Global Connections Television by UNA - USA

Bill Miller, former UNA-USA board member, is now moderator of the privatley held American TV-show "Global Connection television", leading face-to-face interviews with UN officials.

Main goals of GCTV include helping the American public better understand the United Nations and identifing problems that affect people from all over the world, while also looking at the logical and legal role of the UN in dealing with those problems.

Many interviews with prominent leaders have been conducted on the program, some of which can be seen here.

 

Interview with Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director of UNOP and UN's Chief Liaison for Partnerships, on the important role of the private sector

  Key Questions:

  • How can the private sector help combat poverty, overcome diseases and work for a more sustainable environment?
  • What is the United Nations System doing for partnerships with the private sector?

 

To see the full interviews as published on TV, please click the following links:

Interview with Bettina Luescher, the UN World Food Program Spokesman, on the challenges of feeding the whole world fairly

Interview with Radhika Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, on children and the armed conflict

Interview with Nick Clooney, journalist and Darfur advocate, on the Darfur Conflict

Interview with Ambassador William Luers, President of the United Nations Association of the USA, on the UNA-USA

Interview with John C. Whitehead, former Deputy Secretary of State and past Chair of UNA-USA on the UN's role in the 21st century

Interview with Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Interview with  Folk legend Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, on the role of music in teaching people on societal problems

Interview with Jennie Chin Hansen, President of AARP, on the UN and the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)

Interview with Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, on the international humanitarian law, its violations and radical measures

Interview with Ambassador Sergio Duarte,  United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on the important role of arms