2005 Archived Webcasts of Press Conferences
|
| 28 December 05
| Press Conference Mr.
Jean-Pierre Halbwachs, Chair of the International Advisory and Monitoring
Board (IAMB) for the Iraq Development Fund, and UN Representative; Mr.
Khalifa Ali Dau, Representative from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social
Development; Mr. Bert Keuppens, Representative from the International Monetary
Fund; and Mr. Fayezul Choudhury, Representative from the World Bank, will
brief on the just concluded one-day periodic meeting of the IAMB.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 58 minutes] |
| 22 December 05
| Press Conference Update
on recovery efforts in the 12 tsunami-affected countries one year after
the disaster. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 47 minutes] |
| 21 December 05
| Press Conference H.E.
Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 2 minutes] |
| 20 December 05
| Press Conference Press
briefing by Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes] |
| 19 December 05
| Press Conference Mr.
Takaeshi Matsumoto, head of the Kaii Higashiyama Museum; Mr. Wusheng Wang,
Chinese fine arts photographer; and Mr. Takashi Murai, Chairman of the
Organizing Committee, will brief on Spirit of the East exhibit,
which opens this evening in the Visitors' Lobby.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 54 minutes] |
| 15 December 05
| Press Conference H.E.
Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, and H.E. Mr. George H.W. Bush, former
U.S. President and Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the South
Asian Earthquake Disaster
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes] |
| 13 December 05
| Press Conference Mr. Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner
of the International Independent Investigation Commission established
pursuant to Security Council Resolutions 1595 and 1636 (2005)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
| 07 December 05
| Press Conference Brief on the "State of
the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2005" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes ] |
| 07 December 05
| Press Conference Ms. Louise Arbour, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, will brief on torture and global efforts
to combat it, which is this year's Human Rights Day theme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 58 minutes ] |
| 02 December 05
| Press Conference H.E. Mr. Emyr Jones Parry
(United Kingdom), President of the Security Council for December, will
brief on the Council's work programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes ] |
| 30 November 05
| Press Conference Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, will brief the press on the occasion
of the launch of the Consolidated Appeals for 2006.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes ] |
| 29 November 05
| Press Conference Assistant Secretary-General
and Controller, Warren Sach, will brief the press on the UN budgetInternational
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
[List
of Speakers]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes ] |
| 29 November 05
| Press Conference The Permanent Observer
Mission of Palestine. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes ] |
| 29 November 05
| Press Conference by H.E. Mme. Antoinette
Batumubwira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Burundi, on the situation in
Burundi.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 6 minutes ] |
| 17 November 05
| Press Conference - Briefing by (Fritz) Louis
Frederick Reuter IV - Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director
of the Capital Master Plan on the report of the Secretary General
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour, 41 minutes ] |
| 17 November 05
| Press Conference H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, President
of the 60th Session of the General Assembly
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes ] |
| 10 November 05
| Press Conference Mr. Deepak Chopra, will
brief on "The Alliance for a New Humanity", a campaign to unite organizations
and people from all regions of the world to take action together to address
major global concerns [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Guatemala]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes ] |
| 08 November 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale,
Permanent Representative of Somalia, and Mr. Idd Beddel Mohamed, Deputy
Permanent Representative of Somalia, will brief on the situation in their
country
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes ] |
| 03 November 05
| Press Conference: Brief
on INTERPOL-UN cooperation in the fight against terrorism and international
crime [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes ] |
| 03 November 05
| Press Conference: B-rief
following the ECOSOC special event on the avian flu. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes ] |
| 03 November 05
| Press Conference: "UNESCO World Report: Towards
Knowledge Societies" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 13 minutes ] |
| 03 November 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the upcoming Security
Council mission to the Great Lakes region of Africa (4-11 November 2005) [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes ] |
| 02 November 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Andrey Denisov
(Russian Federation), President of the Security Council for November, will
brief on the Council's work programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes ] |
| 01 November 05
| Press Conference: On the musical, "Our Forest
Alive - Part III: Our Earth Charter", to be presented at the Dag Hammarskjold
Library Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on 2 November [Sponsored by the Permanent
Mission of Japan] [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes ] |
| 01 November 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the opening of
the Muhammad Ali International Centre for education and communication in
Louisville, Kentucky, on 21 November. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes ] |
| 31 October 05
| Press Conference: The following Special Rapporteurs, Mr.
Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur
on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson of
the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; will brief on the response received
from the U.S. authorities on access to detention facilities at Guantanamo
Bay.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes ] |
| 28 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Leandro Despouy, Commission
on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and
lawyers
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 17 minutes ] |
| 28 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jean Ziegler, Commission
on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the right to food
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 minutes ] |
| 28 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn,
Commission on Human Rights Special Rappporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes ] |
| 28 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro,
Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes ] |
| 27 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Paul Volcker, Chairman
of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food
Programme, Justice Richard Goldstone and Professor Mark Pieth, members
of the Committee, will brief members of the General Assembly on the work
of the Inquiry in Conference Room 4. The briefing will focus on the Committee's
recommendations for management reform of the United Nations and the Inquiry's
final report to be submitted on that morning to the Secretary-General.
