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Subject: [Webcast] UN Webcast Live Schedule for Friday, 24 April 2009 + UN Channel on YouTube videos
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Date: Thursday, 23 April, 2009, 11:01 PM
View today's archived videos at: http://www.un.org/webcast/2009.html UN Webcast Live Schedule for Friday, 24 April 2009: http://www.un.org/webcast Channel 1 10:00am Security Council: The situation in Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion. Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (S/2009/199). 3:00pm Special Event: Event on the theme "The tsunami global lessons learned", to present the report entitled "The tsunami legacy: Innovation, breakthroughs and change", co-chaired by the newly appointed Administrator of UNDP, in her capacity as Head of UNDG, and the Permanent Representative of Indonesia. Channel
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12:00noon Daily Noon Press Briefing By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to present the latest Annual Report of the Secretary General on the situation of children and armed conflict, and brief on her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Channel 3 10:00am General Assembly: 81st plenary meeting - Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions: draft resolution A/63/L.67
Channel 4 9:45am Media Stakeout: Outside the Security Council Chamber. Channel 5 Durban Review Conference 20 - 24 April 2009,
Geneva, Switzerland (GMT+2) (http://www.un.org/webcast/durbanreview/) ----------------------------------------------- Visit the UN Channel on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/unitednations Videos posted today, 23 April 2009:
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Malaria in Sierra Leone
United Nations, New York, April 2009 - Sierra Leone has one of the worlds highest mortality rates for children under five, mainly from preventable diseases. Years of war and neglect have turned the countrys poorest urban districts into Malaria hotspots. But better diagnoses, drugs, access to treatment and greater emphasis on prevention are starting to make a difference.
Added: April 23, 2009, 01:38 PM
Time: 3:43
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"One World Against Malaria"
United Nations, New York, 23 April 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers, will co-host the "One World Against Malaria" Summit tomorrow in Washington, D.C., on the eve of World Malaria Day. The Summits goal will be to recognize the important role that faith-based organizations have in combating the disease. It will also reaffirm and renew commitments to achieving the Secretary-Generals goal of providing universal access to malaria prevention by 2010 -- in order to end deaths from malaria
by 2015. The Summit will bring together faith leaders from Africa and the United States, as well as government and global health leaders. The heads of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, Margaret Chan and Ann Veneman, as well as the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, will address the gathering. For his part, Ray Chambers is expected to discuss the importance of bringing Christians, Muslims, and people of all faiths together to defeat a common enemy. He will also recognize the tremendous influence that faith leaders have in encouraging their congregations to use mosquito nets and seek treatment. We have a media advisory on tomorrows event upstairs. Meanwhile, also on malaria, WHO reports that malaria deaths in Zambia have declined by 66%. That decline was especially steep after more than 3 million long-lasting insecticidal nets were distributed between 2006 and 2008. We have more on that in my office.
Added: April 23, 2009, 12:50 PM
Time: 1:28
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Stern Recommendation on Somali Piracy
United Nations, New York, 23 April 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General this morning delivered the opening statement at the International Conference in Brussels in support of the Somali Security Institutions and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). He said that piracy is not a water-borne disease, but rather a symptom of anarchy and insecurity on the ground. Dealing with it, he said, requires an integrated strategy that addresses the fundamental issue of lawlessness in Somalia. He said we must ensure that
AMISOM has what it needs to fulfill the mandate authorized by the African Union and the UN Security Council. At the same time, he reminded all Member States of the critical funding shortage for the World Food Programme's Emergency Operation, which still requires $168 million through the end of 2009.. The strategy for Somalia, he emphasized, is based on a new partnership among the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, donors and the Somalis themselves. He also met today with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, with whom he had a joint press stakeout, and with Kenyas Foreign Minister, among others. This evening, the Secretary-General spoke to the press, welcoming the generous contributions made at todays conference, where more than 200 million dollars were pledged. He said that he is both hopeful and realistic about Somalias prospects: hopeful at the strong
support and political will that has been shown, and realistic about the need for patience and constant commitment. The Secretary-Generals week-long travel, which started in Trinidad and Tobago and continued through Switzerland, Malta and Belgium, has ended, and he will be back at UN Headquarters tomorrow.
News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30575&Cr=somali&Cr1=
Added: April 23, 2009, 12:47 PM
Time: 2:00
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The Critical Sri Lankan Humanitarian Situation
United Nations, New York, 23 April 2009 - The Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Catherine Bragg, briefs the press on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka.
Added: April 23, 2009, 12:43 PM
Time: 24:10
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Durban Review Conference - Dance Performance (Part 1)
United Nations, Geneva, 21 April 2009 - Durban Review Conference (Geneva, 20-24 April 2009) Dance Performance by the Surialanga Dance Company of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa). Drumming by Koumba Tosh and a member of the Fifawa band, a Geneva-based African reggae band. The group specialises in intercultural dance fusion which celebrates tolerance and respect for different cultures, languages and musical traditions. The group works with communities in South Africa and has performed in many countries around the world.
Durban Review Conference Website: http://www.un..org/durbanreview2009/
Added: April 23, 2009, 05:02 AM
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