Research Guides United Nations Office at Geneva Library & Archives

People of African Descent

Launch in New York

10 December 2014

Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent website

Photos (IDPAD's photostream)

International Decade for People of African Descent - General Assembly Special Event (Full event, UN Web Tv, duration: 3:13.07). Statement delivered by Ms. Fanon-Mendès-France, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent at 44.55

Statement by H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s sixty-ninth session, at the Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent (UN Web Tv, duration: 09:50)

Secretary-General's message  at the launch of the Decade for People of African Descent, delivered by Ms. Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (UN Web TV, duration: 03:17)
 
Address by Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
 
Press Conference on the Launch of the Decade for People of African Descent. - Speakers: H.E. Hon. Luiza Bairros, Minister for the Promotion of Policies on Racial Equality of Brazil  and Ms. Verene Shepard, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.  Moderator: Jean-Victor Nkolo, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly, 69th session (UN Web TV, duration: 23:40)
 
Video message by Irina Bokhova, UNESCO Director-General (duration: 2:39)
 
 
 

 

 

Launch in Geneva

10 December 2014

On 10 December 2014 a joint media statement was issued by 20 special procedure mandate holders, including the WGPAD, expressing their support for the International Decade and urging practical measures to eradicate racism and racial discrimination.

16 December 2014

Celebrating our African Heritage: Launching of the Decade for People of African Descent at UNOG. Film screening: Cartola (Palais des Nations, Cinema, Room XIV - A building, 1st floor- Door 17)

Statement by Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent (Palais des Nations, Cinema Room XIV, 16 December 2014)

Photo credit: Pacífico Olvidado
OHCHR Photo/Global Humanitaria

 

Exhibition on people of African descent - UNOG Library, August 2013-May 2014


On 23 December 2013, the  United Nations General Assembly, by its resolution 68/237, proclaimed an International Decade for People of African Descent starting on 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 december 2024, to be officially launched after the general debate of its sixty-ninth session. To support the proposal for the Decade, the UNOG Library organized a special exhibition entitled "People of African descent: recognition, justice and development. A journey through the UNOG Library collection" in its cyberspace (B Building, Door 20, 1st floor). The exhibition ran from August 2013 to May 2014.

The exhibition catalogue and a special bibliography on people of African descent prepared by the Library are available here below: