With the countdown for the "Year 2000" effect on computer systems at little more than 12 months and counting, heads of national programmes for tackling the problem meet for the first time on an international basis at United Nations Headquarters on Friday, 11 December.
Film Directors Round Table in Memory of Akira Kurosawa, Organized by Martin Scorcese, To Be Part of Television Forum's Events
The United Nations website will provide a live webcast of the third United Nations World Television Forum, which will be held at Headquarters on 19 and 20 November. This will be the first live webcast of an event which will be covered by the new high-definition television (HDTV), and will be available at the following URL:
On Wednesday, 18 November, at 12 noon, the Secretary-General will accept the gift of a cast of a sleeping elephant on behalf of the United Nations.
This life-size bronze cast is being presented to the United Nations by the Governments of Kenya, Namibia and Nepal.
