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UNEARTH in 2015 the United Nations will celebrate its 70th anniversary. To mark this momentous and auspicious occasion, we propose a public presentation of some of the organization’s rarely-seen and wide-encompassing collection of films and videos, campaign posters and photographs in galleries in New york and elsewhere. this exhibitiob, coorganized by the Gabarron Foundation and the United Nations through its Department of Public Information, will celebrate the UN through its vast iconographic archieves and will travel the world until 2015 being exhibited at different museums and art centers. UNEARTH is the most revealing and bradest exhibition ever assembled about the UN’s own perspective in key moments of recent history, encompassing the organization’s seven decades life span. it will show reflect and comment on the UN’s journey as the world and humankind changed dramatically during he past 68 yers and it will emphasize some of the most important aspects of its main activities (Human Rights, Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Peace and Security).
UNEARTH consists of an exclusive photography exhibition of 40 photographers, made by celebrate photographers as John Isaac, Peter Magubane, or Eskinder Debebe, also some others are anonymous; includes a wide range film and video selection. the affiches exhibition show the work of iconic artist like Victor Vasarely, Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Miro, Jean-Micheal Folon, Hans Erni, Marc Chagall, Keith Haring, Oswaldo Guayasamin or Cristobal Gabarron, whose art helped to promote UN endeavors. its included as well a selection of campaign posters designed by creatives of the Graphic Design Outreach Division of the UN like Milton Glaser, Jan Anessen, Maxim Zhukov, Rocco Callari, Allan Markman, Matias Delfino, Martin Samman, Ziad alkadri or Mackenxie Crone
CONTENT HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY AFFICHES 70TH ANNIVERSARY MURAL
UNEARTH DPI and the Gabarron Foundation have unearthed great treasures that tell us so much about our common past
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
These wonderful photographs and posters also tell the world about the many achievements of the United Nations. We see UN peacekeepers, humanitarians, development workers and human rights defenders helping people in need.
CONCERTS AND AUDIO FILES
As we move through the exhibition, decades pass, black and white turns to colour, and the settings change - but the spirit of solidarity never fades.
I hope UNEARTH will be seen far and wide. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks.
FILM SCREENING PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS
HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Human Rights
Development
Peace and Security
Humanitarian Assistance
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New Guinea, June 1956. Leopoldville, Congo, 24 August 1963
Jacques report a member from the UN Secretariat, who was with the visiting mission of the Trusteeship Council, with two friends he made while on the highlands of New Guinea
Two Congolese students study under bright street light during the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) long-term reorganization and development of the educational system in the Congo.
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New York 23 June 2001
Beijing, China 1985
The United Nations Secretariat Building is lit with a red ribbon to show support for people affected by HIV/AIDS.
Young soldiers test a camera in Beijing. UN PHOTO John Isaac
UN PHOTO Eskinder Debebe
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Karachi, Pakistan, 1983
Girls learning to weave at a school in a community centre.
UN PHOTO John Isaac
South Africa, 1985.
During the time of apartheid, a young man participates in a civil disturbance outside the Auduza Cementery.
UN PHOTO Peter Mugubane
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UNEARTH Orindiuva, Brazil. July 21 2007 A worker sprays water on sugar cane set abalze to clear the fields for harvesting.
UN PHOTO Eric Kanalstein
Herat, Afghanistan. 7 June 2012
Women sort pistachios by hand at a privately-owned factory.
UN PHOTO Eskinder Debebe
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Ahangama, Sri Lanka, 1975 Fishermen on stilts in the village of Ahangama
UN PHOTO J.P. Heim
Pava, Islamic Republic of Iran. 1968
As part of the Work Oriented Adult Literacy Project, farmers and their families attend a fortnightly agricultural film show arranged by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Düsseldorf Germany 1956 Workers at the Niederrheinishe Hütte steel center
Suryanagar, India 1955 Women tend to one of the mechanic spinning machines at a cotton mill which is part of India’s Valley Development Project
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Curated by Chaim Liewski, Renata Mortero, Antonio Silva, Mark Garten, and Ziad Al-Kadri
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Coorg, India January 1, 1978
Kowloon, Hong Kong August 1979
Trained elephants being used to move logs in a forest area of Coorg, Karnataka State.
Vietnamese refugees living in their boats at the Government Dockyard relief from the international community. which is being coordinated by the UN High Commissioner for refugees.
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Germany August 1950 Beirut, Lebanon 1949
Part of a group of 150 refugees of farmers and specialists await their train outside of the camp maintained by the international refugee organization (IRO) in Germany to begin a new life in Ethiopia.