The report centers on the manipulation of the Programme, which resulted
in companies, entities, and individuals from at least 60 countries paying,
directly or indirectly, illicit surcharges or kickbacks in contravention
of Programme rules and in violation of United Nations sanctions.
(Informal comments to the Press by the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan
and Mr. Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee into
the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme)
Media Stakeout: Secretary-General,
Kofi Annan - 1 minute and Mr.
Paul Volcker - 4 minutes]
.[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes ] |
| 26 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Martin Sheinin, Commission
on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
human rights while countering terrorism, will brief on his work
.[Webcast: Archived
Video - 12 minutes ] |
| 26 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Manfred Nowak, Commission
on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment, will brief on his work.
.[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes ] |
| 26 October 05
| Press Conference: Brief on "Implementation
of Security Council resolution 1325; Women Transforming Words into Action" [...more]
.[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes ] |
| 25 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner
of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination
of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.[Webcast: Archived
Video - 54 minutes ] |
| 25 October 05
| Press Conference: Brief on "Innovative
Financing for Sustainability", a global roundtable taking place on 25-26
October 2005 in the Economic and Social Council Chamber. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes ] |
| 24 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Peter McDermott, Chief
of the UN Children's Fund HIV/AIDS Section, will brief on children and
AIDS, in advance of UNICEF's launch of its global campaign, “Unite for
Children, Unite Against AIDS? on 25 October
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes ] |
| 21 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner,
United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes ] |
| 19 October 05
| Press Conference: UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom,
will appeal for increased aid to Pakistan following the recent earthquake.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes ] |
| 19 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Staffan de Mistura,
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes ] |
| 18 October 05
| Press Conference: Brief on "Act for Stolen
Children of Northern Uganda", a campaign to raise awareness of the humanitarian
crisis in northern Uganda and provide recommendations for the peaceful
resolution of the conflict
[...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 55 minutes ] |
| 17 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Kevin Kennedy, Director
for Coordination and Response, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, will provide an update on UN humanitarian assistance following
the South Asia earthquake
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes ] |
| 17 October 05
| Press Conference: Brief on poverty eradication
on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes ] |
| 17 October 05
| Press Conference: Professor Andrew Mack,
Director of the Human Security Centre at the University of British Columbia
, will brief on the Human Security Report [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission
of Canada]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes ] |
| 12 October 05
| Press Conference: UN Assistant Secretary-General
Louis Frederick Reuter IV will brief on the Capital Master Plan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 52 minutes ] |
| 11 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Hansjoerg Strohmeyer,
Chief of Staff to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,
will brief on the Flash Appeal for the South Asia earthquake and provide
an update on the UN's on-going assistance to Central America.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes ] |
| 10 October 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Juan Mendez, Special
Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, will brief
on his recent mission to Darfur (Sudan)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes ] |
| 10 October 05
| Press Conference: Representatives of the
Asian Inter-Parliamentarian Caucus on Democracy in Burma: Mr. Zaid Ibrahim
(Malaysia); Mr. John Ungphakorn (Thailand); and Mr. Ramasamu Ravindran
(Singapore), will brief on the UN-Asia cooperation to address the situation
of human rights in Myanmar [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Czech
Republic]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes ] |
| 04 October 05
| Press Conference: Delegation
from Morocco consisting of Mr. Mohamed Rachid Douihi, Mr. Hammeti Rabbani,
Mrs. Guejmoula Ebbi, Mr. Bouh Mustapha Barazani, Mr. Sidati El Ghallaoui,
and Mr. Ali Nejabi, will brief on a humanitarian situation of concern to
the Government of Morocco
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 47 minutes ] |
| 04 October 05
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romania), President of the Security Council for
October, will discuss the Council's work programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes ] |
| 30 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr.
Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 43 minutes ] |
| 29 September 05
| Press Conference: Announcement
of UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian/Human Influenza, who will be
present to brief the press
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes ] |
| 28 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Georg
Kell, Executive Head of The Global Compact, and Mr. Kai Hammerich, Director-General
of "Invest in Sweden" and President of the World Association
of Investment Promotion Agencies, will hold a briefing on the World Investment
Report 2005
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes ] |
| 23 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan
Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency
Relief Coordinator, will brief on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes ] |
| 22 September 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador
Philippe Djangone-Bi of C ôte d'Ivoire will brief the press on recent
developments in his country
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 17 minutes ] |
| 21 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan
Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour] |
| 20 September 05
| Press Conference: The Quartet
meeting.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
| 19 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief
following the ministerial meeting on Lebanon. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 26 minutes] |
| 18 September 05
| Press Conference: President Tassos Papadopoulos
of Cyprus
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 19 minutes] |
| 17 September 05
| Press Conference: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
of Iran
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes] |
| 16 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Yoshinori Katori,
Press Secretary of the Foreign Minister of Japan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
| 16 September 05
| Press Conference: President Pierre Nkurunziza
of Burundi.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
| 16 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the progress
of NEPAD, especially regarding the Millennium Development Goals
[...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
| 16 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the progress
of NEPAD, especially regarding the Millennium Development Goals
[...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes] |
| 16 September 05
| Press Conference: President Aleksander
Kwasniewski of Poland (also serving as Chairman of Roundtable 2)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: President Hugo Chavez
of Venezuela.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief on "Humanitarian
Reform and the Central Emergency Response Fund" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Prime Minister Paul Martin
of Canada.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: President Pervez Musharraf
of Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Prime Minister
Dominique de Villepin of France.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 26 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 23 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Prime Minister Tony Blair
of the United Kingdom; President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria; and artist
Bob Geldof, will brief on "Building on Gleneagles"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the International
Year for Deserts and Desertification. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
| 15 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Akira Chiba, Assistant
Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 19 minutes] |
| 14 September 05
| Press Conference: Prime Minister
John Howard of Australia, Chair of Roundtable 1.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 16 minutes] |
| 14 September 05
| Press Conference: Briefing on "Action
against hunger and poverty: presentation of the 2005 New York Declaration
on innovative sources of financing for development"
[..more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
| 14 September 05
| Press Conference: Briefing on "Action
against hunger and poverty: presentation of the 2005 New York Declaration
on innovative sources of financing for development"
[..more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
| 14 September 05
| Press Conference: Foreign Minister Adam
Daniel Rotfeld of Poland.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes] |
| 14 September 05
| Press Conference: Briefing on the theme "Achieving
the Millennium Development Goals for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa
with a Gender Perspective" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
| 13 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jean Ping, President
of the 59th General Assembly Session
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 13 September 05
| Press Conference: Brief on the European
Union's commitment to and contributions towards achieving the UN Millennium
Development Goals [English-French interpretation requested] [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 minutes] |
| 13 September 05
| Press Conference: United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] [Transcript] |
| 13 September 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Eliasson, President
of the 60th General Assembly Session.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
| 13 September 05
| Press Conference: Prime Minister John Howard
of Australia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 19 minutes] |
| 12 September 05
| Press Conference: Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive
Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) will brief
on the report "Financing Urban Shelter: Global Report on Human Settlements
2005" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
| 09 September 05
| Press Conference: "The Future of the United
Nations", theme of the last day of the DPI-NGO Conference, "Our Challenge:
Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
| 09 September 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Hania Zlotnick, Director
of the Population Division, will launch the report "Population Challenges
and Development Goals":
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 23 minutes] |
| 08 September 05
| Press Conference: background
briefing of of the Convention for the Suppression of Actions of
Nuclear Terrorism during the Treaty Event. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
| 08 September 05
| Press Conference: DPI-NGO conference, "Our
Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 13 minutes] |
| 08 September 05
| Press Conference: Millennium
Towns and Cities Campaign organized by the United Cities and Local Governments
organization.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 16 minutes] |
| 08 September 05
| Press Conference: "Millennium
Development Goals: As if People Matter"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 07 September 05
| Press Conference: Youth
author from the Netherlands, will launch "Our Future, Our Say",
a publication written by children on the Millennium Development Goals.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
| 02 September 05
| Press Conference: E.
Mr. Lauro L. Baja, Jr., Permanent Representative of the Philippines,
President of the Security Council for September
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 6 minutes] |
| 01 September 05
| Secretary-General: UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan statement on Hurricane Katrina and UN offer of assistance.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 minutes ] |
| 01 September 05
| Press Conference: Inspector
Phyllis Moore of Headquarters Security and Safety Service and Mr. Gary
Fowlie, Chief of Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit, will brief on logistical
and security arrangements during the World Summit (14-16 September) and
the General Debate (17-27 September).
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 13 minutes] |
| 31 August 05
| Press Conference: Mr.
Pierre Schori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Cote
d'Ivoire, will brief on latest developments in that country.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes] |
| 31 August 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Yvonne
Terlingen of Amnesty International, Ms. Nicola Reindorp of Oxfam, and Mr.
William Pace of the World Federalist Movement, will talk about UN reform.
[Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
| 25 August 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose
Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs,
will launch the "Report on the World Social Situation 2005: The Inequality
Predicament"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
| 15 August 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Ambassador
Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations,
will brief on Israel's disengagement from Gaza. Guest at noon briefing:
Ms. Margaret Carey, Principal Officer of the Africa Division of the Department
of Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. François Dureau, Director of
the Situation Centre, will brief on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
| 12 August 05
| Ambassador Don MacKay ( New Zealand ) will brief on the
Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention
on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons
with Disabilities.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes ] |
| 08 August 05
| Press Conference: Press
briefing by Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet, to
respond to the Independent Inquiry Committee's interim report to the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes] |
| 05 August 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador
Christopher Hackett of Barbados and Ambassador John Dauth of Australia
will brief on the newly revised General Assembly Draft Outcome Document.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
| 04 August 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Ambassador
Samir Sumaida'ie, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations,
will brief the press following the Security Council's meeting on threats
to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
| 03 August 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan
Petersen, Foreign Minister of Norway, will speak about nuclear disarmament
and non-proliferation.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 17 minutes] |
| 02 August 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
and President of the Security Council, will speak about the program of work
for the Security Council for the month of August.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
| 27 July 05
| Press Conference: Nobutaka
Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kenzo Oshima, Permanent
Representative of Japan to the United Nations and Hatsuhisa Takashima,
Press Secretary for the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -46 minutes] |
| 26 July 05
| Press Conference: Ibrahim
Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Amre Moussa, Secretary-General
for the League of Arab States, and others (to be confirmed) will speak
about results of the High-Level meeting between the United Nations and
Regional and other Inter-Governmental Organizations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -36 minutes] |
| 25 July 05
| Media Stakeout: Informal remarks to the
Press by the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Kofi Annan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 7 minutes] |
| 22 July 05
| Press Conference: Jan Pronk,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan , will brief
on recent developments in the Sudan .
[Webcast: Archived
Video -40 minutes] |
| 22 July 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General
for Political Affairs, Tatjana Popovic, of the Nansen Dialogue Network and GPPAC
Regional Initiator for the Balkans, Samuel Rizk, Director of the Forum for Development,
Culture and Dialogue, and GPPAC Regional Initiator for the Arab Partnership,
and Paul van Tongren, Executive Director of the European Platform for Conflict
Prevention, will discuss the role of civil society in the prevention of armed
conflict.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -26 minutes] |
| 22 July 05
| Press Conference: Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive
Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT),
will brief on the launch of a report following a two-week fact-finding
mission in Zimbabwe.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -48 minutes] |
| 20 July 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Maha Muni (moderator),
Acting Advisor on Peace and Security for UNIFEM, Christiane Agboton Johnson
of the Movement Against Light Arms in West Africa (MALAO), Senegal, and
Helen Hakena of the Bougainville Pacific Women's Delegation and the NGO
Leitana Nehan, will brief on women's role in the prevention of armed conflict
at the regional and local level.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -21 minutes] |
| 19 July 05
| Press Conference: Florence Mpaayei, Nairobi
Peace Initiative-Africa and GPPAC Regional Initiator-East Central Africa,
Stephen Stedman, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General
on the Follow-up to the Report. Of the High Level Panel, Jodi Williams,
Nobel Peace Laureate and Campaign to Ban Landmines, and Paul Van Tongren,
Executive Director of the European Platform for Conflic Prevention, will
brief on Civil society's role in preventing armed conflict.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -41 minutes] |
| 14 July 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Olu Adeniji,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, will field questions on issues
concerning the ongoing moves to reform the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -44 minutes] |
| 12 July 05
| Media Stakeout : H. E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United
Nations Secretary-General speaks to the press about Sudan and other matters.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 8 minutes -] |
| 08 July 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Ibrahim
Keita, Speaker of the National Assembly of Mali, Mr. Bjorn von Sydow, Speaker
of the Parliament of Sweden, and Senator Dulce Maria Sauri, Representative
of the Speaker of the Mexican Senate, to discuss the work of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -13 minutes] |
| 05 July 05
| Press Conference: H.E.
Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis, Permanent Representative of Greece to
the United Nations and President of the Security Council, will discuss
the program of work for the Security Council.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -27 minutes] |
| 30 June 05
| Press Conference:Ambassador Munir Akram,
the Permanent Representative of Pakistan and President of the Economic
and Social Council, will discuss the High-level segment of the Economic
and Social Council.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -24 minutes] |
| 30 June 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen,
President of the Republic of Finland, will speak about the High-level segment
of the Economic and Social Council.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -38 minutes] |
| 29 June 05
| Press Conference: Dr. Ebby
Elahi, Founder and Executive Director of the Stolen Faces Project of the
Virtue Foundation, Dr. Joseph Salim, Executive Director of the Virtue Foundation,
and Ms. Cindi Broadus, author of A Random Act , and Hanifa Mezoui (moderator),
Chief of the Non-Governmental Organisations Section of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, to discuss and promote a new documentary film
called "Stolen Faces."
