2006 Archived Webcasts of Press Conferences
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21 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Eric Schwartz, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Tsunami Recovery, will launch the "Tsunami Lessons Learned Report".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 42 minutes ] |
21 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Kemal Dervis, Chair of the UN Development Group, will talk about progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, trends in official development assistance and the need for inclusive economic growth.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 52 minutes ] |
21 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, President of the 61st session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 32 minutes ] |
20 December 06
| Press Conference: Brief
on the progress in the fight against poverty and what
urgent action needs to be taken to achieve the Goals.
[ ...more ]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 57 minutes ] |
19 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 1 hour and 6 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 6 minutes ] |
18 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 20 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Original Language: 20 minutes ] |
18 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 45 minutes ] |
15 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. George Clooney, actor/director; Mr. Don Cheadle, actor; Mr. Joey Cheek, Olympic athlete from the US; and Ms. Tegla Loroupe, Olympic athlete from Kenya, will brief on the situation in Darfur.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 28 minutes ] |
14 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General Designate.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 43 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Original Language: 43 minutes ] |
13 December 06
| Press Conference: Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, chairman of the General Assembly committee that negotiated the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, will brief following the General Assembly's adoption of the Convention. He will be joined by two leaders of the International Disability Caucus: Ms. Pamela Molina Toledo, Corporacion Ciudadania Real de Sordos de Chile; and Ms. Tina Minkowitz, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes ] |
13 December 06
| Press Conference: Ambassador Ali Hachani of Tunisia, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will discuss ECOSOC reform.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes ] |
12 December 06
| Press Conference: Indigenous leaders and human rights advocates will brief on the status of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes ] |
11 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Hans Hoogeveen, Chair of the UN Forum on Forests, Mr. Hamidon Ali, Vice-Chair of the UN Forum on Forests, and Mr. Pekka Patosaari, Director of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, will brief on the work of the group drafting a new international agreement to manage the world's forests.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes ] |
07 December 06
| Press Conference: Members of the board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): Mr. Peter Eigen, Chairman; Mr. Shahmar Movsumov, Executive Director of the State Oil Fund, Azerbaijan; Mr. Christian Mounzeo, President Rencontre Pour la Paix les Droits de l'Homme, Republic of the Congo; Dr. Carlos Monge, President of Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana; and Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Head of the Global Compact Office, will brief on the first board meeting of the EITI.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 43 minutes ] |
05 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. James Davies, Professor and RBC Financial Group Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Ontario, and Mr. Edward Wolff, Professor of Economics at New York University, will brief on the study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the UN University entitled, "The World Distribution of Household Wealth".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 51 minutes ] |
05 December 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Leonie Watson, Head of Accessbility for Nomensa, and Mr. Simon Norris, Managing Director of Nomensa, will launch "Global Audit of Web Accessibility".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes ] |
04 December 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Ms. Kathleen Cravero, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Crisis, UN Development Programme; and Ms. Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of Save the Children - United Kingdom, will brief on the UN High-Level Conference on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN and NGO Personnel.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes ] |
04 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar), President of the Security Council for December, will brief on the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 45 minutes ] |
04 December 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Festus Gontebanye Mogae of Botswana, will brief on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes ] |
01 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Bill Roedy, President
of MTV Networks International, and Mr. Dali Mpofu, Chief Executive Officer
of South African Broadcasting Corporation, will talk about the Global
Media AIDS Initiative.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes ] |
01 December 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Dr. Dennis Makwege Mukengere of the Panzi Hospital (DRC), will brief on sexual violence.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 26 minutes ] |
29 November 06
| Press Conference: Mr. David Malone, former President of the International Peace Academy and author of The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council, 1980-2005, will discuss "Iraq and the Security Council: Lessons from the Past, Suggestions for the Future".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes ] |
28 November 06
