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Launch of Campaign: Leaders for Peace On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (organized by the Permanent Mission of Italy, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Rondine Cittadella della Pace)

Event entitled “Seventieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime”

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

Special Event to mark World TV Day Lights, Camera, Action on the SDGs: The power of storytelling to create change

Special Event: International Day for Tolerance Screening of international short films from YouTube’s 2018 Creators for Change programme, followed by panel discussion on tolerance and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and live musical performance (Organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The United Nations observes World Audiovisual Heritage Day on October 27th. During a hot summer in New York Headquarters, a team of archivists worked around the clock to protect almost 40,000 records.

The UN Day Concert featured sarod virtuoso Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, accompanied by his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and the Refugee Orchestra Project conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya. The theme of this year’s concert, which is sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, is “Traditions of Peace and Non-violence”. FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY.

Theme: OSAA at 15: A Stronger UN-AU Partnership for Peace, Security and Development in Africa. Opening remarks by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa. The Africa Dialogue Series, provided a platform to explore and promote critical debates operationalizing the peace, security, human rights, humanitarian and development nexus in Africa.

Side Event on innovation and technology to foster inclusion and intercultural dialogue: The Talmud Project.

Side Event: Africa Open for Business Summit, organized by The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) in collaboration with the Department of Public Information/NGO Relations Section, the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations, the United Nations Senior Africans Group, the African Union, the United Economic Commission for Africa, the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the Global Partnership Forum, the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Population Fund and UN Women.