VIDEO ARCHIVE
DAY 1: Opening Plenary – 9:00am – 10:30am
Welcome Remarks
Maryam Nemazee, Al Jazeera Newshour Anchor, Opening Plenary Moderator
Opening Comments
“Where We’ve Been, What We Hope to Accomplish” by Maureen Connolly, Forum Director
Statement of Appreciation
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the General Assembly, UNGA 74 and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations
Brief Presentation
Cristina Petcu, Research Associate, The Stimson Center
Roadmap for the Future We Want & UN We Need: A Vision 20/20 for UN75 & Beyond
Opening Panel
“The Future We Want, The United Nations We Need”
- Ban Ki-Moon, Eighth UN Secretary-General, Deputy Chair of The Elders, and President & Chair, Global Green Growth Institute
- Aya Chebbi, African Union Envoy on Youth
- Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the General Assembly (UNGA 74th Session) and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations
- Gro Harlem Brundtland, Co-Chair, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, Member of The Elders, and former Director-General of the World Health Organization and Prime Minister of Norway
Q&A with Global Audience
Led by Maryam Nemazee
DAY 1: Concurrent Session: The Future of Philanthropy in Global Governance
Speakers
- Jens Orback, Executive Director, The Global Challenges Foundation
- Marcel Arsenault, Founder, One Earth Future Foundation
- Sandra Breka, Member of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch Stiftung
- James Goldston, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations
Moderator: Maria Kisumbi, Senior Adviser, Policy & Government Relations, Humanity United and former Coordinator of Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda
DAY 1: Video Recordings from Zoom Webinars
Topic: Post-COVID Recovery and the Future of Global Economic and Social Governance
Date: Sep 16, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Rethinking the World’s System of Collective Security 75 Years After San Francisco
Date: Sep 16, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Reimagining the Global Human Rights and Humanitarian Architecture
Date: Sep 16, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Climate Governance: The Paris Agreement and Beyond
Date: Sep 16, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: A Global Civic Ethic, Countering Rising Nationalism, and The Future of Global Governance
Date: Sep 16, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Technology, Financing and Global Governance Partnerships for Good Global Citizenship
Date: Sep 16, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
DAY 2: All Plenary Sessions – 9:00am – 1:30pm
Day 2 from the conference including:
- UN75 People’s Declaration & Plan for Global Action Video
- Introduction of the Innovation Track by Richard Ponzio, Director, Just Security 2020, The Stimson Center
- Response by Honorary Co-Chair Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the UN, and Co-Chair, Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance
- Partnership Tracks:
- Sustainable Development Partnerships Presentations
- Peace and Security Partnerships Presentations
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Partnerships Presentations
- Climate Governance Partnerships Presentations
- Musical Performance by Yagull
- Distinguished Leaders session: The Roadmap to the Future We Want, the UN We Need
- And much more…
See the full agenda from Day 2
DAY 2: Video Recordings of the Community-driven Sessions
Topic: Act of Creation: The Story of the UN’s Founding
Date: Sept. 17, 2020 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
The Stimson Center
Topic: Global Cooperation in the Face of Increasing Ecological Threats: Presentation and Discussion on Key Findings from the Ecological Threat Register
Date: Sept. 17, 2020 4:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Institute of Economic & Peace
DAY 3: Community-Driven Sessions
Topic: Community Peace as a Foundation of Security
Date: Sep 18, 2020 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development
Topic: Reaching the Summit: Promoting the Potential of the UN75 Declaration
Date: Sep 18, 2020 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Baha’i International Community, UN2020, and Together First
Topic: Empowering Traditional Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Peacebuilding
Date: Sep 18, 2020 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Sophia University in Tokyo
Topic: One Earth System, One Heritage, One Pact Stockholm+50 as the restore a well-functioning Earth System/Stable Climate
Date: Sep 18, 2020 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Common Home of Humanity
Topic: Policy Review on a UN Parliamentary Assembly
Date: Sep 18, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Democracy Without Borders
Topic: Reinventing the Role of International and Regional Organizations in Promoting Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Institutions in Times of Crisis: What Has Been Done and What Is Next?
Date: Sep 18, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
International IDEA
Topic: Cutting Costs of Remittance Flows Wrapping up the Unfinished Business from Agenda 2030
Date: Sep 18, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Date: Sep 18, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Global Governance Philanthropy Network
Topic: “Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century” book presentation
Date: Sep 18, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Global Governance Forum
Topic: A Fourth Pillar for the United Nations? Protecting the United Nations Future by Reforming Counter-terrorism
Date: Sep 18, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
SaferWorld
Topic: How the Beijing Women’s Conference speaks to us today
Date: Sep 18, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan
Other Videos and Highlights
Message from Prof Ibrahim Gambari to the UN75 Global Governance Forum
UN75 Global Governance Forum Closing Speech Haaziq Kazi
UN75 Global Governance Forum Exchage with Fabrizio Hochschild
UN75 Global Governance Forum Opening Video Day 1
UN75 People’s Declaration UN2020
UN75 Global Governance Forum Closing Video Highlights Part 1
Musical Performance: Let It Shine by Rocky Dawuni
Musical Performance: 101 by Yagull
The UN75 Global Governance Forum seeks to promote a more inclusive and effective United Nations through dialogue and recommendations that better harness the ideas, capabilities, and networks of both state and non-state actors for achieving the UN’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, human rights, and a stable climate.