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Fourth delivery of the letter of Peace
to the United Nations
Barcelona, September, 14th 2004 |
On 14th September last, an international delegation from the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN handed over the “1998-2002 Report” to the Undersecretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka. The official act took place in the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona before a hundred Letter of Peace collaborators. This is the first time this ceremony has been held in the Catalan capital.
Those responsible for the speeches were Maria Viñas, Director of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation, who welcomed the authorities and those present; and David Martínez, a member of the Peace Institute of the Interdisciplinary Universitas Albertiana. Also present was a representative from Andorra, Francesc Bonet, this country’s ambassador at the UN in Geneva- the document’s patron state.
Jordi Cussó, director of the Interdisciplinary Universitas Albertiana and President of the Letter of Peace Foundation, handed over the “1998-2002 Report”, for the first time in multimedia format, to the representative of this institution at this ceremony, the director of UN Habitat in New York, Axumite Gebre-Egziabher –Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka’s delegate-. The ceremony was concluded with the interpretation of El cant dels ocells, the popular Catalan song set to music by Pau Casals, who interpreted it in a performance at the United Nations. |
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| General view of the Palau de la Música Catalana, where the Delivery took place. Besides, Jordi Cussó, director of the Universitas Albertiana deliveries the Multimedia Report to Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, delegate in this ceremony of Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, the Undersecretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of UN-Habitat. |
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Fourth delivery of the Letter of Peace to United Nations
Commemorative reception in the Hotel Ritz Barcelona Roger de Llúria |
Also on the occasion of the fourth presentation of the Letter of Peace Report, a reception was held during the evening at the Hotel Ritz in Roger de Lluria, Barcelona. In the ceremony there was Jordi Cussó, director of the Universitas Albertiana; Josep Maria Forcada, president of the Maria Corral Association for Research and Dissemination and some representants of the two and some people of the representatives of this two sponsoring bodies.
Finally, there was presented to the audience the multimedia material handed over to the United Nations, a summary of all the activities carried out by the Letter of Peace throughout the world during the years 1998-2002.
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| Josep Lluís Socías, co-autor of the Letter of Peace adressed to the UN, during his intervention. |
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Fourth delivery of the Letter of Peace to United Nations
Meeting with the Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Ana Tibaijuka
Barcelona, 16th September 2004 |
To close this fourth presentation, on 16th September last, members of the Letter of Peace Foundation addressed to the UN and the document’s sponsoring bodies held a meeting with the Undersecretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, who had been unable to attend the official presentation ceremony of the report. The representative of the UN, sent by the organization’s Secretary-General, Koffi Annan, showed special interest in the first international congress to be held on the document.
He also expressed the good syntony between the Letter of Peace and the will and spirit of the United Nations. “The UN has a dual mission: peace and prosperity. It is an organization which was founded by civil society. Its carta magna begins by saying: “We, the people, say that’s enough! We want peace and prosperity for everyone!”. We were certain that, without people, there cannot be peace and without prosperity, it is impossible to keep peace. The United Nations was founded with the same spirit as the Letter of Peace. Now we must hope that goodwill groups help us to remember and keep us on track in this mission. For me, this initiative, the Letter of Peace, which I today have the honour of receiving, fills me with encouragement and enthusiasm”.
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| Letter of Peace adressed to the UN delegation had a meetign with Ms. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, the Undersecretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, in the context of the Forum of Cultures in Barcelona, 2004. |
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