| Press Conference: Amb. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations and Ms. Shazia Rafi, secretary-general of Parliamentarians For Global Action will brief on the organization's annual forum to be held in Japan from 4 to 5 December, 2006.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes ] |
28 November 06
| Press Conference: Dr. David Nabarro, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian Flu and Human Influenza will brief on next week's International Conference on Avian Influenza in Bamako, Mali.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes ] |
27 November 06
| Press Conference: General Assembly President Haya Rashed Al Khalifa.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes ] |
17 November 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Dan Gillerman, Permanent
Representative of Israel, will brief on the situation in Gaza and the
resumed 10th emergency special session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes ] |
16 November 06
| Press Conference: Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman of One Laptop per Child; Mr. Iqbal Quadir, Co-founder of Grameen Phone; Professor Pedro Sanchez, Director of the Millennium Villages Project; and Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Development, will brief on novel ways to combat poverty.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 55 minutes ] |
09 November 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Bani Dugal, Baha'i
International Community to the United Nations; Ms. Doris Mpoumou, on
behalf of Ms. Bene Madunagu of Development Alternatives with Women for
a New Era; Ms. June Zeitlin, Women's Environment and Development Organization;
and Ms. Cynthia Rothschild, Center for Women's Global Leadership, will
brief on the response of women's groups to the recommendations on gender
equality in the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on UN System-wide
Coherence.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes ] |
09 November 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan, and H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway, Co-chairs of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence, will brief on the Panel's report. Other members of the panel will also be present.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes ] |
06 November 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Riyad H. Mansour,
Permanent Observer of Palestine, will brief on the situation in the Occupied
Territories, in particular the Gaza Strip.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes ] |
02 November 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jorge Voto-Bernales
(Peru), President of the Security Council for November, will brief on
the Council's work programme. [English-Spanish interpretation]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes ] |
31 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Djibril Diallo, Director of the New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace and Chair of the UN Global Youth Leadership Summit, and others will brief on the outcome of the Summit.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes ] |
30 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade,
President of Senegal; Mr. M.L. Mittal, founder of the Gita-Mohan Mittal
Foundation and the Vishwa Pravasi Bharatiya Leaders Forum; Mr. Hiroshi
Matsumoto, President of Inner Trip Reiyukai International; and Ms. Serena
Williams, international tennis player, will brief on the UN Global Youth
Leadership Summit (29-31 October 2006).
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour ] |
26 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jean Ziegler, Special
Rapporteur on the right to food.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes] |
26 October 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Maria Dias (Timor-Leste),
President and Co-founder of the Timor-Leste Network of 17 Women's Organizations;
Ms. Leymah Gbowee (Liberia), Executive Director of the Women in Peacebuilding
Network Africa; Ms. Barbara Bangura (Sierra Leone), National Coordinator
of Grassroots Empowerment for Self-Reliance, and Founding Member and
Regional Adviser of he Women in Peacebuilding Network Sierra Leone; and
Ms. Cora Weiss, Hague Appeal for Peace, will brief on the role of women
in peace consolidation.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
25 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Martin Scheinin, Special
Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering
terrorism.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
25 October 06
| Press Conference: Mrs. Tomiko Abe, Chief
Director, Stop AIDS Organization; H.E. Mr. Adjei-Barwuah Barfour, Ambassador
of Ghana to Japan; H.E. Mr. Simasiku Godfrey, Ambassador of Zambia to
Japan; H.E. Mr. Awori Dennis, Ambassador of Kenya to Japan; H.E. Mr.
Antonio Daniel, Ambassador of Mozambique to Japan; and Mr. Abdellatif
Kabbaj (moderator), will brief on "Africa AIDS Orphan Soccer Project".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
23 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special
Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment will brief on his mandate.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 49 minutes] |
23 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Vitit Muntabhorn,
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
23 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. David Nabarro, Senior
UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza will brief on developments
since he was appointed one year ago, as well as his recent trip to Southeast
Asia, which included Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
20 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Michele Alliot-Marie,
Defense Minister of France.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
17 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed
Al Khalifa, President of the 61st session of the General Assembly; Mr.
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public
Information; and Mrs. Nan O'Brien, an Irish anti-poverty activist, will
mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 19 minutes] |
16 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Georg Kell, Executive
Director of the UN Global Compact Office, will brief on the World Investment
Report 2006.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
16 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Mr.
