UNIDO’s fortieth anniversary celebrations

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UNIDO celebrated its fortieth anniversary in Vienna on 28 November 2006 with a special event co-hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the City of Vienna at the Austria Center Vienna, which was attended by over 1,200 guests.

To mark UNIDO's fortieth anniversary celebrations, a special programme was prepared:

A morning ceremony featured short statements from high-level representatives of the Austrian Government as well as other dignitaries, including former executive heads of UNIDO. Furthermore, exceptional performance awards were presented to staff members. The programme was interspersed with musical interludes.

A summary of UNIDO's fortieth anniversary is available here:

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Note: All video clips presented here are in standard MPEG4 format. They can be played using freely available MPEG4 compatible video software such as QuickTime or VLC.

Ms. Deborah Grumberg (OSL/PMO)
Video Clips and Documents
Introduction by UNIDO Director-General
  • followed by Video UNIDO at forty
Statements by Dignitaries
  • H.E. Mr. Filip Vujanovic, President of the Republic of Montenegro
  • H.E. Ms. Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian National Assembly
  • H.E. Dr. Johannes Kyrle,
    Secretary-General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  • Ms. Erika Stubenvoll, President of the Provinical Diet of Vienna
Statements by former Executive Heads
  • H.E. Dr. Abd-El Rahman Khane, former Executive Director
  • H.E. Amb. Domingo L. Siazon, Jr., former Director-General
  • H.E. Amb. Mauricio de Maria y Campos, former Director-General
  • Mr. Carlos A. Magariños, former Director-General
Statement by UN Secretary General
Statement by UNIDO Director-General
  • The future UNIDO
Staff Awards and Music Programme
Opening of the Bahrain Entrepreneurship Exhibition
Panel Discussions
  • Panel 1 - Poverty, Trade and Development
  • Panel 2 - Poverty, Energy and Environment