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Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (A/RES/58/234 and A/72/L.31) (co-organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications and the Permanent Mission of Rwanda)

Event to commemorate 2019 World Autism Awareness Day (A/RES/62/139) entitled “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”. (co-organized by the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

United Nations 2019 Holocaust Memorial Ceremony: “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights”

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”

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.