Arab refugee children sleeping in a corridor in a Christian orphanage. U.N PHOTO
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El Fasher, Sudan. July 12, 2008
Timor-Lester. October 4, 2011
Soldiers from South Africa, who form part of the military personnel of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Dafir (UNAMID), attend a funeral service for seven peacekeepers killed in an ambush while on patrol.
A team from the UN intergrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) is shown on a four-hour walk from Turiscai to the Village of Lesuata, where they will conduct interviews with locals and speak with the chief.
U.N PHOTO Stuart Price
U.N PHOTO Martine Perret
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Knin, Croatia August 28, 1992
A member of the Untied nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) of the Kenyan Battalion plays with a Croatian child in a predominantly Serbian village near Knin.
Baghdad, Iraq February 20, 1998 A young boy holds a portrait of President Saddam Hussein, as Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives at Saddam International Airport to undertake a mission to resolve the weapons inspections crisis with Iraq.
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UNEARTH Omorphita, Cyprus. April 1965
Pte. Jouni Paavola of the United Nations peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), on patrol along the Green Line passing through Omorphita, at the outskirts of Nicosia.
U.N PHOTO Yutaka Nagata
Moquitia, Honduras. April 161990
United Nations soldiers from the United Natins Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) are cutting up guns obtained from surrending resistance forces as part of the overall peace process in Central America.
U.N PHOTO Steen Johansen
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Kyrenia, Cyprus December 1964
Two memebers of the Canadian contigent serving with United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) at a post in the Kyrenia Mountains.
Republic of the Congo January 1963
1st class Adjutant gratien Lipoke of Leopoldville is offered a cigarette during a break by UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC) Canadian Corporal Denis Trudeau
U.N PHOTO B.Z.
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El Ballah Egypt January 1957 Congo. January 1963
Congolese workmen listening to Canadian Signalman J.T. Shier of the UN operation in Congo (ONUC) peacekeeping mission on duty at the entrance to a firing range outside Leopoldville where Congolese soldiers are trained during target practice.
A military observer with the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) has driven through the lines to discuss with the Israeli authorities the forthcoming withdrawal of their forces from a section of the desert.
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT PEACE AND SECURITY HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ARTIST POSTERS BOOKSHELVES POSTERS BOOKSHELVES POSTER SERIES
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America Celebrates Children, 1987, UNICEF fortieth anniversary poster. Based on a detail of Marc Chagallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stained-glass window at UN Headquarters. Chagall and the UN staff association dedicated the window as a memorial to Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations
ARTIST POSTERS Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1978.
USA Celebrates UNICEF, 1989,
Art by Joan Miro (UNESCO poster) art by Keith Haring.
Whole World (also known as Tolarance Flag). For fiftieth anniversary of World Health Organization, 1948-1998.
By Robert Rauschenberg, Fabric, 79 X 121 in.
Peace and Justice, 1979, (French version (UNESCO poster)
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Aiding Refugees Contributes to Peace, 1986, (UN High Commissioner for Refugees poster).
ARTIST POSTERS Safer Cities, for World Habitat Day, October 1998 (UN Center for Human Settlements poster)
illustration by Hans Erni
UNESCO symbol for International Education Year, design by M. Quiroga, Dominican Republic, based on the painting Temura by Ecuadorian artist Osvaldo Guyasamin
by Victor Vasarely Dawing with the Millennium, 2000, Official poster for UN General Assembly Millennium Summit, September 2000
painting by Spanish artist Cristobal Gabarron, design by Rocco Callari, Graphi Design unit, United Nations Department of Public Information.
Right to Protection, 1989
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“United Nations Day” Poster for 1956. Photographic reproduction of the poster to be issued this year by the U.N Department of Public Information on the occasion of “United Nations Day”.
Las Naciones Unidas, 1946 (Spanish Version). Possibly first UN poster. (Photographic reproduction)
One hundred fifty-seven UN members states submitted poster designs for an international poster competition on disarmament in 1981. This winning poster by German artist Gerhard Voigt, was used to help promote the UN General Assembly’s second special session on disarmament, 7-9 June 1982. (Photographic reproduction)
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This posters series was part of a large number of posters that were submitted to a poster competition called poster-of-the-year in 1948. (Photographic reproduction).
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International jury meeting at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris to judge entries for the 1948 poster- of- the -year competition
Spojene Narody (United Nations), 1948 Czech version), by Argentinian artist Armando Paex Torres. Recieved first prize in the 1948 UN poster-ofthe-year competition.