[Webcast: Archived
Video -27 minutes] |
| 28 June 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jean-Louis
Schiltz, Luxembourg Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian
Affairs, Louis Michel, European Union Development and Humanitarian Affairs
Commissioner, and Peter Mandelson, European Union Trade Commissioner, to
discuss Financing for Development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -31 minutes] |
| 28 June 05
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. César Mayoral, Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe
Loj, Ambassador of Denmark, and H.E. Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador of Romania,
to discuss the work of the Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism
Committee, and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -31 minutes] |
| 27 June 05
| Press Conference: Member of Parliament Hilary
Benn, U.K. Secretary of State for International Development, and Sir Emyr
Jones Parry (moderator), U.K. Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
will discuss Finance for Development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes] |
| 27 June 05
| Press Conference: Guest
at Noon Briefing: High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and the Secretary-General,
Kofi Annan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes] |
| 24 June 05
| Press Conference: Briefing on the informal
NGO hearings, sponsored by the Millennium Development Goals Campaign of
the United Nations Development Programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes] |
| 24 June 05
| Press Conference: Civil Society Spokespersons
to discuss the General Assembly Hearings 23-24 June.Peggy Hicks, Human
Rights Watch (USA); Doris Mpoumou, WEDO (Republic of Congo); Pera Wells,
WFUNA (Australia); Shannon Kowalkski, Family Care International (Australia);
Ester Aguilera, Associacion Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba
(Cuba); Anastasia Posadskaya-Vanderbeck, Open Society Institute (Russia/USA)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
| 23 June 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Roberto Bissio, Social
Watch Coordinator, Dr. Karina Batthyany, Social Watch Head Researcher,
Ms. Rehemaq Kerefu of Social Watch Tanzania, and Ms. Barbara Adams (moderator),
Chief of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at UNIFEM, to discuss
Social Watch's publication, "Advance Social Watch Report 2005: Unkept Promises.
What the numbers say about poverty and gender."
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
| 22 June 05
| Press Conference: General
Assembly President Jean Ping will give a press briefing on the GA infomal
NGO hearings to be held on Thursday & Friday (23-24 June). The briefing
will be moderated by Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for
Communications and Public Information. Mr. Ping will also give an early
assessment of the General Assembly consultations held on 21 and 22 June
on his draft outcome document for the September summit.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
| 20 June 05
| Press Conference: 'The Community Commons
- Local Perspectives on the Millennium Review Summit ' Benson Venegas (Talamanca
Initiative, Costa Rica), Esther Mwaura-Muiru (GROOTS, Kenya), Gladman Chibememe
(CHIEHA, Zimbabwe), Donato Bumacas (Kalinga Indigenous Mission, Philippines),
and Charles McNeill (Senior Biodiversity Conservation Advisor, UNDP),
are to speak about local perspectives regardings the MDGs.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes] |
| 16 June 05
| Media Stakeout : H. E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United
Nations Secretary-General speaks to the press.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 7 minutes -] |
| 13 June 05
| Press Conference: : The
President of the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes] |
| 09 June 05
| Press Conference: : H.E.
Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, to launch a progress
report on reaching the Millennium Development Goals, followed by a briefing
from Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and
Social Affairs
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes [Link
to Media Advisory] |
| 07 June 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Aldo Mantovani,
Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy , and Ms. Rima Salah, Deputy
Executive Director, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), will brief on the
World Youth Orchestra concert taking place in the General Assembly
Hall tomorrow evening.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes |
| 07 June 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Lisa Speer, Senior
Policy Analyst, National Resource Defense Council; Mr. Juan Carlos Cardenas,
Latin American Coordinator, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition; Prof. Callum
Roberts, Marine Conservation and Biology, Environment Department, University
of York (UK); and Ms. Carmen Gravatz, Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace, New
Zealand (by phone), will brief on the moratorium on high seas bottom trawling
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes |
| 06 June 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Robert Ovetz, Save
the Leatherback Campaign Coordinator, Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Mr.
