A short excerpt of these extraordinary concerts can be viewed on YouTube, See: http://YouTube.com/watch?v=UUiIsi-4Mfk

NY LINCOLN CENTER/AVERY FISCHER HALL: CONCERT OF 25 RENOWN INDIGENOUS MUSICIANS FROM 21 COUNTRIES TO PERFORM TOGETHER WITH ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S on 03 DECEMBER 2007

      UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 24 October 2007 - Lincoln Center/Avery Fischer Hall: Orchestra of St Luke's for the first time in its history will play with 25 renown musicians from every continent in a premiere produced by Mehri Madarshahi and her Association "Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations" (www.melodydialogue.org), to be held on 03 December 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, save this Date: Reserve your ticket at Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or, visit: http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=16432

••• NY LINCOLN CENTER/AVERY FISCHER HALL: CONCERT OF 25 RENOWN INDIGENOUS MUSICIANS FROM 21 COUNTRIES TO PERFORM TOGETHER WITH ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S on 03 DECEMBER 2007

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SCHOOL-GIRLS IN A READING CLASS, KARACHI, PAKISTAN. UN Photo# 31350/John Isaac (MaximsNews Network)

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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS FIVE NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL (MaximsNews Network)

Wide view of the General Assembly during the 26th plenary meeting to elect the five non-permanent members of the Security Council, at UN Headquarters in New York. 16 October 2007.  UN Photo# 157887/Paulo Filgueiras.

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Secretary-General of United Nations, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on the situation in the Middle East and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 18 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Turkish Cypriot Leader, H.E. Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat, on the situation in Cyprus. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 14 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Minister of Forign Affairs of Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, on the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 3 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Representative of Costa Rica, on the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, Ambassador Le Luong Minh, on the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 7 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Ambassador Giadalla A. Ettalhi, on the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 6 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Alejandro D. Wolff, on the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 3 minutes

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Irakli Alasania, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations, briefs correspondents following the Security Council meeting on the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, at UN Headquarters in New York. 15 October 2007. UN Photo# 157784/Mark Garten

15 October 2007    SEE: TV	Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Lebanese Member of Parliament, H.E. Mr. Walid Jumblatt, on the situation in the Middle East.  UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 6 minutes
Security Council: The question concerning Haiti. The situation in Georgia. The situation in Afghanistan. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - English: 3 hours and 34 minutes ] UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - Original Language: 3 hours and 34 minutes ]
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Senior members of the U.S. Delegation to the First Committee, on the NPT, specifically the U.S. record on disarmament UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 18 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tom Koenigs, on the situation in Afghanistan. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 16 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Georgia. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 5 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of Georgia, Ambassador Irakli Alasania, on the situation in Georgia. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 6 minutes

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PERU, MOTHER AND CHILD UN Photo #155246C  

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     John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations, briefs correspondents following the Security Council meeting on the situations in Georgia, Myanmar, and other matters, at UN Headquarters in New York. 11 October 2007. UN Photo# 157688/Paulo Filgueiras

11 October 2007

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir John Sawers KCMG, on the situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of China, Ambassador Liu Zhenmin , on the situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 2 minutes Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Deputy Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on the situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 7 minutes Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of South Africa, Ambassador Dumisani S. Kumalo, on the situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes Security Council: The situation in Myanmar. UN WEBCAST VIDEO - English: 5 minutes  UN WEBCAST VIDEO - Original Language: 5 minutes Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, on the situation concerning Georgia. UN WEBCAST VIDEO - 7 minutes

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An Ivorian court official distributes application forms to residents without identity documents, as they wait for a public identification hearing to obtain birth certificate for registration to vote in elections, in Ferkessedougou, Côte d'Ivoire. 25 September 2007. UN Photo# 155064/Ky Chung

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     Afghan Photographer Makes a Living. Photographer makes a living using an old-fashioned camera to take pictures of Parwan province residents in Gihanga, Afghanistan. 08 October 2007. UN Photo # 157470/Fardin Wahezi

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      Kemal Dervis (right), Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), addresses the ceremony to launch the Partnership for Democratic Governance, at UN Headquarters in New York. To his right is Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. UN Photo# 156309/Ryan Brown. 01 October 2007

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      Leslie Kojo Christian, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, and President of the Security Council for October, briefs correspondents following the Council's consultations on the situations in Somalia and Guinea-Bissau, and other matters, at UN Headquarters, New York. 03 October 2007. UN Photo# 156840/Eskinder Debebe

  Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Ghana, Ambassador Leslie K. Christian, on the situation in Somalia and other matters.
UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 4 minutes

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Tzipi Livni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel, briefs correspondents outside the Security Council chamber, at UN Headquarters in New York. 01 October 2007. UN Photo # 156083/Mark Garten. UN Photo 156084/Mark Garten

••• UN: ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER URGES UN TO ACT ON ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES: 01/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel, H.E. Ms. Tzipi Livni, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question and other matters.
[UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 8 minutes ]

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     U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a dinner he hosted in honour of Heads of State and Government or Heads of Delegation attending the general debate of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, at UN Headquarters in New York. To his right: George W. Bush, President of the United States of America; and Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of Chile.   25 September 2007   UN Photo# 154638 /Mark Garten

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