INFO on UN General Assembly Mtg. (Morales will do press conf, Tues. nite)

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You can see a live webcast of all official speeches and press conferences to begiven by heads of state in attendance at the 63rd annual meeting of the UN General Assembly which begins this coming week. The Url for the UN webcast is: http://www.un.org/webcast/

Below is a list special meetings and press conferences to take place. NOTE that EVO MORALES will give a press conference on TUESDAY SEPT.23rd at 7:30 PM

Im looking for the schedule of speakers for the general debate -- by far the most interesting and entertaining aspect of the UN annual meeting. Whatever I found out I will post to the list.


THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS


Saturday, September 20


This is Clean Up the World Weekend, an initiative supported by the U.N. Environment Programme.


Sunday, September 21


Today is the International Day of Peace.


Monday, September 22


At 9 a.m., the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development gets underway in the General Assembly Hall. The Secretary-General is scheduled to address the meeting.

At 9 a.m. in Room S-226, Mary Robinson, Chair of Realising Rights: Ethical Global Initiative; Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization; Ela Bhatt from the Self-Employed Women's Association of India and a member of The Elders; Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson; and José Antonio Ocampo from Columbia University brief on "Working out of Poverty: A Decent Work Approach to Development and the Millennium Development Goals".

At 9.45 a.m., Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, briefs the press at the Security Council stakeout.

At 10 a.m., the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (for assistance to the Palestinian people) meets in Conference Room 3. The Secretary-General is scheduled to address the meeting.

At 10.15 a.m. in Room S-226, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, briefs the press.

At 11.15 a.m. in Room S-226, Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania and Chairperson of the African Union, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, brief on the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Africa's Development Needs.

At 1 p.m. in Room S-226, Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway and Co-chair of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, briefs the press (additional participants TBC).

At 3.30 p.m. (location TBC), the Secretary-General is scheduled to host a meeting with Presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of Nigeria to congratulate them on last month's successful and peaceful transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula

The International Monetary Fund issues its annual report.

Tuesday, September 23

The General Assembly's annual General Debate gets underway this morning.

This afternoon, the Security Council is scheduled to hold a high-level meeting on mediation and settlement of disputes.

At 10 a.m. in Room S-226, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, holds a press conference.

At 11 a.m., Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, briefs the press at the Security Council Stakeout.

At 4 p.m. at the Secretary-General's Residence, Madame Ban (Yoo) Soon-taek hosts an official tea reception for spouses of heads of state and ministers.

At 4.30 p.m. in Room S-226, Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, and Alexander Stubb, Foreign Minister of Finland, brief the press.

At 5.30 p.m. in Conference Room 4, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, briefs the press.

At 7.30 p.m. in Room S-226, Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, briefs the press.

From today through 1 October, the tenth annual Treaty Event takes place at U.N. Headquarters.

Wednesday, September 24


This afternoon, the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing on the European Union force in Chad and adopt a resolution on the U.N. Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad.

At 9 a.m. in Room S-226, Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, U.N. Environment Programme; Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; and Ronnie Goldberg, Vice President, International Organisation of Employers, launch a study entitled Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World.

At 9.30 a.m. in Conference Room 2, the Fourth Ministerial Meeting to promote the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty takes place.

At 10 a.m. in Conference Room 4, Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda; Sandra Torres de Colom, First Lady of Guatemala; Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme; Howard G. Buffett, Chairman of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation; and Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, hold a press conference to launch a joint initiative to empower small farmers.

At 11.05 a.m. in Conference Room. 4, the Secretary-General holds a joint press conference with the Troika leaders of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark; and Hassan Wirajuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.

At 11 a.m. in Room S-226, Ursula Plassnik, Foreign Minister of Austria; Stephen Smith, Foreign Minister of Australia; Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica; U.N. Messenger of Peace and actor Michael Douglas; Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry; and Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Secretariat brief on the Ministerial Meeting in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

At 12.40 p.m. in Room S-226, the Secretary-General holds a joint press conference with Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, U.N. Environment Programme; Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the U.N. Development Programme; and Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, to launch a new initiative to reduce emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation.

From 1.15 to 3.30 p.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, there will be a high-level side event on "Water and Sanitation For All", which the Secretary-General is scheduled to attend.

At 6 p.m. in Room S-226, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia, briefs the press.

From 6 to 7.30 p.m. at the Millennium U.N. Plaza Hotel, the World Business and Development Awards will be handed out.

In Geneva, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development publishes its World Investment Report.

Thursday, September 25

All day today, beginning at 8:45 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall, the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly convene a High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, which will conclude with a High-level Evening Event on the food and climate change crises, hosted by the Secretary-General.

At 8 a.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber, the Secretary-General, musician Bono, and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the U.N. Millennium Project, attend the Irish Hunger Task Force's presentation of its report to the Prime Minister of Ireland.

At 10.15 a.m., the Secretary-General is scheduled to hold a press stakeout (location TBC).

At 12.45 p.m. in Room S-226, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain, holds a press conference.

At 2 p.m. in Room S-226, Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization, briefs the press.

At 6 p.m. in Conference Room 4, the Secretary-General holds a joint press conference with Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the Millennium Development Goals High-level Event.

Friday, September 26


This morning, the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Chairman-in-Office.
From 8 to 10 a.m. at the Millennium Hotel, Madame Ban (Yoo) Soon-taek attends at an "Autism Speaks" breakfast, where she is scheduled to deliver remarks.

At 9.30 a.m. in Room S-226, Amre Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, holds a press conference.


At 11.15 a.m. in Room S-226, Dimitris Christofias, President of Cyprus, briefs the press.

At 11.45 a.m., Alexandra Stubb, Foreign Minister of Finland, briefs the press at the Security Council stakeout.

At 5 p.m. in Conference Room 4, the Secretary-General holds a joint press conference with the following representatives of the Middle East Quartet: Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State; Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation; Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France; Javier Solana, High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy; Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations; and Tony Blair, Quartet Representative. At 6:45 p.m. in the Delegates Dining Room, there will be a Quartet Iftar dinner with Arab partners.



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