Jim Donofrio, Director, Recreational Fishing Alliance; Mr. Randall Arauz,
international expert from Costa Rica; and Mr. Jim Spotila, Betz Chair Professor
of Environmental Science, Drexel University, and Chairman, Leatherback
Task Force, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, will brief on the Sea
Turtle Restoration Project (sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa
Rica )
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes ] |
| 03 June 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jean Ping, President
of the General Assembly, will brief on his first draft of the "outcome
document" for the September summit [English-French interpretation]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes ] |
| 02 June 05
| Press Conference: The President of the Security
Council, Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sablière of France , on the
Security Council Programme of Work for the month of June.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 56 minutes ] |
| 02 June 05
| Press Conference: The Secretary-General
will brief the press on progress towards meeting targets set during the
2001 UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS. He will be accompanied by
Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Direcor, and Richard Feachem, Executive
Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes ] |
| 01 June 05
| Press Conference: Release of "Our Voice,
Our Future: Young People Report on Progress Made on the UNGASS Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDS." Speakers are the Executive Director of
UNFPA, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Youth Authors, Vikram Singh Laishram from
India and Enice Aghete from Nigeria.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes ] |
| 27 May 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador
Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte (Brazil), President of the 2005 Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 10 minutes ] |
| 26 May 05
| Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz of
the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, will brief the press on the Forum's
recommendations for the implementation of the Millennium Development
Goals t hat will respect the rights of indigenous peoples.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes ] |
| 26 May 05
| Press Conference: Press briefing by Abolition
2000, on the NGO community's perspective on the conclusion of the 2005
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. Speakers: Alice Slater,
Abolition 2000; Rhianna Tyson, Reaching Critical Will ; Sophie Lefeez,
Le Mouvement de Paix ?France; Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, Nuclear
Free and Independent Pacific Movement; Alyn Ware, Parliamentary Network
for Nuclear Disarmament Konishi Satoru and Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese Hibakusha)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 26 minutes ] |
| 24 May 05
| Press Conference: Emmanuel Ayoola, President
of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, will brief the press on his Security
Council Presentation. The Registrar of the Special Court, Mr. Robin
Vincent, and the Prosecutor, David Crane, will also be available to answer
questions.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes ] |
| 24 May 05
| Press Conference Press conference by the
International Working group on Sport for Development and Peace. Speakers
will include the Honorable Stephen Owen, Minister of State for Sport, Canada;
Dr. Dennis Bright, Minister of Youth of Sierra Leone; Johann O. Koss, President & CEO,
Right to Play; Emmanuel Yeboah, Physically Challenged International Cyclist
and Right to Play Athlete Ambassador; and Djibril Diallo, Director, UN
Office on Sport for Development and Peace
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes ] |
| 24 May 05
| Press Conference: Global Security Institute
press briefing on the NPT review conference. Robert McNamara
and Ambassadors Elisabeth Borsiin-Bonnier of Sweden, Paul Meyer of Canada,
and Friedrich Groening of Germany, will be among the speakers. Moderated
by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour] |
| 23 May 05
| Press Conference: Press conference by the
Native Women's Association of Canada. Sherry Lewis, Executive Director,
will brief on developments with regards to violence against Indigenous
women in Canada.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes] |
| 23 May 05
| Press Conference: Press conference by Goodluck
Giigbo, President of Partnership for Indigenous People's Environment, on
the launch of Partnership Electronic Communication System, an internet
portal for Indigenous people worldwide.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
| 23 May 05
| Press Conference: Joint press conference
by Mayors for Peace and the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament
and Mayors for Peace. The speakers will be Taib Ali Taib Bajaber,
Mayor of Mombasa, Kenya; US Representative Dennis Kucinich ( Ohio ); H.E.
Judith Mbula Bahemuka, Permanent Representative, Kenya ; Aaron Tovish of
Mayors for Peace; and Alyn Ware of the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear
Disarmament.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
| 23 May 05
| Press Conference: Briefing by the Mission
of Morocco on humanitarian issues concerning Western Sahara . The
speakers will be Mr. Mohammed Belkadi, Mr. Ali Najab, and Mr. Rabea
Errarhib.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
| 12 May 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador
Sergio de Queiroz Duarte (Brazil) , President of the 2005 Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty Review Conference, will brief the press on the NPT Review.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
| 11 May 05
| Press Conference: Press Conference by the
International Labour Organization (ILO) to mark the launching of the ILO's
Global Report entitled "A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour." Lee
Swepton, Senior Adviser for Human Rights to the Executive Director of the
Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Sector of the ILO,
will brief the press.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes] |
| 11 May 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Miloon Kothari, Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, will brief the press on his
recent report on homelessness and landlessness.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 15 minutes] |
| 10 May 05
| Press Conference: 2005 Institutional
Investor Summit on Climate Risk. Speakers: Mindy Lubber, President of Ceres
and Director of Investor Network on Climate Risk; Denise Nappier, Connecticut
State Treasurer and co-chair of the Summit; William Thompson, New York
City comptroller; Steve Westley, California State Treasurer; and Howard
Jacobs, board trustee of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, (UK-based
private pension fund.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes] |
| 09 May 05
| Press Conference: Organised by the Global
Security Institute on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.
Speakers: Hans Blix and US representatives Curtis Weldon and Ed Markey.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 1 minute] |
| 03 May 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador Ellen Margrethe
Loj (Denmark), President of the Security Council for May, will brief on
the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes ] |
| 03 May 05
| Press Conference: Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed
Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh; Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba
of Hiroshima, Japan; Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic of Akron, Ohio; Mayor
Kazunaga Itoh of Nagasaki, Japan; and Mr. Flippo Penati, President of the
Province of Milan, Italy, will discuss "Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
and the Mayors for Peace"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes ] |
| 29 April 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Nobutaka Machimura,
Foreign Minister of Japan; H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative
of Japan; and Mr. Hatsuhisa Takashima, Spokesman for Japan's Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, will discuss Security Council reform.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes -] |
| 29 April 05
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Foreign Minister of Finland, will brief on the Helsinki
Process.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes -] |
| 22 April 05
| Press Conference: Mr.
