illnesses or accidents  in 2008 in the service of peace.  
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 9 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Partial coverage of the Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2009 of the United Nations International School (UNIS)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 26 minutes ]

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

Special Event: DPI/NGO Briefing - "May I ask a question, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict?" (Radhika Coomaraswamy).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 14 minutes ]

Special Event: Presentation on “Bosnia and Herzegovina –– Moving forward”
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 55 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 55 minutes ]

Special Event: Launch of the Trust Fund and Goodwill Ambassador Ceremony for the Permanent Memorial to honour the memory of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade (A/RES/63/5). Appointement of Mr. Simmons as UN Goodwill Ambassador for the Permanent Memorial.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 54 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (delivered by Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information)
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ]
  

Special Event: Opening meeting of the eight session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 29 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 29 minutes ]

• Statement by Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - English: 18 minutes ]
  [Webcast: Archived Video - Spanish / English: 18 minutes ]
• Statement by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 8 minutes ]

Special Event: On the occasion of the International recognition of the Day of Vesak (coordinated by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 29 minutes ]

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

Special Event: 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (4-15 May 2009). Summaries of the rountable / Closing of the session

Archived Videos (Complete list of speakers)

Special Event: Opening of the UNA-USA High School Model UN.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations followed by questions and answers from the students
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes ]
  

[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 8 minutes ]

Special Event: H.E. Ms. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden, will present the report of the International Commission on Climate Change and Development.

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

[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes ]

Special Event: 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (4-15 May 2009). Round tables:

• Realizing a sustainable green revolution in Africa
• Land and Water Resources for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development.

Archived Videos (Complete list of speakers)

Special Event: 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (4-15 May 2009). High Level Segment / Round table on food crisis.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]
  
  Archived Videos (Complete list of speakers)
  

Special Event: Cheque presentation ceremony to Play 31 [NGO].
Informal remarks by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 6 minutes ]

Special Event: Side event during the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development on the theme of "Gender and food security".
Participants: Cheryl Morden from International Fund for Agricultural Development, Martha Hirpa from Heifer International and Linda Nghatsane, a farmer from South Africa.
The event is organized by Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) in Partnership with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 28 minutes ]

Special Event: Co-sponsored by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
Presentations by: U.N. High Representative Sergio Duarte, U.N. Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, Former Under-Secretary General Nobuyasu Abe, Former Under-Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala and Chaired by GSI President Jonathan Granoff.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 35 minutes ]

Special Event: NGO Briefing on "Media, Dialogue, Mutual Understanding, and Reconciliation: A Look at the Arab World" - In Observance of World Press Freedom Day (3 May).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 34 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 34 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Panel Discussion "Progressive Initiatives" - Mr. Gareth Evans of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Ms. Christie Brinkley, GSI Board Member, Hideo Hiraoka, Member of the Japanese Diet, chaired by Mr. Henrik Salander. (more)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 22 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening of the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (4-15 May 2009).

Archived Video (Complete list of speakers)

Special Event: Powhiri (traditional Maori ceremony) to welcome UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.
The powhiri is the traditional Maori ceremony which takes place when manuhiri (visitors) and tangata whenua (people of the land) meet. The ceremony is a dynamic part of public life in New Zealand today. In this case, the ceremony will provide the framework for the "delivery" of Helen Clark by New Zealand Maori leaders to UNDP. New Zealand's Maori leaders have travelled to New York to support Helen Clark in their personal capacity to carry out this powhiri.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 54 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 54 minutes ]

Special Event: Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
[Website]

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

Morning Session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 4 hours and 12 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 4 hours and 12 minutes ]
Afternoon Session:
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 40 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 40 minutes ]

Special Event: Event on the theme "The tsunami global lessons learned", to present the report entitled "The tsunami legacy: Innovation, breakthroughs and change", co-chaired by the newly appointed Administrator of UNDP, in her capacity as Head of UNDG, and the Permanent Representative of Indonesia.

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes ]

• Statement by Mr. Bill Clinton, former US President and UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes ]

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

Special Event: NGO Briefing on "Towards the End of the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries" in observance of World Malaria Day 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 6 minutes ]

Special Event: Mother Earth Day special event.