Las Naciones Unidas, 1947 (Spanish version), by Canadian artist Henry Eveleigh. Recieved first prize in the inaugural UN Poster-of-the-year competition
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UNEARTH II. EARTHLY TREE Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, recieve and impart information and ideas through any media and regarldess of frontiers.
As Yahweh said, only flesh. Not even spirits shadow. Pierced flesh as the sign of inhuman pain. From the anus to the mouth of the wood takes the shape of the screams, saturates the throat becoming the denunciation in the remains of the flesh. As an early tree the tree of death. And the silence of the air on the lacerated body.
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UNEARTH III. DEFEAT
Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all forms.
To see Niah naked behind the drunknness Canan was the first man of this world his brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slave. Since then he pays for the loss with the deliverance of the body at the mercy of the master. Also the soul sometimes, when the pain overpowers hope. To the limits of man.
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UNEARTH IV. SKEWERED Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
The demon, the others that live in you. The Skewred as a mark of the eternal seed of Cain. Just like a man dog, an inhuman bastard and tortured for his blood he looked in mirror one afternoon and discovered the eyes of hell.
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UNEARTH V. TRAPEZE OF PAIN Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Disjointed soul between wanting to flee, fearing to stay. So arbitrary arrested the heart that thinks to bring freedom to the land of Nod, where each word is suspected of threatening to go against the angel that guards paradise. Torture first, after ostracism and banishment.
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UNEARTH VI. MAN WITHOUT HOPE Article 14. in the case of persecution, everyone has the right to seek asylum, and to live happily, in any country.
Shut doors, closed borders, the heart stuck to stone and mud. There is nowhere to go unless to the very bottom of oneself in the dark prison of destitution. Without manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective, condemned to the broken hope of the captive. Not even the body as a last refuge. The heavy weight of abandonment
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UNEARTH VII. EXTREME OFF THE FLESH Article 3. Every individual has the right to life, liberty and security of person
To this life can you call it life? Can you call person even if this person has lost the only right that Yahweh left him to close Paradise: his bread of freedom? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night and day you will have winters and summersâ&#x20AC;?, it was said. None of that stays with you in the dark dungeon of the heart. You are no longer called man.
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UNEARTH VIII. BLUE WOMAN WITH THE SOUL OF A RED DOG. Article 25. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Bitch woman. Son of a bitch. Mother of the dog in prison, broken and stiff. Who brought you here, who has dragged you, tell me, the hands of love, the arms that cradled the cries of the children in the windy nights? You will crawl, woman, on your breast and will eat dust until the last day of your life, as God told the serpent.... Also the dogs cry for their children.
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UNEARTH IX. GODLESS THIEVES Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom, either alone or in a community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belied in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
They were taken to God among you. The torment of the mocked body has no other consolation than the rotting breath of death. Beyond the pain, the pain itself. Heart that abandons the body of sin without knowing if there will be light across the border. Silence in the silence.
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UNEARTH XI. INNER BEAST Article 17. 1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
I have a lock, a rope and a collar that keep me erect to death. And the weight of my body. The loneliness, the fear, the abandonment my characteristics are. There was a golden time in which i had also all the fruits in the Holocaust, I believed as strong as God. After everything was done very quickly: I could not resist the eyes of by brother. The blue death. The red death I have.
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UNEARTH XII. HOLY FAMILY OF PAIN. Article 16. The family is the natural and fundimental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State
They howl at the night the holy innocents. Cry out looking at the sky, dark and startless the holy family of pain. Torture in the torture to see the flesh from your flesh plunged into torment. The look of Abel in the bloody eyes from the brother. Communion of horror, to die two times
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CRISTOBAL GABARRON Deeply aware of the human body and animal instict, Gabarron’s art is humane as well as powerful” -Donald Kuspit Cristobal Gabarron was born in 1945 in Mula (Murcia). Perhaps his childhood, which was marked by moving to Valladolid, where he did his first training, or his travels to France and Italy, or his current work which he carries out between Spain and the USA have caused him to have an open and discursive mentality. Far from aesthetic conventionalisms focusing on isthmuses or the avant-garde, which he has participated in one way or another at a fixed moment, his work only understands life. We could say that his vision of art is clearly anthropocentric; the individual, life, coexistence and development of human values are pillars that not only his artistic work but also his personal beliefs are based on. The mural for the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games and the mural “Encuentro 92”, for the Seville World Expo (1992), the great sculpture project “Atlanta Star”(1996), the realization of the piece of work “Hope for peace” (1986) which was the official poster for the Summit, or the “Millennium Chapel” (2000-2001), represents important milestones in his career, whilst commencing a fruitful creative period, which is ongoing today, marked by the collaboration with international organizations such as the IOC or the UN.
