This is just beyond epic, Edward James Olmos is the man. Yes, this at the real UN, this isn't part of the show. The Battlestar Galactica stars actually got the UN to change their charter to no longer use the term "race" to define a group of people. Because there is technically only one race of people, the human race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSFDrOxWCXY

Furry jokes aside, that is.

The video is pretty old but the news about the charter is pretty recent.