20-02-2004 11:00 am - Mrs Ute-Henriette Ohoven, UNESCO Special Ambassador for the Education of Children in Need opened the exhibition Overlooked Children Around the world Speak Out on 14 April 2004 at UNESCO Headquarters.
The goal of the exhibition was to discover the “words” and “images” of poor children and street children from several continents through the photographic work of three artists, Julien Chapsal, François Perri and Eric Visser.
- The colloquium Women in the Service of Peace was organized by UNESCO and the Suzanne Mubarak International Women’s Movement for Peace, an international NGO at UNESCO Headquarters on 8 June 2004.
The event was presided by Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt, who opened the conference along with UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis, who is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Movement.
The goal of the colloquium was to highlight the important role of women to foster peace and to plead for the recognition of women as equal partners in the processes of decision-making and political negotiations.
- During a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura on 14 September 2004, H.R.H. Princess Firyal, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, undertook the task to promote UNESCO’s Education for All Programme. H.R.H. Princess Firyal is especially interested in the various activities of this core programme of UNESCO’s education sector.
- The Universal Forum of Cultures, an international forum to stimulate dialogue between cultures having UNESCO as a main partner, took place from 9 May to 26 September 2004 in Barcelona. Three UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors joined the activities during the forum: H.R.H. Grand-Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Mr Omer Zülfü Livaneli et Mr Miguel Angel Estrella.
- On the occasion of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Brazil, Michael Schumacher, UNESCO Champion for Sport, participated in a charity football match in Sao Paulo on 20 October 2004. The event was organized in favour of poor children.
- The United Nations Association of Spain awarded its 25th Peace Prize to Bibi Russell, UNESCO Artist for Peace, in recognition of her work towards poverty eradication and development.