Dennis McNamara, Special Adviser of the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator
on Internal Displacement and Director of the Inter-Agency Internal Displacement
Division, will brief on the situation in Nepal.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes -] |
| 21 April 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev,
Chairman of Green Cross International; H.R.H. Prince Willem-Alexander,
The Prince of Orange (The Netherlands); and H.E. Mr. John Ashe ( Antigua
and Barbuda ), Chairman of the 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable
Development, will brief on water and sanitation.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes -] |
| 20 April 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Ted Turner, Recipient
of the 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award; H.E. Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, former
President of the Soviet Union; Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister
of Canada; Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace; and Mr. Jonathan Granoff,
President of the Global Security Institute, will brief on the Alan Cranston
Peace Award.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes -] |
| 20 April 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive
Director of the UN Environment Programme; Mr. Achim Steiner, Director General,
IUCN-World Conservation Union; and Mr. Olav Kjorven Director of the Energy
and Environment Group, UN Development Programme, will announce the five
winners of the SEED (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development)
Award.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes -] |
| 18 April 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal
Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, will brief
the press on Germany 's contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
and preparations for the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 60th Session
of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes -] |
| 13 April 05
| Press Conference: Secretary-General Kofi Annan to introduce his Special Envoy dealing with the Indian Ocean tsunami recovery effort, former United States President Bill Clinton.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes -] |
| 12 April 05
| Press Conference: Amb. Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, Permanent Representative of Brazil, will brief on the UN Security Council's upcoming mission to Haiti.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes -] |
| 12 April 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Philippe Djangone-Bi, Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire, will brief on the latest developments in his country
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes -] |
| 11 April 05
| Press Conference: - Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, will brief on the 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes -] |
| 07 April 05
| Press Conference: - Dr. Paulo Roberto Teixeira, Senior Consultant at the Sao Paulo State SDT/AIDS Programme in Sao Paulo , Brazil ; and Ms. Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division, will brief on population and HIV/AIDS, which is the theme of the 38th session of the Commission on Population and Development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes -] |
| 04 April 05
| Press Conference: - Following Security Council consultations: H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya ( China ), President of the Security Council for April, will brief on the Council's work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes -] |
| 01 April 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Rohan Perera (Sri Lanka), Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210; Mr. Albert Hoffmann (South Africa), Coordinator on the draft nuclear terrorism convention; and Mr. Carlos Paniagua (Costa Rica), Coordinator on the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes -] |
| 01 April 05
| Press Conference: Press Conference - Ms. Christine Chanet, Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee, will brief on the work of the Committee's 83rd session.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes -] |
| 29 March 05
| Press Conference: H. E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, and Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 41 minutes -] |
| 28 March 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, will brief on the UN's response to the humanitarian situation in Indonesia following the earthquake today.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes -] |
| 21 March 05
| Press Conference: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will brief on his report entitled "In Larger Freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes -] |
| 20 March 05
| Press Conference: briefing by Chief of Staff Mark Malloch Brown and Robert Orr on the launching of the report of the Secretary-General " In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 54 minutes -] |
| 17 March 05
| Press Conference: By Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Implementation of Resolution 1559
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes -] |
| 11 March 05
| Press Conference: Dr. William Kalema, Chairman of the Board of the Uganda Investment Authority, and The Rt. Hon. Baroness Valerie Amos, personal representative of Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom , Chair of the Commission for Africa , will brief on the final report of the Commission for Africa
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes] |
| 10 March 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. José Miguel Insulza, Vice President and Minister of Interior of Chile; H.E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Laureate; and Mr. Mark Mallock Brown, Administrator of the UN Development Programme, to brief journalists on “The State of Democracy in the World? a seminar of the Community of Democracies.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes] |
| 10 March 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Celeste McKay of the Native Women's Association of Canada and others, to brief journalists on crimes against indigenous women and girls
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes] |
| 08 March 05
| Press Conference: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), launch of a new report by UNRISD entitled: Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes] |
| 03 March 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Rigoberta Menchu, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize; Ms. Lucy Mulenkei, member of the Indigenous Information Network; and Ms. Vicki Tauli-Corpuz, member of the UN Permanent Forum in Indigenous Issues, will brief on the increasingly dangerous circumstances faced by indigenous groups, especially indigenous women and girls
[Webcast: Archived Video - 39 minutes] |
| 03 March 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women; and Ms. Susan Martin, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University, will brief on the report "World Survey on the Role of Women in Development"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ] |
| 03 March 05
| Press Conference: Ms. June Zeitlin, Executive Director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO); Ms. Patricia Licuanan, Chair of Asia-Pacific Women's Watch; Ms. Gladys Mutukwa, Chair of Women, Law, and Development Africa; and Ms. Monique Essed-Fernandes, Chair of Caribbean Wave; and Ms. Karina Batthyany of Social Watch, Uruguay, will brief on the Women's Environment and Development Organization's "Global Monitoring Report"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ] |
| 02 March 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg (Brazil), President of the Security Council for March, will brief on the Council's work programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ] |
| 02 March 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Meryl Streep, actress; Ms. Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shama, Director of the Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling, Jerusalem; Ms. Taina Bien-Aime, Executive Director of Equality Now; Ms. Susana Chiarotti, Regional Director of CLADEM, Argentina; Ms. Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now; and Ms. Sapana Pradhan-Malla, President of the Forum for Women, Law and Development, Nepal, will brief on the Equality Now Beijing +10 campaign against sex discriminatory laws
