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30 June - 3 July 08
Webcast, 2008 High-level Segment
Programme | Archives

21 May 08
Special Meeting on the Global Food Crisis (Continued).
English | Original Language

20 May 08
Special Meeting on the Global Food Crisis
English | Original Language

Video Message from H.E. Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi.
Long version | Short version
Video Message from H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, United Kingdom.
English

14 April 08
Special high-level meetings of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD (New York)
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Commission for Social Development

8 February 08
46th Session of the Commission for Social Development.
- Panel discussion: "Review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: regional perspective".
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6 February 08
46th Session of the Commission for Social Development.
- Opening of the regular session
English

10 February 05
The Commission for Social Development: a ten-year review of the World Summit for Social Development ( Copenhagen, 1995).
English

10 February 05
Opening of the High-Level Segment of the Commission for Social Development.
English

Commission on the Status of Women

27 February 08
Commission on the Status of Women - Launch by the Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, of the Inter-agency Appeal on Female Genital Mutilation.
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2 March 07
Panel Discussion: "Girls Speak Out: Finding Their Own Solutions", organized by the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women and moderated by Ms. Katie Couric, Anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News; and Ms. Jordana Alter Confino, Co-founder of Girls Learn International.
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27 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Panel 2 "Capacity-building on mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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27 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Panel 1 "Key policy initiatives to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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26 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - High-level roundtable on "Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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Commission on Sustainable Development
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations

4 April 08
"The role of civil society in promoting sustainable development and the new international aid architecture" (NGO Forum).
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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

21 April 08
The opening meeting of 7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the theme of "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges".
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14 May 07
Opening of the Sixth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
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15 May 06
Opening of the Fifth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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9 August 05
Indigenous Peoples Permanent Forum: Commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People (organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples).
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16 May 05
Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
English (AM, PM)

United Nations Forum on Forests

13 February 06
United Nations Forum on Forests
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25 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests
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25 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests: Topic: Forest Law and Governance for Sustainability
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17 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests. Address by Ms. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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16 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests. The fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests The opening meeting
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20 May 08
Video Message from H.E. Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi - Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the Global Food Crisis.
Long version | Short version

20 May 08
Video Message from H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, United Kingdom - Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the Global Food Crisis.
English

6 May 08
Kathleen Abdalla and Aslam Chaudhry from the Division for Sustainable Development as well as John Pender from the International Food Policy Research Institute on issues relating to agriculture, drought and desertification.
English

1 May 08
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Simeon Adewale Adekanye and Lars Anders Baer, members of the Forum, to brief on the outcomes of the Forum's seventh session.
English

21 April 08
President Evo Morales of Bolivia to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as on the current situation in Bolivia.
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Culture & Education

Feeding School Children in Drought-Stricken Rwanda (UN in Action, 1021)
Video

UNESCO supported school brings opportunity to youngsters in Brazil (UN in Action, 975)
Video

Farming schools for AIDS orphans in Mozambique (UN in Action, 968)
Video

UNESCO assists Teachers' Training in Morocco (UN in Action, 962)
Video

UNESCO's project in Brazil helps to fight Rampant youth violence (UN in Action, 947)
Video

Economic development

Female entrepreneurs in Zanzibar (UN in Action, 1120)
Video

Community Enterprise in India (UN in Action, 1069)
Video

UN Supports Women Entrepreneurs in Yemen (UN in Action, 1002)
Video

ILO global report on forced labor (UN in Action, 971)
Video

UNRWA Helps Palestinian Women Entrepeneurs (UN in Action, 940)
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Environment

Pygmies use GPS system to save trees (UN in Action, 1126)
Video

Niger drought (UN in Action, 1125)
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Saving Lake Chad (UN in Action, 1118)
Video

Rainwater harvest in Indonesia (UN in Action, 1114)
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Water shortage in Jordan (UN in Action, 1105)
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Health

Syphilis in Haiti (UN in Action, 1116)
Video

Fistula in Chad (UN in Action, 1103)
Video

UN Works with NGO to Curb the Spread of AIDS (UN in Action, 1102)
Video

Haiti: Merchants Access HIV and AIDS Services (UN in Action, 1094)
Video

HIV and AIDS Prevention in Brazil (UN in Action, 1089)
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Humanitarian aid