Jean Plantu, French cartoonist; Ms. Holli Semetko, Director, The Claus
M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory University; and Godfrey
Amon Mwampembwa [Gado] , Kenyan cartoonist, will brief on "Cartooning
for Peace: The Responsibility of Political Cartoonists?", the fifth in
the "Unlearning Intolerance" seminar series of the UN Department of Public
Information.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
13 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon,
United Nations Secretary-General-designate.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
13 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Irakli Alasania,
Permanent Representative of Georgia, and a special guest from the Georgian
Government will brief on recent developments in the conflict settlement
process in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
13 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Enrique Berruga,
Permanent Representative of Mexico; Mr. Craig Mokhiber, Deputy Director,
New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Ms. Tonya
Gonnella Frichner Esq., President, American Indian Law Alliance; and
Ms. Elsa Stamatopoulou, Chief, Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues, will discuss the UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, its history, significance and current status.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
12 October 06
| Press Conference: Justice Richard Goldstone,
Hauser Global Visiting Professor at New York University School of Law,
former Justice of the South African Constitutional Court, and former
Chief Prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunals for the former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda; Ambassador Walther Lichem, former Austrian Ambassador
to Chile and Canada; and Ms Shulamith Koenig, Recipient of the 2004 UN
Human Rights Award, and Founder and Executive Director of the People's
Movement for Human Rights Education, will launch, "Human Rights Learning
- a People's Report".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 1 minute] |
12 October 06
| Press Conference: Professor Paddy Hillyard,
Queens University, Belfast; Professor Gillian Robinson and Dr. Brandon
Hamber of the UN University International Conflict Research (UNU-INCORE);
Ms. Monica McWilliams, Chief Commissioner for Human Rights in Northern
Ireland; and Ms. Margaret Ward, Director of Women's Resource and Development
Agency, Belfast, will launch, "Re-imagining Women's Security in Post-conflict
Societies".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
12 October 06
| Press Conference: "Secretary-General's
Study on Violence Against Children", to be launched by Professor Paulo
Sergio Pinheiro, independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
to lead the study; Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive Director of the UN Children's
Fund; Ms. Mehr Kahn-Williams, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights;
and Dr. Etienne Krug, Director for Injuries and Violence Prevention at
the World Health Organization.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
11 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Gabor Brodi,
Permanent Representative of Hungary, and H.E. Mr. Gabor Horvath, Consul-General
of Hungary in New York, will announce the commemorative events in New
York marking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Fight and Revolution
in Hungary.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 minutes] |
10 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Ms. Rachel
Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, will
brief on the Secretary-General's report on violence against women.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
06 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Erasmo Lara
Pena, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic; Mr. Ruben Arturo
Silie Valdez, Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States
(ACS); Mr. Watson Denis, ACS Political Adviser; Mr. John Williams, Chairman
of the Caribbean Sea Commission, ACS; Mr. Selwin Hart, First Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Barbados; and Ms. Denise Lewis Martinez, ACS Communications
Officer, will brief on designating the Caribbean Sea as a special area
in the context of sustainable development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
06 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, President of the 61st Session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
06 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. George H.W. Bush,
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the South Asia Earthquake,
and Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan State Minister for Economic Affairs
and Statistics, will mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake
that hit South Asia on 8 October 2005.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
04 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Djoko Susilo ( Indonesia
), Ms. Loretta Ann P. Rosales ( Philippines ), and Senator John Ungphakorn
( Thailand ), members of the Asian Inter-Parliamentarian Caucus on Democracy
in Burma , will hold a press conference on "UN-Asia Cooperation to Address
the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
04 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Romani Rose, Chairman
of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, will brief on protection
and promotion of human rights of the Roma and Sinti minorities in Europe.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes] |
03 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Irakli Alasania,
Permanent Representative of Georgia, will brief on recent developments
in Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes] |
03 October 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima (Japan), President of the Security Council for October, will brief on the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
03 October 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Michael Lee, Executive
Director, International Advertising Association (IAA); Professor Noriyuki
Shutto, Executive Advisor, Dentsu Inc., Mr. Salil Shetty, Director, UN
Millennium Campaign; and Ms. Indra Abidin, Senior Vice-President, IAA,
will launch the IAA-Dentsu InterAd XI, a global student advertising competition
for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 23 minutes] |
03 October 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Lisa Speer, Natural
Resources Defense Council for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition; Ms.
