8-7-2013

Retired Foreign Service Officer, discusses major international problems confronting the US and the UN.

8-4-2011

An independent reporter who covers the UN for National Public Radio, is the author of "An Insider's Guide to the UN: Second Edition."

4-22-2013

Professor and author, focuses on UN Peacekeeping in the 21st Century.

1-11-2013

Former Under-Secretary-General for Public Information at the United Nations, highlights how the UN communicates with the public, media and policymakers.

01-05-2012

Shazia Z. Rafi, a Pakistani National, is the Former Secretary- General of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA). Ms. Rafi, discusses Peace and Democracy, International Law and Human Rights, especially in relation to the International Criminal Court and Sustainable Development

01-05-2012

Chief of the Secretariat of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, focuses on major challenges to indigenous peoples.

12-3-13

Special Advisor of UN SG on Prevention of Genocide, discusses how pervasive genocide is worldwide and what his Office is doing to reduce it.

4-5-2012

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassador Momen is also the Vice President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the 2011-2012 sessions.

UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, discusses how to mobilize youth to confront challenges, such as poverty, illiteracy and climate change.

11-3-11

Al Brandel, of Melville, New York, was the 2008-2009 President of Lions Clubs International.

A retired police detective, he led the Lions relief effort for September 11th, and was a former Board Director of the United Nations Association of the USA and a representative to UNICEF in New York.

1-28-2010

Alice Elliott has worked in theater, film and television for over 35 years. She is an Academy Award nominated director, a writer, producer, actress, advocate for the disabled, who recently directed and co-produced the documentary Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy that was aired on PBS in October 2009.

1-8-2013

Ms. Slater, who is the New York Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, is also a member of the Abolition 2000 Network, and serves on its International Coordinating Committee and directs the Abolition 2000 Sustainable Energy Working Group.