UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan gives an exclusive pogress report on UN renewal to UNA-UK at Central Hall, Westminster - site of the very first meeting of the General Assembly on 10 January 1946. (Part 1 of speech)
Watch former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's farewell message to staff and 'The best place on earth to be', a tribute to his ten years of service in the 'most impossible job in the world'.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan gives an exclusive progress report on UN renewal to UNA-UK at Central Hall, Westminster - site of the very first meeting of the General Assembly on 10 January 1946. (Part 2 of speech)
19 November 2006: Lord Hannay responds to Adam LeBor's new book 'Complicity with Evil'; points out that constructive criticism of UN structural failings is more productive than a witch hunt; explains why the Secretary-General can never be an iron-fisted dictator, hopes the US has recognised it cannot go it alone; and ponders on what history will credit Tony Blair with...
At a reception hosted by the FCO on 12 March 2008, UNA-UK's Young Professional Network launched its programme for the coming year. The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP, delivered remarks on behalf of the FCO; while Sam Daws, Paul Johnston and Andrew Smith also gave brief talks on UNA-UK/YPN and its goals for 2008/9.
The annual Year in Review programme includes coverage of global events and comments from world leaders, as well as citizens, dealing with the effects of climate change or malaria. It also provides an intimate view of the worldwide work of the United Nations in 2007 and concludes with the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore.
UNA-UK's annual conference 2008 took place from 28-30 March 2007 at Exeter University. This is a recording of the keynote speech by Lord Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General and now Foreign Office Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN.
