Complete Lest || of events

At a meeting with Minister Hoshiyama Takashi at the Japanese Embassy in Italy, President Michele Capasso suggested erecting the “Totem for Peace” in one of Japan’s martyred cities: Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

In the coming weeks, decisions will be taken about the building of this monument work by Mario Molinari.

 

 

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A delegation from Quebec – led by the Representative of the Delegation for Italy and Mediterranean countries, Daniela Renosto – visited the Fondazione Mediterraneo - Maison de la Paix.
On that occasion, it agreed to erect the Totem for Peace in the City of Montreal and commit to cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area.

Among those present were the Vice President of the Institute for Alternative Policies, Dimitri Roussopoulos, the Councillor for International Affairs, Lucie Deschènes and the Councillor for International Networks of the City of Montreal, Amara Ouerghi.

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UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova supports the “Totem for Peace” by Mario Molinari which is becoming increasingly recognised as the Symbol of Peace by Peoples of the world.

The International Committee of the Totem for Peace has decided to donate a replica of the work to UNESCO as a tribute to the added value World Heritage can contribute as a vector for peace among different peoples, cultures, civilizations and religions.

 

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Mayors from the Amalfi Coast received the “Totem for Peace” by sculptor Mario Molinari at the Mediterranean Awards held in Naples.

The Mayors, among whom was the President of the Conference of Mayors, Antonio Della Pietra, took part in this important event at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo thanks to its excellent relations with the Mayor of Minori, Andrea Reale, as part of the multiethnic festival at the end of July in the suggestive typical town which on the Amalfi coastline.

The participation of the Mayors from the Amalfi Coast was important in that the Awards, which, were established in 1996, and together with the Nobel are considered to be among the most important acknowledgements in the world. there have been more than 200 award winners, juries from 43 countries and major international institutions among its partners.

There was the symbolic  handing over of the Totem for Peace passing from the hands of the Mayors of Amalfi (world cultural heritage) into those of the UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova.

 

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