Le gala de l'ONU = The United Nations Organisation Gala (Gala of UNO)

The Official Reception of the United Nations Organisation in aid of ICARA II (the second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa) hosted by Guy Lux, produced by FR3. The President of ICARA was the actor Richard Burton who said a few words.

It has long been believed that Frida sang " Have A Dream LIVE with a children's choir but she had already also performed I Know There's Something Going On (to playback) and was briefly interviewed as well.

Running order of 1st part:

1. Richard Burton's opening words
2. Angelo Branduardi - The racolta
3. Tereza Kesovija - Lara and Hey! Là-haut
4. Danish Royal ballet scene
5. Daniel Gelin reads one his poems in French
6. Ivry Gitlis plays on violin, Memphis Slim play on piano
7. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On, interview, I Have a Dream (with children's choir)
8. Sainte Marie - ?, Cripple Creek
9. Enrico Macias - Deux ailes et trois plumes (with children's choir)
10. Enrico Macias - ? (with children's choir)

2nd part (not aired in France):

1. Miriam Makeba
2. Mireille Mathieu
3. Alexis Weissenberg plays one fugue of J.S. Bach
4. Memphis Slim, Daniel Gélin, Stars of Faith of black Nativity-ensemble vocal,
5. Liselotte Pulver
6. final scene (all stars all together)

The broadcast of the 2nd part is a bit of mystery, as no broadcast information can be found either in France or Switzerland.  Perhaps it was aired as a different show under another name?  The ZDF broadcast contained performances from both parts, so it means the 2nd part also was taped. But the ZDF running time is only 1 hour and 15 minutes, so not enough for the entire show, which can takes approximately 2.5 hours.  If anyone has any information, it will be gratefully received.

Click here for the TV guide from Nouvelliste - 26 May 1984, p.38 (listing the following day's TV guide)

Click for the repeat broadcast in Limburgsch dagblad - 5 October 1984, p.11 (listing the following day's TV guide)

Broadcast information:
Wednesday 30 May 1984, 20:35-22:00 (as Cadence 3), FR3, France
Thursday 11 October 1984, 22:50-00:05, ZDF, Germany

1. The saga of Frida's microphone - she was handed a live microphone by one of the children in the choir as the one she had for I Know There's Something Going On was 'dead' and she'd handed it to Guy Lux after the interview. However, when she began to sing there was a little sound problem which sorted itself out. After the song the presenter brought back the 'dead' microphone which of course did not work!
2. Frida fluffs her lines in the second verse of I Have A Dream and one of the kids makes her react with a really cheeky smile and a shrug of her shoulders.

Archive data from French TVs’ archive:
ID Notice CPC84052069
Titre propre Le gala de l'ONU : 1ère partie
Titre collection Cadence 3
Chaîne de diffusion FR3
Date de diffusion 30/05/1984
Jour mercredi
Statut de diffusion Première diffusion
Heure de diffusion 20:33:53
Heure de fin de diffusion 22:03:53
Durée 01:30:00
Thématique Variétés
Genre Retransmission
Type de description Emission simple
Générique REA, Barrier Georges ; INT, Ballet Royal du Danemark ; INT, Macias Enrico ; INT, Sainte Marie Buffy ; INT ,Gitlis Ivry ; INT, Frida-chanteuse ; INT, Slim Memphis ; INT, Gélin Daniel ; INT, Tereza-chanteuse ; INT, Makeba Miriam ; INT, Branduardi Angelo ; INT, Stars of Faith of black Nativity-ensemble ; INT, Weissenberg Alexis ; INT, Mathieu Mireille ; INT, Pulver Liselotte ; PAR, Burton Richard ; PAR, Masina Giulietta
Œuvres Angelo BRANDUARDI chante " La racolta ".
Enrico MACIAS chante " Deux ailes et trois plumes ".
un homme comme toi, buffy SAINTE MARIE : cripple creek, FRIDA du groupé Abba : I have a dream, Térésa : hey la haut, Miriam MAKEBA : un home, , le groupe stars of fach : going up yonder et battle hymn, Mireille MATHIEU : on est bien et une femme amoureuse. Franck ANDERSEN du ballet royal danois danse le pas de 2 du flower festival de ganzano ; Ivry GITLIS joue le tambourin chinois de KREISLER, Memphis SLIM joue moving on et all by myself, Daniel GELIN lit un poème qu'il a écrit : l'absent, A. WEISSENBERG joue une fugue de J. S. BACH.
L'émission se termine par un final de tous les participants de l'émission qui chantent un homme comme toi.
Société de programmes France Régions 3
Nature de production Production propre
Producteurs Producteur, Paris : France 3, 1984
Base Archives TV Pro

Thanks to Guido, Dustin, Robin Andersson, Philippe Dupont, Mohammed, Harry Ehler and David Legrand. Extra big thanks to Jozsef.
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