Tuesday, December 2

[Webcast] United Nations Web TV: Live Schedule (2 December, 2014)

United Nations Web TV Live Schedule for Tuesday, 2 December 2014
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09:45 AM        Security Council Media Stakeout (Programme of work)

10:00 AM        (CR.8) Accessible Technologies for Persons with Disabilities: Crossing the digital divide.
Commemoration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at United Nations Headquarters (2 to 3 December 2014)
http://www.un.org/disabilities/

10:00 AM        (GA Hall) General assembly: 62nd plenary meeting - Consideration of the reports of the First Committee.

1.  Reduction of military budgets: report of the First Committee (A/69/431) [item 87]
2.  African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/69/432) [item 88]
3. Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament (A/69/433) [item 89]
4. Maintenance of international security — good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe (A/69/434) [item 90]
5.  Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security: report of the First Committee (A/69/435) [item 91]
6. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/69/436) [item 92]
7. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: report of the First Committee (A/69/437) [item 93]
8. Prevention of an arms race in outer space: report of the First Committee (A/69/438) [item 94]
9. Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/69/439) [item 95]
10. General and complete disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/69/440) [item 96]
11. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/69/441)  [item 97]
12. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the First Committee (A/69/442) [item 98]
13. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/69/443) [item 99]
14. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: report of the First Committee (A/69/444) [item 100]
15. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region: report of the First Committee (A/69/445) [item 101]
16. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/69/446) [item 102]
17. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction: report of the First Committee (A/69/447) [item 103]
18. Revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations: report of the First Committee (A/69/448)  [item 104]
19. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/69/449) [item 118]
20. Programme planning: report of the First Committee (A/69/450) [item 133]


12:00 PM        Noon Briefing

12:30 PM        Press conference (English and French interpretation): Ambassador Mahamat Zene Cherif, Permanent Representative of Chad and President of the Security Council for December on the Council’s programme of work for the month.

01:15 PM        (CR.8) Panel Discussion: “Mental well-being and disability: toward accessible and inclusive sustainable development goals”.
Commemoration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at United Nations Headquarters (2 to 3 December 2014)
Co-organized by United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center, DESA, and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Argentina, and the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh
Moderator: Ms. Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DSPD, DESA
Speakers: H.E. Ms. Maria Cristina Perceval, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations; Dr. Atsuro Tsutsumi, Coordinator, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health; Dr. Mark van Ommeren, Scientist, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organizatoin (recorded presentation); Ms. Saima Wazed Hossain, Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh
Prof. Harry Minas, Head, Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne; Dr. Kamal Lamichhane, Research Fellow, Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute; Ms. Kathryn Goetzke, Founder and Interim Executive Director, International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression; Dr. Takashi Izutsu, Senior Knowledge Management Officer, The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center
http://www.un.org/disabilities/

03:00 PM        (CR.8) Panel discussion on “Creating enabling work environments”.
Commemoration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at United Nations Headquarters (2 to 3 December 2014)
Organized by DESA.
Moderator: EOSG representative (tbc)
Speakers: Ms. Akiko Ito, co-Chair, Inter-Departmental Task Force on Accessibility, UN Secretariat (IDTFA); Mr. Kevin Cassidy, Senior Communications and External Relations Officer, ILO; Mr. Clarence Lee Brown, Senior Occupational Health Specialist, World Bank; Mr. Gopal Mitra, Programme Specialist Children with Disabilities, UNICEF; Ms. Betty Dion, Founder and Past President, Global Alliance for Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES); Ms. Elaine Draper, Director, Process Transformation of Barclays Bank; Ms. Venus Ilagan, Secretary-General, Rehabilitation International.
http://www.un.org/disabilities/

03:00 PM        (CR.6) Making Rights a Reality for All: An interactive Discussion on Participatory Monitoring and Social Accountability.
The purpose of this side event is to present the final results of the Participatory Monitoring and Accountability Consultation co-facilitated by UNICEF, UN Women and UNDP and sponsored by the Governments of Canada, Peru and Republic of Korea. Panellists and the audience will engage in an interactive discussion on examples of good practice at the country level. They will also discuss a draft of a proposed outcome document to be finalized and endorsed at a high-level meeting set to take place in Peru in March 2015. This outcome document will be fed into continued negotiations on the Post-2015 Agenda.
Hosted by the Governments of Canada, Peru and Republic of Korea Supported by UNICEF, UN Women, UNDP and The World Bank
For more information about the Global Consultation on Participatory Monitoring and Accountability please visit the consultation website:
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/accountability2015

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