International Day of Peace 2005


ACTIVITIES AT UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK:
  • Peace Bell Ceremony


    • The Secretary-General will ring the Peace Bell at UN Headquarters on the International Day of Peace. Messengers of Peace and other dignitaries will be in attendance.

    Camera Watch the videos:
    * The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, rings the Peace Bell on the International Day of Peace. [12 minutes]
    * International Day of Peace. [3 hours and 17 minutes]

  • Security Council


    • The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines will chair the public debate in the Security Council at UN Headquarters on the day before the International Day of Peace on the theme "The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Prevention and the Pacific Settlement of Disputes." The Philippines holds the Presidency of the Security Council for September 2005.

  • Department of Disarmament Affairs


    • The Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty will open on the International Day of Peace at UN Headquarters.

  • Cyberschoolbus


    • The UN Cyberschoolbus will engage young people around the world on the International Day of Peace with a special program at UN Headquarters. Young people from countries affected by violence will participate through video conference. The program closes with a World Peace Flag Ceremony sending positive prayers to all countries.
    www.cyberschoolbus.un.org

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    ACTIVITIES AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS:
  • ONUCI


    • Ivorian reggae star Koné Seydou, better known as Alpha Blondy, became ON Wednesday the UNOCI's first ever Musician for Peace. [Read the press release]

    Photos of the event
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    Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy becomes ONUCI's first Musician for Peace and accepts his nomination at a ceremony marking the fourth International Day of Peace.
    Special Representative Pierre Schori (left) confers with Antonio Monteiro, High Representative for Elections in Cote d'Ivoire (right) during a ceremony marking the fourth International Day of Peace.
    Representatives from ONUCI along with local dignitaries and performers gather to celebrate the International Day of Peace in Abidjan.

    For more information, please contact Mr. Nickolai Parker, Consultant for the International Day of Peace, United Nations, Tel.: 1-917-367-9330, E-mail: parkern@un.org.
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