United Nations: Year In Review 2006

The United Nations faced considerable challenge during a year of new and ongoing conflicts. At the same time, an unprecedented number of peacekeepers served in missions around the world and the struggle to fight against hunger and poverty continued.
With so much on its agenda, the United Nations is at the threshold of a new era: After ten years at the Organization's helm, Secretary-General Kofi Annan leaves office and the newly elected Ban Ki-moon, former foreign minister of South Korea, will lead the organization as the next Secretary-General.
War in Lebanon, ongoing violence in Iraq and continuing crisis in Darfur dominated the World News in 2006. While the Security Council struggled to find consensus on the political level, UN agencies helped civilians trapped in conflict zones. Relief efforts in Lebanon included convoys to bring food and water to destroyed villages, mine clearing to defuse thousands of unexploded cluster bombs and vaccination campaigns for 180,000 children.
Other key issues on the UN's agenda in 2006 included the reaction to nuclear programmes in Iran and North Korea and the "Alliance of Civilizations" -- a high level panel that recommended education, media campaigns and better opportunities for young people to build bridges and a culture of respect across borders and religious divides.
2006 also marked a sad anniversary: 25 years of HIV and AIDS. At the UN, forty countries established an investment fund to purchase quality drugs and diagnostics to combat AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The annual "Year in Review" programme includes coverage of global events and comments from world leaders as well as citizens dealing with the effects of cluster bombs or AIDS. It also provides an intimate view of the worldwide work of the United Nations in 2006.

Writer: Ingrid Kasper
Narrator: Ahmad Fawzi
Producer: Ingrid Kasper
Editor: Kathleen Hirsch
Sound Engineer: Kathleen Hirsch
Executive Producer: Enrique Yeves

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