Ellen Pikitch, Executive Director, Pew Institute for Ocean Science, University
of Miami; Ms. Sigourney Weaver, actress; H.E. Mr. Robert Hill , Permanent
Representative of Australia; H.E. Mr. Stuart Beck, Permanent Representative
of Palau; H.E. Ms. Rosemary Banks, Permanent Representative of New Zealand;
and H.E. Mr. Johan Ludvik Lovald, Permanent Representative of Norway,
will brief on the destruction cause to oceans by high seas bottom trawling.
[Sponsored by the UN Environment Programme]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes] |
28 September 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive
Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) will brief on the report, "Progress
for Children: A Report Card on Water and Sanitation".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes] |
22 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Abubakr A.
Al-Qirbi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 23 minutes] |
22 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Amre Moussa,
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
21 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Dora Bakoyannis,
Foreign Minister of Greece.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 15 minutes] |
21 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
President of Iran.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 01 minute] |
20 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Evo Morales
Ayma, President of Bolivia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 54 minutes] |
20 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Pervez Musharraf,
President of Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
20 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Hugo Chavez
Frias, President of Venezuela.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 8 minutes] |
20 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos,
President of Cyprus.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
20 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Alexander Downer,
Foreign Minister of Australia; H.E. Mr. Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister
of The Netherlands; and others, will brief following the Ministerial
meeting of the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 11 minutes] |
19 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
19 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Albashir, President of Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
19 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jacques Chirac,
President of France.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
19 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen,
President of Finland.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
18 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Lech Kaczynski, President of Poland.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 43 minutes] |
18 September 06
| Press Conference: Dr. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,
Executive President, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
Business Group and Chairman, African Business Roundtable; Prof. Firmino
Mucavele, Chief Executive, NEPAD; Mr. Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, Special
Adviser on Africa, will brief on the 2006 Bending the Arc Summit.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
18 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Anwarul Chowdhury,
UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing
Countries and Small Island Developing States, will brief on progress
and challenges facing the world's 50 least developed countries, midway
through the Brussels Programme of Action.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 19 minutes] |
14 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Christopher Burnham,
Under-Secretary-General for Management, will brief on the "United Nations
Secretariat First Consolidated Report 2005".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes] |
13 September 06
| Press Conference: Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General
of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), will brief on the importance
of meteorological services for least developed countries.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
13 September 06
| Press Conference: United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan [English/French interpretation]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 03 minutes] |
12 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Sheika Haya Al-Khalifa,
President of the 61st session of the General Assembly [English/Arabic
interpretation]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 52 minutes] |
12 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jeff Crisp, Special
Advisor on Policy and Evaluation in the Office of the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees, and Mr. Andres Solimano, Regional Adviser at the Economic
Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
will brief on a seminar to take place in the afternoon on "International
migration and development: patterns, problems, and policy directions".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
11 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Eliasson, President
of the 60th Session of the General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 44 minutes] |
08 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Hillel Neuer, Executive
Director, United Nations Watch [Sponsored by the NGO Section, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
06 September 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Federico Mayor and
Mr. Mehmet Aydin, Co-Chairs of the High-level Group of the Alliance of
Civilizations, will brief on the Group's working meeting.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes] |
06 September 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Laura Laski, Senior
Technical Adviser, UN Population Fund (UNFPA); Ms. Khadija al Mourabit,
youth representative; and Mr. Omar Gharzeddine of the UNFPA Information
Office, will launch UNFPA's "State of World Population Report 2006".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
05 September 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Adamantios
Vassilakis (Greece), President of the Security Council for September,
will brief on the work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
25 August 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Don MacKay, Chairman
of the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral
International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights
and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, will brief at the conclusion