In later years he has equally maintained his traditional link with other artistic disciplines, as demonstrated by the recent creation of two sets, one for the show “Nuevo Amanecer” by the flamenco singer Jose Merce and the other for Edward Liang’s “Noche latina!” show for the Washington Ballet, in exactly the same city where the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center has exhibited some of his most recent pieces of work. Critics and historians as renowned as Donald Kuspit, commissioner and professor at the University of New York, Kosme de Baranano, professor of Fine Arts at the Miguel Hernandez University, or Julian Zugazagoitia, director of the nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at the Kansas City, have studied of his career, gathered together in the plentiful bibliography that has appeared over the last years. Eager to put something back into the society he recieved from since 1992 he has supported the progressive creation of three foundations, in Valladolid, New York, and Mula (Murcia), where his main desire is to give something back to society, by means of artistic and cultural activities, creating awareness through the arts. (www.gabarron.net)
CARLOS AGANZO Carlos Aganzo (Madrid 1963) is a Spanish writer and journalist with an extensive literary career, recognized in 2012 with the National Award for Lyrics Teresa of Avila, award obtained previously by the likes of Juan Gelman, José Luis Alonso de Santos and Francisco Arrabal. As a poet, his the author of the poems Ese lado de las cosas (Huerga & Fierro. Madrid, 1998), Manantiales ( Foundation Jorge Guillen. Valladolid, 2002), Como si yo existiera (LF Editions. Béjar, 2004), La hora de los juncos (Senén, Ávila, 2006), Caídos Ángeles (Algaida, Sevilla, 2008), Las voces encendidas (Visor, Madrid, 2010), Las flautas de los bárbaros (Everest, León, 2012) and Técnica Mixta (Agosto Clandestino, Logroño, 2012), for which he has won major awards, including the International Poetry Prize Jaime Gil de Biedma or the University of León. He is also the author of several books of travel of the prestigious collection ‘Ciudades con Encanto’ from El País-Aguilar, with titles like Ávila (2004), Toledo (2006), Segovia (2007), Tarragona (2008),
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Girona (2009), Lugo (2009), Soria (2009) y Pontevedra (2010), besides a Rutas por las juderías de España (The País-Aguilar, Madrid, 2008) which are currently being filmed televisión documentary format. Has participated in more that hundreds of books, and is member founder of Critics Award of Castile and León and coordinator of international literary awards for poetry San Juan de la Cruz and José Zorrilla, besides belonging to the Academy of Poetry Fontiveros. Chronicler of jazz for twenty years, is also author of the Jorge Pardo biographical essay. Improvisations (City of Rivas Vaciamadrid, 2000). He has collaborated with his lyrics with musicians such as Jorge Pardo and Amancio Prada, and in 2010 premiered at the Zorrilla Theatre Valladolid Ode to Miguel Delibes, with music by Ernesto Monsalve and performed by actress Lola Herrera and Chorus and Orchestra Madrid Philharmonic. As a journalist he started his career in the daily "Ya" in Madrid in 1982, where he worked as a literary critic and deputy head of Culture. He has been director of the film magazine "Inter films" and rotating "La Voz de Huelva" and "Journal of Avila." He is currently director of "El Norte de Castilla", dean of the Spanish press, who were directors Miguel Delibes or José Jiménez Lozano.
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About the Moderator:
FILM SCREENING PANEL & DISCUSSION
PEACE & SECURITY As the United Nations prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, The Gabarron Foundation and the Department of Public Information, have come together to organize a major exhibition of UN photos, posters, videos, films, and panel discussions. For this event we will have a unique selection of United Nations Films since UN inception to the most contemporary documentaries regarding PEACE AND SECURITY. After the Screening a panel will be open with Andrew Gilmour, Political Director (Political, Peace-keeping, Humanitarian, Human Rights) of Executive Office of the Secretary-General in New York and moderated by Stephane Dujarric, Director of News and Media in the UN’s Department of Public Information. About the panelist: Andrew Gilmour is UK citizen, born March 1964, and has 4 children. Home in Scotland. Fluent French. Written for wide range of publications, including The Times, Middle East International, The Spectator Education: i) Advanced Management Programme (2005); ii) Masters in Modern History (Balliol College, Oxford University); iii) Masters in Government and international relations (London School of Economics).
