Monday, November 9, 2009

UN Security Council Nov. 9th

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29156&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html










10:00 am
SCC


Security Council Meeting:
The situation in the Great Lakes region
Security Council open sessions are webcast live at

http://www.un.org/webcast/
; archived at http://www.un.org/webcast/sc.html

Related Link:
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/

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Following the above event

SCCR
Security Council Consultations:
- The situation in the Great Lakes region
- Other matters

10:00 am

GA Hall
General Assembly:
1. The situation in Afghanistan
(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/364)
(b) Draft resolution (A/64/L.8)

2. Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies
(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/372)
(b) Draft resolution (A/64/L.12)


3. Culture of peace
(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/64/325)
(b) Note by the Secretary-General (A/64/312)
(c) Draft resolutions (A/64/L.5, A/64/L.13, A/64/L.14 and A/64/L.151)

Related Link:

http://www.un.org/ga/
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12:00 nn
S-226


Noon Briefing:


by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General
Guest: Mr. Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, to provide an update on the climate change negotiations.


The noon briefing is webcast live at:

http://www.un.org/webcast; archived at http://www.un.org/webcast/pressbriefing.html
Related Link:
http://www.un.org/News/ossg


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6:30 pm
Trusteeship Council
Film Screening:


"As Seen through These Eyes", a documentary film about prejudice, bigotry and intolerance narrated by Maya Angelou and produced in association with Sundance Channel. A discussion with the film's director, producer and writer, Hilary Helstein, will follow the screening [organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme].

The event is part of the observance of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Pogrom of 9 November 1938.
Related Link:
http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/
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