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UN DPI’s 11th annual student observance of the International Day of Peace | August 14, 2008

To whom it may concern,

Every year for the past 10 years the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) has
convened a student conference as an important and integral part of the observance of the International Day of Peace. The International Day of Peace is observed by the United Nations and countries and peoples around the world on 21 September. This year the day falls on a Sunday. The UN DPI will therefore organize the student conference on Friday, 19 September.

I am pleased to invite members of your student body to participate in the UN DPI’s 11th annual student observance of the International Day of Peace on Friday, 19th September 2008. The satellite video-conference event, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (New York time), will bring together about 600 middle and high school students at United Nations Headquarters with others at participating sites in United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world.

This year’s student ceremony to mark the “International day of global ceasefire, non-violence and the culture of peace” will also involve United Nations Messengers of Peace who are available to attend. Last year Michael Douglas, Jane Goodall, Dr. Elie Wiesel and recent appointee HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan attended the annual Peace Bell ceremony and, subsequently, interacted with students participating from the field as well as at United Nations Headquarters.

The student conference will begin with opening remarks by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the President of the 63rd General Assembly, to be followed by an exchange between the Messengers of Peace and students assembled at peacekeeping mission sites and the student audience at UN Headquarters in New York. The programme will continue with a discussion between the youths in New York and those assembled at peacekeeping video sites.

Registration of each student and teacher attending must be completed before 10 September. Please send each participant’s name and the contact information for each group to: [email protected] and [email protected]. Seats will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Additional information on the day’s programme will be sent to you during the first week of September. View last year’s event at http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/peaceday/2007

We look forward to the participation of students from your school to make this a memorable event to focus attention on peace and non-violence.
Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Acosta
Chief, Education Outreach
Outreach Division, DPI

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