Stéphane Dujarric is the Director of News and Media for the United Nations Department of Public Information. In this role, he oversees the UN’s television, radio and photo operations. He coordinates the work of the main United Nations news sites, operating in eight languages, media liaison and accreditation as well as coverage of official United Nations meetings, producing written coverage for the media, delegations and the general public. Prior to this assignment, Dujarric was Director of Communications for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Previously, he was Chief Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and then Deputy Communications Director for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. During his time as Spokesman, he conducted daily briefings for the UN press corps and faced questions on a number of crises, notably the Oil-for-Food scandal and the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Prior to joining the United Nations, Dujarric worked for ABC News television for close to ten years in various capacities in the network’s New York, London and Paris news bureaux. He traveled extensively on assignment to cover major stories throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Born in France, Dujarric has been living in the United States for the most part of the last 30 years. He is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Main outside interests: environmental issues; classical piano; history. Biography April 2012 – Political Director (Political, Peace-keeping, Humanitarian, Human Rights), Executive Office of the Secretary-General (New York) Dec 2009 – March 20012: Representative of the Secretary-General in Serbia (Belgrade) Oct-Dec 2011: Deputy SRSG (Political) a.i. UNMISS (Juba) Apr-May 2010: acting deputy head of UNPOS (Nairobi) Oct 2007-Nov 2009: Deputy SRSG (Political) UNAMI (Baghdad) Feb 2006-Oct 2007: Deputy Political, Peace-keeping, Humanitarian Director, EOSG (Acting Director, Mar-Aug 2007) (New York) Nov 2002–Feb 2006: Senior Political Advisor, UNOWA (Dakar) Apr 2000–Nov 2002: Head of Regional/Political Unit, UNSCO (first Lebanon, then Israel-Palestine) (Beirut, Gaza, Jerusalem) May-Aug 1999: Senior Political Advisor to UNHCR Special Envoy to Balkans (Skopje, Pristina) 1992-2000: Various positions in DPA: Security Council; Offices of ASG and USG. (New York) 1991-2: Special Assistant to PRSG, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Islamabad, Kabul) 1989-91: Assistant to PRSGs for Humanitarian in Afghanistan, then Iraq-Kuwait (Geneva) 1988-9: Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC) 1987-8: Foreign Policy and Defence Advisor to leader of Social Democratic Party, UK (London) 1983: journalist on Jordan Times (Amman)
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UNEARTH FILM SCREENING PANEL & DISCUSSION
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE As the United Nations prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, The Gabarron Foundation and the Department of Public Information, have come together to organize a major exhibition of UN photos, posters, videos, films, and panel discussions. For this event we will have a unique selection of United Nations Films since UN inception to the most contemporary documentaries regarding HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. After the Screening a panel will be open with Bettina Luescher, the Chief Spokesperson for North America of the World Food Programme and moderated by Stephane Dujarric, Director of News and Media in the UN’s Department of Public Information.
About the Moderator: Stéphane Dujarric is the Director of News and Media for the United Nations Department of Public Information. In this role, he oversees the UN’s television, radio and photo operations. He coordinates the work of the main United Nations news sites, operating in eight languages, media liaison and accreditation as well as coverage of official United Nations meetings, producing written coverage for the media, delegations and the general public. Prior to this assignment, Dujarric was Director of Communications for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Previously, he was Chief Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and then Deputy Communications Director for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. During his time as Spokesman, he conducted daily briefings for the UN press corps and faced questions on a number of crises, notably the Oil-for-Food scandal and the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Prior to joining the United Nations, Dujarric worked for ABC News television for close to ten years in various capacities in the network’s New York, London and Paris news bureaux. He traveled extensively on assignment to cover major stories throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Born in France, Dujarric has been living in the United States for the most part of the last 30 years. He is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
About the panelist: Bettina Luescher is the Chief Spokesperson for North America of the World Food Programme. Since joining WFP in 2004 she has worked in crisis areas like Darfur, Afghanistan, Gaza, Guatemala, Haiti and the Tsunami region of Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Before joining the UN, Luescher worked for 15 years as an anchor, reporter and field producer for CNN International… based in Atlanta, Frankfurt and Berlin. In 2002 she won a “National Headliner Award – First Place” as member of CNN’s Investigative Team for the coverage of “Attack on America – 9/11”. Before CNN she worked for three years as an anchor for German ARD television. She started her career in radio and at a local newspaper. Luescher studied in Muenster/Germany and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She has a Master's degree in Political Science, and has won two Fulbright Scholarships. She was born in Hamm/Germany and grew up in Munich.
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