of the Committee's 8th session.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 13 minutes] |
16 August 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mrs. Tzipi Livni,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 18 minutes] |
15 August 06
| Press Conference: Ambassador Don MacKay
of New Zealand and the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, will brief on the final phase
of negotiations of the Convention.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
11 August 06
| Press Conference: DR. Djibril Diallo,
the director of the UN New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace,
will be announcing the appointment of Ronaldinho Gaucho as United Nations
Spokesperson for Sport for Development and Peace.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes] |
09 August 06
| Press Conference: The Secretary-General, together with Christina Norman, President of MTV, and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, President and CEO of Def Jam Records, will announce collaboration to raise awareness on the worldwide water crisis.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes] |
02 August 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng
(Ghana), President of the Security Council for August, will brief on
the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
02 August 06
| Press Conference: Briefing on the occasion
of the 60th anniversary of WFUNA [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
31 July 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Revaz Adamia,
Permanent Representative of Georgia, will brief on the on-going developments
in the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 6 minutes] |
21 July 06
| Press Conference: Members of the Secretary-General's
high-level delegation to the Middle East: Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Mr. Alvaro
de Soto, and Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
20 July 06
| Press Conference: Members of the panel
of external and independent experts appointed by the Secretary-General
to explore ways to redesign the UN's system of administration of justice
will brief on the Panel's report.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes] |
20 July 06
| Press Conference: Launch of the UN
Conference on Trade and Development's "Least Developed Countries Report
2006", with Mr. Charles Gore, author of the report.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 45 minutes] |
13 July 06
| Press Conference: Yashar Aliyev (Azerbaijan);
Revaz Adamia (Georgia) and Baki Ilkin (Turkey) on the occasion of the
inauguration of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 42 minutes] |
11 July 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Egland, Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator will brief
journalists on humanitarian concerns.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
05 July 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr.
Jean-Marc De La Sabliere (France), President of the Security Council
for July, will brief on the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 54 minutes] |
30 June 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Rob
Vos, Director for Policy and Analysis, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, will brief on "The World Economic and Social Survey"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
29 June 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr.
Manouchehr Motaki, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
27 June 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Nureldin
Satti, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 9 minutes] |
26 June 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr.
Anton Thalmann, Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada , and former chair
of the Open-Ended Working Group on Marking and Tracing; Professor Keith
Krause, Programme Director, Small Arms Survey; and Mr. Eric G. Berman,
Managing Director, Small Arms Survey, will launch the Small Arms Survey
2006 [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48 minutes] |
20 June 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Agim Ceku, Prime Minister of Kosovo, and Mr. Soren Jessen-Petersen,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes] |
16 June 06
| Press Conference: Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka,
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements
Programme (UN-Habitat), will launch State of the World's Cities 2006/7
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 45 minutes] |
15 June 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 58 minutes] |
13 June 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Ian Martin, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Timor-Leste.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
12 June 06
| Press Conference: Philippe
Djangone-Bi, the Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire , will
be holding a press conference on the situation in Cote d'Ivoire
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 9 minutes] |
02 June 06
| Press Conference: brief on "Fight Against
AIDS/International Drug Purchase Facility" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 47 minutes] |
02 June 06
| Press Conference: brief on the General
Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS and Political Declaration [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
02 June 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe
Loj (Denmark), President of the Security Council for June, will brief
on the Council's work programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
01 June 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Hans Blix, Chairman
of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, will brief on the final
report of the Commission
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
01 June 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Olayide Akanni
(Nigeria); Ms. Laura Villa Torres (Mexico); Mr. Nimit Tienudom (Thailand);
and Ms. Khensani Mavasa (South Africa), will brief on civil society response
to the Political Declaration on AIDS
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes] |
01 June 06
| Press Conference: Peter Piot, Executive
Director of UNAIDS, will launch the Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes] |
01 June 06
| Press Conference: Brief on the financial
needs of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes] |
31 May 06
| Press Conference: Global Business Coalition.
Mr. Richard Holbrook, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on
HIV/AIDS; Mr. Peter Parry, Vice-President, Booz Allen Hamilton; and Dr.
Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, will launch "The State of
Business and HIV/AIDS 2006: A baseline report"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50 minutes] |
31 May 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Binaifer Nowrojee,
Director of the Open Society Institute for East Africa, and Ms. Mary
Balikungeri, Director of the Rwanda Women's Network, will brief on the
continuing impact of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda on women in Rwanda and
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes] |
31 May 06
| Press Conference: Dr. Peter Piot, Executive
Director of UNAIDS, and Dr. Richard Feachum, Executive Director of the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will brief on the
2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
31 May 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jorge Sampaio,
Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis (TB), will brief,
for the first time, about leading the battle against the epidemic, and
the challenges of the TB emergencies in Africa and Europe
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
30 May 06
| Press Conference: Dr. Peter
Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS; Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive Director of
the UN Children's Fund; and Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the
UN Population Fund, will launch the 2006 report on the global AIDS epidemic.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
26 May 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Sir Emyr Jones
Parry (United Kingdom) and H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc de La Sabliere (France),
will brief on the upcoming Security Council missions to Sudan and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Webcast: Archived
Video - minutes] |
26 May 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
David Balton, Chair of the Review Conference on the Agreement for the
Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks,
will brief on the conference
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
26 May 06
| Press Conference: Report
by the Global Movement for Children [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
25 May 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues, and Mr. Wilton Littlechild, Member of the Forum and youth representative,
will brief on the outcomes and agreed recommendations of the ongoing
Forum's Fifth Session
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
15 May 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
Affairs; H.E. Mr. David Choquehuanca Cespedes, Foreign Minister of Bolivia;
and Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues, will brief on the fifth session of the Permanent
Forum, which opens today brief on the fifth session of the Permanent
Forum, which opens today.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35 minutes] |
12 May 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Richard Kinley, acting head of the Climate Change Secretariat, will brief
on climate change and sustainable development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
11 May 06
| Press Conference: German
Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on Environment and Development
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes] |
09 May 06
| Press Conference: The
Quartet principals: European Union: H.E. Mr. Javier Solana, High
Representative for a Common Foreign and Security Policy; H.E. Ms. Ursula
Plassnik, Foreign Minister for Austria; H.E. Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner,
Commissioner for External Relations; H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign
Minister of the Russian Federation;
- H.E. Ms. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States; and H.E.
Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
04 May 06
| Press Conference: Dr.
Carlos Corvalan, Coordinator of the World Health Organization's (WHO)
Department of Public Health and Environment, and Ms. Eva Rehfuess, report
author and responsible officer for WHO's programme on household energy
and health, will launch the report, "Fuel for Life: Household Energy
and Health"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
04 May 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Maria Arteta, International Labour Organization's (ILO) Coordinator for
Child Labour Programmes in Latin America, will launch the report, "The
end of child labour: Within reach"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes] |
02 May 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe
(Republic of Congo), President of the Security Council for May, will
brief on the Council's work
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
02 May 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Ann Cooper, Executive
Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, will brief on the report, "The
Most Censored Countries in the World"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
02 May 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Ann Veneman,
Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund, and Ms. Catherine Bertini,
Chair of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, will launch the report, "Progress
for Children -- A Report Card on Nutrition"
[Webcast: Archived
Video -42 minutes] |
27 April 06
| Press Conference:Dr. Cutberto Garza,
Director of the UN University Food and Nutrition Programme will brief
on the revised world Child Growth Standards which has been prepared in
co-operation with the World Health Organization.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -18 minutes] |
25 April 06
| Press Conference: Julia Freedson , Watchlist
on Children and Armed Conflict; Greta Zeender , Norwegian Refugee Council
and Watchlist Steering Committee; and Kate Hunt,CARE International and
Watchlist Steering Committee will launch the Watchlist on Children and
Armed Conflict's report on violation against children in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -29 minutes] |
25 April 06
| Press Conference: Amb . Kumalo , Group
of 77, on UN Reform.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
25 April 06
| Press Conference: Kevin Kennedy, Director
of the Coordination and Response Division of the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will brief on his department's latest
efforts to deal with financial risk analysis in humanitarian operations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes] |
21 April 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Fouad Siniora,
Prime Minister of Lebanon.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes] |
18 April 06
| Press Conference: Mr. William R. Pace,
Executive Director, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy;
Ms. Yvonne Terlingen, UN Representative, Amnesty International; Mr. Vicente
Garcia-Delgado, UN Representative, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen
Participation; Ms. Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director, Equality
Now; Mr. James A. Paul, Executive Director, Global Policy Forum, will
discuss the selection process for the Secretary-General.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes] |
11 April 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio
Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and
Ms. JoAnne Disano, Director for the Division for Sustainable Development,
will launch the report, "Trends in Sustainable Development"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes] |
07 April 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Kevin M. Kennedy,
Director for Coordination and Response in the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs, will brief on the Horn of Africa humanitarian
appeal.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 9 minutes] |
04 April 06
| Press Conference: Brief on "International
Migration and Development", the theme of the 39th session of the Commission
on Population and Development. Prof. J. Edward Taylor, Professor of Agricultural
and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, will also
be at hand to answer questions. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 49 minutes] |
04 April 06
| Press Conference: E.
