https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/ The Audiovisual Library's mission is to provide access to and preserve the audiovisual archives from over 70 years of the history of the Organization. The AV Library makes the audio, film and video collections widely accessible to UN Offices, UN Family Organizations, professional media organizations, broadcasters, independent producers, governments, institutions and non-governmental organizations, researchers and civil society at large. We also aim to support audiovisual productions and foster public understanding of the United Nations and its goals by providing customer services and audiovisual materials in a timely and efficient manner to professional clients around the world. Copyright 2019 Department of Global Communications, United Nations en-us https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1099/1099688/ Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspector Commission (UNMOVIC), addresses members of the UN Correspondents Association on the activities of weapons inspectors in Iraq. 00:49:08 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/uploads/2019/01/74631 HANS BLIX WLOGO.jpg Audio 04-Feb-2003 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1099/1099688 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1033/1033143/ Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other friends of Bella Abzug celebrate the life of the feisty American activist and politician for her extraordinary contribution to women’s rights. 00:54:23 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/uploads/2019/01/300240 ANNAN AT ABZUG TRIBUTE WLOGO.jpg Audio 21-Apr-1998 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1033/1033143 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1099/1099103/ Secretary-General Kofi Annan gives a congratulatory call to Jody Williams upon hearing that she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work toward the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. 00:01:48 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/uploads/2019/01/572780 JODY WILLIAMS_0.jpg Audio 10-Oct-1997 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/1099/1099103 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C195/C1957/ Chief Prosecutor Louise Arbour describes the challenges of the ICTR and ICTY, as the new institutions mete out international criminal justice for war crimes and genocide committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia. 00:22:06 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/2014/04/66712-RC-ICTY-ICTR-1997-LOUISE-ARBOUR-2005-taping-1024x877.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1997 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C195/C1957 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C139/C1395/ "We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike." American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou recites a poem during the gathering for the United Nations Development Fund for Women's Achievement Awards. 00:04:11 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/uploads/2016/03/416001_MayaAngelou_0.jpg Audio 29-Oct-1996 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C139/C1395 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C751/C751/ For the United Nations' 50th birthday, Pope John Paul II praises the quest for freedom as one of the distinguished marks of the time and as a universal human right the UN has to defend. 00:43:52 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/full/21276.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1995 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C751/C751 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C204/C2048/ Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali gives a special toast to Nelson Mandela, newly elected president of South Africa. Mandela follows with his own toast to the UN. 00:13:48 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/2014/06/65592-RC-GHALI-MANDELA-2005-1024x764.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1994 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C204/C2048 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C193/C1936/ Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Franjo Tuđman, President of Croatia, discuss the friendship agreement between the two countries prior to its deterioration and the continuation of conflicts in Yugoslavia. 00:17:30 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/2014/04/121846-RC-BOSNIA-CROATIA-PRESS-CONFERENCE-13_07_2006-BUILDINGS-SARAJEVO-1024x878.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1992 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C193/C1936 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C186/C1862/ President Aristide shares his thoughts on the human rights situation and democracy in Haiti in 1992, after what would become the first of two coup d'états under his leadership. 01:18:12 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/2014/04/319369-RC-ARISTIDE-ON-HAITI-1992-1992-HRC_smcanvas2-1024x730.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1992 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C186/C1862 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C179/C1793/ An interview with Charlotte Abaka (Ghana) and Rose Ukeje (Nigeria), experts on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on combating violence against women within the realities of African culture 00:24:57 http://www.unmultimedia.org/classics/images/2014/04/305274-RC-CEDAW-1992-ABAKA-20011.jpg Audio 01-Jan-1992 TRUE https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/C179/C1793