The following are links to videos, documents, and media resources for students prior to their participation in Advanced Training.
Advanced Training at the UN Student Resources
General United Nations
- The World in a Day - Behind the Scenes with the UN Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon]
Take a look at what it's like to be the UN Secretary-General during the General Assembly - Google+Hangout with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
A Google+ discussion with selected youth and moderated by Google - Ban Ki-moon, Extended Interview with Al-Jazeera
The Secretary-General talks about the Palestinian bid for recognition by the UN - A Conversation with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Interview with Charlie Rose, June 2009 - Creating a Sustainable Future: Providing Youth with Better Job Opportunities
ECOSOC forum with youth on unemployment, 2012 - Economic and Social Council
Backgrounder on ECOSOC - General Assembly
Backgrounder on the General Assembly
Global Governance
- Global Governance Monitor
The Council on Foreign Relations offers a multimedia introduction to Global Governance - The Role of a United Nations in a Changing World
Brian Urquhart (30 min. video) - Can We Fix the UN?
Thomas Weiss, WFUNA Acronym, Vol. 1, No. 1 and Webinar
Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights Video Resources
General video resources available on UDHR - United Nations Human Rights
Videos available on Facebook from the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights - Human Rights and Institutions
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Lecture by Mary Robinson, former UN High Commission for Human Rights and the first woman president of Ireland - Separate Human Rights for Muslims?
Universality of human rights or cultural relativism, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Mary Robinson on the Right to Food
Discussion on the right to food in interview by Concern Worldwide
Introduction to WFUNA
- WFUNA Video Gallery
Look through our video gallery and watch this introduction to WFUNA by Hans Blix, former and Honorary President of WFUNA (2007)
Security Council
- Backgrounder on the UN Security Council
UN Background Info - UN Secretary-General on North-South Korea Relations
CBS News Interview
Sustainable Development
- UN Global Pulse: Data in Real-time
Global Pulse is an innovation initiative of the UN Secretary-General, harnessing today's new world of digital data and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human well-being. - Brice Lalonde and the Rio Dialogues at Rio+20
Live Google+ Hangout about civil society participation in Rio+20 with youth - Millennium Development Goals, TedxChange: Hans Rosling - The Good News of the Decade?
Hans Rosling speaks about the Millennium Development Goals