• Opening statement by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann , President of the General Assembly
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  [Webcast: English | Original language - 15 minutes ]

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 22 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 22 minutes ]

Special Event: UNU Midday Forum "Academics Under Threat: The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund World Report" [organized by United Nations University, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and its Scholar Rescue Fund program].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 31 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Film screening on "Merritt College: The Home of the Black Panthers" and "Rudely Interrupted".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 27 minutes ]

Special Event: Commemorative event for the 15th Anniversary of the Rwanda genocide.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 23 minutes ]

• Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]
• Statement by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann , President of the General Assembly
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Briefing: "Human Rights and Autism". The event will feature the screening of two UNTV-produced documentaries on the Autism condition. A panel of speakers will include specialists on mental disability rights, member states and representatives from civil society and academia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 28 minutes ]

Special Event: Panel discussion entitled “Left in the Dark: The Unmet Need for Communication in Humanitarian Response”, on the information needs of affected populations. Panelists at this event include senior representatives of OCHA, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the BBC World Service Trust, Internews and the Thomson Reuters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 54 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Briefing "The Legacy of the Slave Trade on Modern Society".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 33 minutes ]

Special Event: Breaking the Silence, Beating the Drum concert and cultural event will form the centerpiece of the commemoration with a chorus of celebrities and dignitaries representing the global community collectively celebrating the resilience of the human spirit and victory over adversity [organized by the UN DPI Outreach Division].
[Webcast: Archived Video - 4 minutes ] (Musical Extract)

Special Event: Official launch of commemorative events on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 31 minutes ]

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

Special Event: 2nd Annual Student Video Conference on the Transatlantic Slave Trade withan interactive dialogue between students in the USA, Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 32 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening of the INTERPOL-DPKO Conference on International Policing in Building Peace.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Luncheon organized by the Council on Foreign Relations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]

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

DPI/NGO: Annual Orientation Programme [Programme]
Morning: [Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 50 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Annual Orientation Programme [Programme]
Morning: [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 6 minutes ]
Afternoon: [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 19 minutes ]

Special Event: UN Public Information Department, Sci Fi Channel to co-host a panel with Battlestar Galactica creators to raise profile of humanitarian concern. The discussion will explore some of the themes that are of importance to both the United Nations and the critically acclaimed television show: human rights; terrorism; children and armed conflict; and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faiths. The panel will be moderated by Academy Award-winning actress and producer Whoopi Goldberg. Oscar-nominated actress Mary McDonnell, Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, and Battlestar Galactica creators and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will participate in the panel.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 2 hours and 4 minutes ]

• Introduction- Opening remarks by Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information and Dave Howe, President, Sci Fi Channel.  Dave Howe introduces the Battlestar Galactica Overview video clip. Moderator Whoppi Goldberg says a few words and introduces the BSG panelists: David Eick, Ronald D. Mooe, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]

• Human Rights- Battlestar Galactica video clip and discussion with Craig Mokhiber, Deputy Director, New York Office, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ] 

• Children and Armed Conflict- Battlestar Galactica video clip and discussion with Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ] 

• Terrorism- Battlestar Galactica video clip and discussion with Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning, Executive Office  of the Secretary-General.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ] 

• Reconciliation and Dialogue Among Civilizations and Faiths- Battlestar Galactica video clip and discussion with Famatta Rose Osode, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Liberia to the United Nations.
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes ]  

Special Event: Commemoration for the 21st anniversary of the massacre of Halabja.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 43 minutes ]

Special Event: Remarks by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations before the 21st Annual Lions Day with the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: NGO briefing on "Sports for Development".
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 55 minutes ]

Special Event: United Nations University (UNU) will hold a Midday Forum on the theme “Blue "Helmettes": The Role of Women in UN Peacekeeping”.
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 14 minutes ]

Special Event: Panel discussion on “Afghan women speak: Eight years later, challenges and hopes” (organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United States Mission and the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 33 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 33 minutes ]

Special Event: Launch of the Secretary-General’s database on violence against women (organized by the Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 17 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 17 minutes ]

• Statement by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 5 minutes ]

Special Event: Commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 53 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 53 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Opening of the UNIS/UN Conference on “Food Crisis: A Global Challenge”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Side-Event at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - UNIFEM "Caregiving in the Context of HIV/AIDS" [Programme].
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 57 minutes ]

Special Event: Side-Event at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - “The Climate Change Negotiations — an Action Agenda”.
Sponsored by the International Alliance of Women and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA- members include the UNDP, UNEP, IUCN, Women’s Environment and Development Organization and more than 20 UN agencies and civil society organizations), the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics and the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN. [Programme] (pdf)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 35 minutes ]

Special Event: 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women [Website] - Panel of experts: presentations and dialogue.
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”: implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS. (E/CN.6/2009/2, E/CN.6/2009/3 and E/CN.6/2009/12)
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 53 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 53 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening of the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women.[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 3 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 3 minutes ]

• Statement by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 7 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: Communications Workshop on Volunteerism at the Crossroads in a Changing World.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 13 minutes ]

Special Event: United Nations University (UNU) Lectures Series Emerging Thinking on Global Issues: "Explaining the Financial Crisis and What It Mean for the Future of Global Development", by Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
[Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour and 29 minutes ]

Special Event: The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will convene a special Preparatory meeting for the 2009 High-level Segment on the theme of Philanthropy and Global Public Health. The meeting discuss and explore collaborative opportunities in advancing progress in maternal and girls' health and neglected tropical diseases. The aim is to share best practice and lessons learned and to build new innovative partnerships and alliances to address neglected and other diseases of the poor. Representatives of corporate and partnerships communities will announce major contributions in the child health and neglected tropical diseases. Remarks by the UN Secretary-General.
[Programme][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 13 minutes ]

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

Special Event: Secretary-General to make remarks to Board Members of his Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 19 minutes ]

Special Event: 2009 Compact Signing Ceremony. Secretary-General to sign UN senior managers' compacts for 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 29 minutes ]

Special Event: Panel discussion on "Exposing denial and benign neglect" (on the occasion of the launch of the UNODC global report on trafficking in persons) and Goodwill Ambassador appointment ceremony. [organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as part of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT)].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 4 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 4 minutes ]

Special Event: The 5th Annual United Nations' Web4Dev conference - Innovation for Access

Web Governance
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 19 minutes ]

One UN Online
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 58 minutes ]

Special Event: The 5th Annual United Nations' Web4Dev conference - Innovation for Access

Open Content & Web Communication Strategy
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 38 minutes ]

Special Event: First Meeting of the 2009 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 42 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 42 minutes ]

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

Special Event: "Full of promise: how the United Nations monitoring and reporting mechanism can better protect children". (Organized by Save the Children and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of France and the United Kingdom)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 19 minutes ]

Special Event: Opening of the Fifth General Meeting between CARICOM and the United Nations system.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 25 minutes ]

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

DPI/NGO: NGO briefing on "Sustainable Peace through Reconciliation" in Honor of the International Year of Reconciliation 2009.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 8 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing on "The Sephardic Jews in Greece: The Untold Story" in Observance of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January).
[Programme][Website]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 35 minutes ]

Special Event: On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust a Memorial ceremony.
(Website)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 52 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 52 minutes ]

• Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  (as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro)
  [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]

Special Event: Group of 77 (ceremonial meeting to mark the formal handover of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Antigua and Barbuda to the Republic of the Sudan).
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 5 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 5 minutes ]

• Statement by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  (as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro) [Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ]

DPI/NGO: NGO Briefing on Issue of the Moment: The Changing Face of Race.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 3 minutes ]

Special Event: The first in the series of Briefings: "May I Ask a Question Mr. President" focussing on the work of the 63rd General Assembly and its priorities of importance to the DPI/NGO community.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 55 minutes ]

Special Event: Climate Change and Technology Transfer: the Role of Publicly Funded Technologies. Briefing by Ambassador Mr. Rae Kwon Chung, Climate Change Ambassador of the Republic of Korea. Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General/DESA will chair the meeting. (Background Paper)
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 29 minutes ]

Special Event: Remarks by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the opening of the meeting of the Arab Foreign Ministers Committee on Palestine.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 minutes ]