Mr. Wang Guangya (China), President of the Security Council for April,
will brief on the work programme
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes] |
03 April 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Karolina Kurkova, international model; Shakira, Latin pop artist; Ms.
Ela Bhatt, microcredit expert; and a representative from the non-governmental
organization, Women Together, will brief on "Fashion for Development" [sponsored
by the Permanent Mission of Spain]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 45 minutes] |
31 March 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Christine Chanet (France), Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee,
will brief on the work of the 86th session of the Committee, which concludes
today.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes] |
30 March 06
| Press Conference: :
H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan,
and Mr. Robert Vos, Director, Development Policy and Analysis, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs, will present the 2006 Survey of the UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33 minutes] |
29 March 06
| Press Conference: Permanent
Representative of Iran, H.E. Mr. M. Javad Zarif.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes] |
28 March 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Revaz Adamia,
Permanent Representative of Georgia, will brief on the situation in Abkhazia,
Georgia
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 12 minutes] |
27 March 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. René Preval,
President-elect of Haiti, on developments in his country.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
23 March 06
| Press Conference: Brief on the situation
of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and protecting their cultural heritage
in the Province. [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 36 minutes] |
16 March 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
President of Liberia
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
16 March 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Ashraf
Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, will
brief on the latest developments in Iraq
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 22 minutes] |
15 March 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jan
Eliasson, President of the General Assembly, will brief on the Human
Rights Council.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
14 March 06
| Press Conference: "Beyond Firewood:
Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and
Girls" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 minutes]
|
08 March 06
| Press Conference: Dr.
David Nabarro, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and
Human Influenza
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30 minutes] |
07 March 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Djibril Diallo, Director of the UN-NY Office for Sport for Development
and Peace; Mr. Allan Houston of the New York Knicks basketball team;
and Mr. Lance Laifer of Hedge Fund vs. Malaria, will introduce the "Dunk
for Malaria" event taking place at the NY Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks game
at Madison Square Garden on 15 March
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
07 March 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Rachel Mayanja,
Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; Ms. Carmen
Maria Gallardo (El Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW); Mrs. Adekunbi Abibat Sonaike (Nigeria), Vice-Chairperson
of CSW; and Ms. Anne Katherine Slungard (Norway), Chair of the Statoil
Board of Elections and former Mayor of the City of Trondheim, will brief
on "International Women's Day - Women in Decision Making: from Politics
to the Private Sector"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
06 March 06
| Press Conference: Ms. June Zeitlin, Executive
Director of Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and
Ms. Charlotte Bunch, Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership,
will discuss an open letter to the Secretary-General and Member States
from women's non-governmental organizations regarding UN reform
[Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Norway]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
02 March 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. César
Mayoral (Argentina), President of the Security Council for March, will
brief on the Council's work Programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 20 minutes] |
28 Febuary 06
| Press Conference:
Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, member of the International Narcotics Control
Board, will brief on the Board's annual report.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |
28 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 58 minutes] |
27 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU); Mrs. Immaculée Nahayo, Speaker of the National Assembly of
Burundi; and Mrs. Ingrida Udre, Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia, will
release the IPU 2005 world statistics on women in parliaments
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
23 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the General Assembly, will brief on his
proposed text for a draft resolution on the Human Rights Council
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
23 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Terry Davis, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, will brief
on rendition flights in Europe.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 43 minutes] |
21 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Dumisani S. Kumalo