[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes ] |
| 01 March 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Nicole Ameline, Minister for Parity and Equality in the Workplace, France
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes ] |
| 15 February 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Cesar Mayoral (Argentina), Chairman of the Al Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, and Mr. Richard Barrett, Coordinator of the Al Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team, will brief on the Team's second report
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ] |
| 14 February 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Chief of the Employment Trends Unit of the International Labour Organization, will launch the "Global Employment Trends Brief"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes ] |
| 10 February 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Joaquin Antuna, President of Peace and Cooperation; Ms. Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors International; H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo, Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN; Mr. Faustino Diaz, Press Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN; Dame Livia Sylva, former New York City Commissioner for the UN and Consular Corps; and Mr. Felipe Luciano, journalist, will launch the Peace and Cooperation School Award 2005 on the theme "For a World Without Violence"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ] |
| 04 February 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Don MacKay ( New Zealand ), Coordinator of the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, on the outcome of the session
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ] |
| 04 February 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Samir Sumaidaie, Permanent Representative of Iraq, and H.E. Mr. Feisal Istrabadi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq, on the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ] |
| 03 February 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, the Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet, will present the United Nations' initial response to the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme
[Webcast: Archived Video - 44 minutes ]
[ Secretary-General's statement on the interim report ] |
| 02 February 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Joel W. Adechi (Benin), President of the Security Council for February, will brief on the Council's work programme for the month
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ] |
| 01 February 05
| Press Conference: Amb. Samir Sumaidaie of Iraq
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ] |
| 26 January 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Carina Perelli, Director of the Electoral Assistance Division, will brief on electoral assistance to Iraq
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 03 minutes ] |
| 25 January 05
| Press Conference Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, will launch "World Economic Situation and Prospects"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47minutes ] |
| 24 January 05
| Press Conference H.E. Mr. Michel Barnier, Foreign Minister of France
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ] |
| 19 January 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Philippe Djangone-Bi, Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire, will brief on the vff f latest developments in his country
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ] |
| 19 January 05
| Press Conference H.E. Mr. Andrey Denisov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and Mr. Javier Ruperez, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, will brief on the upcoming Counter-terrorism Special Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan (26-28 January 2005)
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ] |
| 19 January 05
| Press Conference Secretary-General Kofi Annan and General Assembly President Jean Ping will brief on the General Assembly special session on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps . They will be joined by the Permanent Representatives of Australia, Canada, Israel, Luxembourg, Russian Federation, and United States
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes ] |
| 18 January 05
| Press Conference Mr. Jean Ping, President on the General Assembly, will brief on the General Assembly plenary meeting on strengthening of the coordination of the UN's humanitarian and disaster relief assistance, including special economic assistance
[Webcast: Archived Video - 07 minutes ] |
| 18 January 05
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc Hoscheit, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, will brief on the programme of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2005
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ] |
| 18 January 05
| Press Conference: Secretary-General Kofi Annan Secretary General Kofi Annan names former US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, to lead UNICEF
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes ] |
| 17 January 05
| Press Conference:Secretary-General Kofi Annan introduces the Millennium Project report entitled, "Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals". He will be joined by Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project; Mr. Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico and one of the Project's Task Force leaders; and Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 03 minutes ] |
| 17 January 05
| Press Conference: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan statements to the press
[Webcast: Archived Video - 11 minutes ] |
| 11 January 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Firdaus Kharas, Producer and Director of "The Three Amigos", a series of 20 short public service announcements in 41 languages designed to entrench the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Canada]
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes ] |
| 10 January 05
| Press Conference: Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs and Juan Zarate, Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime of the United States of America.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ] |
| 10 January 05
| Press Conference: Former United States President Bill Clinton and representatives of UNICEF make an announcement related to ongoing philanthropic efforts aimed at public health in areas affected by the recent tsunami and earthquake
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ] |
| 07 January 05
| Press Conference: Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. William Lacy Swing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will brief on the latest report on the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Webcast: Archived Video - 1 hour 2 minutes ] |
| 07 January 05
| Press Conference: Ms. Barbara Dixon, Director of the Investigations Division, Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), will brief on the latest OIOS report on the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes ] |
| 03 January 05
| Press Conference United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will introduce his new chief of staff; this press event will be followed by a briefing by Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on the on-going relief efforts in South and Southeast Asia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 59 minutes ] |
| 02 January 05
| Press Conference Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, will provide an update on assistance to countries affected by the earthquake and tsunami
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ] |
| 01 January 05
| Press Conference Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, will provide an update on assistance to countries affected by the earthquake and tsunami
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes ] |
