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July 31, 2007
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| May 7, 2007 |
Peace Boat Exhibits at Innovation Fair in UN, Geneva – July 2-5, 2007 |
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon views the Peace Boat exhibit with Director Yoshioka Tatsuya |
As part of the United Nations' Economic and Social Council's annual High Level Segment – held in Geneva between July 2-5, and this year tackling the eradication of poverty and hunger – Peace Boat presented a panel detailing its work at the Annual Ministerial Review Innovation Fair. |
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The panel focused on Peace Boat's education programs for peace and sustainability, and their contribution to raising awareness of the need to fulfill the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Peace Boat is cooperating with UN-NGO-IRENE network and the World Sports Alliance on developing methodology for educating on the MDGs through sports.
Besides the panel, Peace Boat held a side event in partnership with the International Peace Bureau, entitled “Warfare or Welfare? Armed conflict, disarmament and development”, which urged for cooperation between civil society and the United Nations on fulfilling Article 26 of the UN charter. Peace Boat Director, Yoshioka Tatsuya, introduced the Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War, citing the critical need to shift resources away from the military, and into sustainable development. Other speakers were Colin Archer of the International Peace Bureau and Jasna Bastic of Peace Boat.
For further information:
Annual Ministerial Review Innovation Fair Blog: www.amrif.blogspot.com
World Sports Alliance: www.worldsportsalliance.org
UN-NGO-IRENE: www.unpan.org/NGO.asp
Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War: www.article-9.org |
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