(South Africa), Chairman of the Group of 77 (G-77), will brief on G-77 issues
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
14 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Peace & Cooperation
and Airline Ambassadors International "2006 International School Awards",
which this year is on the theme "A World Without Gender Violence" [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes] |
08 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Nancy Barry, President of Women's World Banking (New York); Mr. Roberto
Bissio, Executive Director of Third World Institute (Uruguay); and Professor
Sanjay Reddy of Barnard College, Columbia University, will brief on poverty
eradication, marking the opening of the session of the Commission on Social
Development (8-17 February)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 55 minutes] |
03 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Brief
on the outcome of the three-week seventh session of the Committee [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 37 minutes] |
01 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: Brief
on "Tsunami Response: A Human Rights Assessment" (moderated by Mr. Minar
Pimple, Executive Director of People's Movement for Human Rights Learning)
[Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Slovenia] [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 46 minutes] |
01 Febuary 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Revaz Adamia, Permanent Representative of Georgia, will brief on the
situation in Abkhazia, Georgia
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27 minutes] |
31 January 06
| Press Conference: Brief
on the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will be held
in Muscat (Oman) in April 2006 [...more]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 56 minutes] |
26 January 06
| Press Conference: Ms.
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM), will introduce UNIFEM's new Goodwill Ambassador, Ms.
Nicole Kidman.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
24 January 06
| Press Conference: Maj.
Gen. Patrick Cammaert, Division Commander for UN peacekeepers in the eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 16 minutes] |
24 January 06
| Press Conference: Mr.
José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
Affairs, will launch the UN flagship economic report, "World Economic
Situation and Prospects 2006"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 41 minutes] |
20 January 06
| Press Conference: H.E.
Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan (moderated by Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 34 minutes] |
20 January 06
| Press Conference: Brief
on the current situation in Timor-Leste and the future (moderated by Mr.
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 31 minutes] |
20 January 06
| Press Conference: Brief on the Moroccan
Equity and Reconciliation Commission Report and the Comprehensive Report
on Human Development (moderated by Mr. Karim Medrek, Legal Counsellor at
the Permanent Mission of Morocco)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1 hour and 11 minutes] |
19 January 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Philippe
Djangone-Bi, Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire, will brief on recent
events in his country.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 minutes] |
19 January 06
| Press Conference: Ms. Gay McDougall, UN
Independent Expert on Minority Issues, and Mr. Mark Lattimer, Executive
Director of Minority Rights Group International, will launch the report "State
of the World's Minorities 2006"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 39 minutes] |
19 January 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Ms. Laila Freivalds,
Foreign Minister of Sweden, will brief on the report entitled, "Challenges
of Peace Operations: Cooperation and Coordination"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 17 minutes] |
18 January 06
| Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Janez Drnovsek,
President of the Republic of Slovenia, will speak about the humanitarian
crisis in Darfur.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 24 minutes] |
18 January 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Ms. Mary Chamie,
Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, will launch the report, "The World's Women 2005: Progress
in Statistics"
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
16 January 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Hashim Thaci, Head
of the Democratic Party of Kosova, and member of the negotiating team for
the discussions on the future status of Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 3 minutes] |
13 January 06
| Press Conference: Mr. Jan Pronk, Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 52 minutes] |
12 January 06
| Press Conference Dr.
Harold Snider, Executive Director of Services for the Visually Impaired,
will present a Thiel Beta X Braille printer to H.E. Mr. Don MacKay of New Zealand,
Chairman of the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral
International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity
of Persons with Disabilities
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
11 January 06
| Press Conference Dr.
David Nabarro, UN System Avian Influenza Coordinator, will provide an update
on the avian flu.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 58 minutes] |
04 January 06
| Press Conference H.E.
Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga ( Tanzania ), President of the Security Council
for January, will brief on the Council's work programme.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 40 minutes] |