World Chronicle 812: Harri Holkeri, President, 55th Session of the General Assembly

Ian Williams interviews Harri Holkeri, President of the 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, for World Chronicle program 812.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 15 November 2000
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: EVELYN LEOPOLD; HARRI HOLKERI; IAN WILLIAMS; WALTER PFAEFFLE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; UNITED NATIONS ROLE
• MAMS Id: 2155674
• Parent Id: 824845

Description

FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The United Nations General Assembly is empowered to make only non-binding recommendations to States on international issues within its competence. It has, nonetheless, initiated actions - political, economic, humanitarian, social and legal - which do affect the lives of millions of people throughout the world. The Assembly comprises all 189 Members of the United Nations and meets in regular session each year from September to December in New York, and thereafter as required. In this edition of World Chronicle, Harri Holkeri, President of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, discusses the challenges facing the UN in the new century.

• Scripts: File; 812.pdf (34.34 KB)