War and Hunger in Congo (UN in Action, 1050).
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Fighting Poverty with Roses in Rwanda (UN in Action, 1025)
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Niger's nutrition crisis (UN in Action, 982)
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World food program (UN in Action, 980)
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FAO honours small farmers in Jordan (UN in Action, 965)
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Millennium Development Goals
Eradicate poverty and hunger - MDG 1

Coconut Diversification to Fight Poverty in India (UN in Action, 1065)
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Nomadic Education in Sudan (UN in Action, 1011)
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War and Hunger in Congo (UN in Action, 1050).
Video

Fighting Poverty with Roses in Rwanda (UN in Action, 1025)
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Niger's nutrition crisis (UN in Action, 982)
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Achieve universal primary education - MDG 2

Feeding School Children in Drought-Stricken Rwanda (UN in Action, 1021)
Video

UNESCO supported school brings opportunity to youngsters in Brazil (UN in Action, 975)
Video

Farming schools for AIDS orphans in Mozambique (UN in Action, 968)
Video

UNESCO assists Teachers' Training in Morocco (UN in Action, 962)
Video

UNESCO's project in Brazil helps to fight Rampant youth violence (UN in Action, 947)
Video

Promote gender equality and empower women - MDG 3

Nepal: Local custom discriminates against women (UN in Action, 1123)
Video

Women's water cooperative in Tanzania (UN in Action, 1109)
Video

Peace Dividend for Nepali Women (UN in Action, 1073)
Video

Bahraini Women: Making History (UN in Action, 1053)
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Tajik Women Struggle to Regain Lost Rights (UN in Action, 1047)
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Reduce child mortality - MDG 4

Feeding School Children in Drought-Stricken Rwanda (UN in Action, 1021)
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State of the World's Children Report (UN in Action, 1007)
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UNICEF helps former child soldier in Columbia (UN in Action, 963)
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UN helps Morrocan handicapped children (UN in Action, 953)
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Immunization means a healthy future for Philippine children (UN in Action, 949)
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Improve maternal health - MDG 5

Maternal Mortality in Haiti and the Dominican Republic (UN in Action, 1090)
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Maternal Health in Pakistan almost a Year and a Half after Earthquake (UN in Action, 1060)
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The Terrible Plight of Child-Mothers in Northern Uganda (UN in Action, 998)
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Rosmawati's story; women's health in ACEH's camps (UN in Action, 951)
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Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria AND other diseases - MDG 6

Syphilis in Haiti (UN in Action, 1116)
Video

Fistula in Chad (UN in Action, 1103)
Video

UN Works with NGO to Curb the Spread of AIDS (UN in Action, 1102)
Video

Haiti: Merchants Access HIV and AIDS Services (UN in Action, 1094)
Video

HIV and AIDS Prevention in Brazil (UN in Action, 1089)
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Ensure environmental sustainability - MDG 7

Pygmies use GPS system to save trees (UN in Action, 1126)
Video

Niger drought (UN in Action, 1125)
Video

Saving Lake Chad (UN in Action, 1118)
Video

Rainwater harvest in Indonesia (UN in Action, 1114)
Video

Water shortage in Jordan (UN in Action, 1105)
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Develop a global partnership for development - MDG 8

Female entrepreneurs in Zanzibar (UN in Action, 1120)
Video

Community Enterprise in India (UN in Action, 1069)
Video

UN Supports Women Entrepreneurs in Yemen (UN in Action, 1002)
Video

UNRWA Helps Palestinian Women Entrepeneurs (UN in Action, 940)
Video

Entrepeneurs in Burkina Faso (UN in Action, 929)
Video

UN supports young entrepreneurs in Fiji (UN in Action, 919)
Video

Women, children, population

Nepal: Local custom discriminates against women (UN in Action, 1123)
Video

Women's water cooperative in Tanzania (UN in Action, 1109)
Video

Peace Dividend for Nepali Women (UN in Action, 1073)
Video

Bahraini Women: Making History (UN in Action, 1053)
Video

Tajik Women Struggle to Regain Lost Rights (UN in Action, 1047)
Video

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