World Chronicle 765: Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General

This special edition of World Chronicle features a 15-minute video, 1999 Year in Review, showing the year's major events as seen from a United Nations perspective. Michael Littlejohns then interviews Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, for World Chronicle program 765.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:05
• Production Date: 6 December 1999
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FRED ECKHARD; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: POPULATION; SECRETARY-GENERAL
• MAMS Id: 2150767
• Parent Id: 824800

Description

U.N. YEAR IN REVIEW 1999

As humanity stands on the brink of a new millennium, what will the future bring to the world population? In 1999, the human family reached the six billion mark. It was a year marked by conflict and natural disasters. This special edition of World Chronicle features a 15-minute video, 1999 Year in Review, showing the year's major events as seen from a United Nations perspective and Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, comments on the year's main issues and discusses the challenges that the world organization will face in the future.

• Scripts: File; 765.pdf (29.1 KB)