My First Visit to the UN on my 8th Birthday | The 5th UN HLF on the CoP

This photo album is prepared based on Rüya Ünver's first visit to the United Nations on her 8th Birthday,

and

attending the

5th UNITED NATIONS
HIGH LEVEL FORUM
ON
THE CULTURE OF PEACE

Convened by the President of the 70th Session of the General Assembly
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. MOGENS LYKKETOFT

at the Trusteeship Council Chamber
UN Headquarters, New York
Thursday 1 September 2016

in cooperation with
The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP)

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"A culture of peace is a set of values, attitudes, traditions and modes of behaviour and ways of life based on ...respect for life, ending of violence and promotion and practice of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation..."

"Education at all levels in one of the principal means to build a culture of peace. In this context, human rights education is of particular importance."

"Governments have an essential role in promoting and strengthening a culture of peace."

"Civil society needs to be fully engaged in fuller development of a culture of peace."

"The educative and informative role of the media contributes to the promotion of a culture of peace."
–Taken from the Programme of the 5th UN HLF-CoP
(Gems from the UN Declaration on Culture of Peace)


Photos and Album by Bircan Ünver[*]

Additional photos by Rüya Ünver;
Georgina Galanis, Global Movement Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
&
[*]Friends (the ones Bircan is in it)


The Light Millennium is a member of
The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP),
and
Associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information since 2005 – http://www.lightmillennium.org.

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