UN Launch of the International Year of Cooperatives

The
United Nations General Assembly will launch the International Year of
Co-operatives at the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday 31 October 2011 in New
York.

• In the morning there will be an informal round-table
  discussion addressing the theme - "Co-operative enterprises build a better
  world: contributions to sustainable development".
• In the afternoon, Dame Pauline Green, the
  International Co-operative Alliance’s President, the United Nations
  Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly will
  officially launch the during the General Assembly Plenary Session.
• On 31 October and 1 November, the International
  Co-operative Alliance organising a series of events and a press conference
  alongside the official United Nations launch.

Dame
Pauline Green will address the General Assembly at 8pm UK time, 31 October 2011