GCTV explores and covers diverse world issues such as hunger, poverty, security, economic development, energy, world health, migration, war, human rights, tolerance and international trade.
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David Cadman, President, Local Governments for Sustainability, focuses on how urban areas play a key role in combating climate change.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson of SG Ban Ki-moon and Past Director of News and Media in the UN's Department of Public Information, details how the UN communicates with the media, public and policymakers.
Carol Bellamy, Past Director of the US Peace Corps and UNICEF, highlights issues confronting those agencies.
Felix Dodds, author and professor, focuses on sustainable development and climate change.
John Washburn, Convenor of AMICC, discusses Americans for the International Criminal Court.
Dr. Valerie Karr, Professor and Author highlights challenges confronting disabled persons.
Ahmad Alhendawi, former UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, discusses how to mobilize youth to confront challenges, such as poverty, illiteracy and climate change.
John Ashe, President of the UN's 68th General Assembly and Antigua and Barbuda's Former Ambassador to the UN, discusses major issues before the UN.
Carolyn Miles, CEO and President of Save the Children, focuses on several STC programs, for example to assist children who are malnourished or who live in dangerous situations.
In 1991 a vicious civil war overtook Sierra Leone. My guest, Ishmael Beah, at the age of 13, was forced to become a child soldier in this conflict. Later, Mr. Beah came to the US and attended the United Nations International School.
Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal , Former Under-Secretary-General for Public Information at the United Nations, highlights how the UN communicates with the public, media and policymakers.
Dr. Jane Goodall, a UN Messenger of Peace, discusses climate change and its implications. Dr. Jane Goodall, a native of England, spent many years studying the chimps of Gombe in Tanzania.
May 2, 2013
Martin Nesirky, Former Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, discusses how the UN communicates with the public, media and policymakers regarding UN programs in peace and security, economic and social development and human rights.
Carey Cavanaugh, Retired US Ambassador and Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, focuses on major challenges confronting the US Foreign Service, UN agencies and NGOs in the 21st Century.
April 30, 2013
Dr. Joan Clos, Under-Secretary General for UN HABITAT, talks about challenges confronting urban areas, especially mega-cities, in the 21st Century.
Frank Devlyn, a Mexican national, was the 2000-2001 World President of Rotary International, one of the largest service organizations in the world. Mr. Devlyn discusses the unique partnership between Rotary and UN agencies in combating polio and developing clean water supplies.
April 23, 2013
Ben Reno-Weber, Executive Director, Kentucky YMCA Youth Association, discusses the Model United Nations (MUN) and the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA).
May 1, 2013
Ms. Minh-Thu Pham, Director of Public Policy at the United Nations Foundation/Better World Campaign, discusses the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, empower women and promote sustainable development.
4 February 2013
Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, a Malaysian national, is a Former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. Ms. Cheng-Hopkins provided an overview of what are the Peacebuilding Support Office and Peacebuilding Commission.
Dr. Roland Rich, Former Head of the UN Democracy Fund, explains how democracy can be critical to social and economic development.
