Note No. 6427
The United Nations Academic Impact will launch the J. Michael Adams Conversation series on 21 October, with an inaugural lecture by the well-known Saudi Arabian scientist Hayat Sindi.
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Note No. 6426
On 5 September 2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon designated Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, as the Secretary-General for the third International Conference on Financing for Development.
Note No. 6424
The United Nations Academic Impact will host its next “Classroom Conversation” on the role of the United Nations in the independence process of Timor-Leste on 8 October, at 11 a.m. in Room S-2727.
Note No. 6425
The United Nations Academic Impact will host another of its “Music for Peace” conversations on 9 October in Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m.
Note No. 6423
The Secretary-General will convene a High-level Meeting on Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak on Thursday, 25 September, at 11 a.m.
Note No. 6422
The International Day of Peace will be marked around the world on Sunday, 21 September. In his message for the day, the Secretary-General asks combatants to put down their arms, “so all can breathe the air of peace” and calls on people around the world to observe a minute of silence at noon.
Note No. 6421
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Academy Award-nominated actor and committed environmental activist, Leonardo DiCaprio, as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.
Note No. 6419
The Journalists Programme, now called the United Nations Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme, will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, beginning on Monday, 8 September.
Note No. 6420
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, along with the President of the General Assembly, John Ashe, will preside over the informal meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests, to be held in the Trusteeship Council Chamber from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 September.
Note No. 6418
Heads of State and Government will join leaders from business and civil society to announce new commitments and practical actions to address climate change at a Climate Summit hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 September.