TOTEM FOR PEACE

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The "Totem of Peace", the work of the Turin sculptor Mario Molinari, is the symbol of the "United States of the World" and represents the Peace: it was chosen in 1997 by 3,000 representatives of 181 countries and since then the "United States of the World" with the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" are spreading this universal symbol by setting up the network of "Cities for Peace".
The sculptor Mario Molinari was an artist of clear fame, sensitive to the themes of peace and dialogue between cultures, as evidenced by his numerous works and his life.
The cultural project of the "Totem of Peace" is carried out in the world by Michele Capasso: dedicated, since 1987, to the construction of dialogue as a tool for the mediation of conflicts, he combines his international experience of social and intercultural planning and planning with the professional one of architect and engineer.
Many countries have created the monumental work symbolising peace and coexistence between different peoples. Among the main ones are:

   

The sail that symbolizes the journey, the sea. This “Mare Nostrum” of ​​Ours which was the cradle of civilization, the scene of clashes and battles between the people who inhabited it but also and above all of the exchange of goods and knowledge. A sea celebrated in myth where Ulysses got lost, continuing to wander in his desperate search for his way back. The sail that turns red, at dawn and dusk, at departure and return in the immutable rhythm of the Universe .

(M. MOLINARI)

MEDITERRANEAN PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY PAID HOMAGE TO TOTEM OF PEACE WITH THE URN OF UNKNOWN MIGRANT

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Napoli | 11 April 2015
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Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (APM) – which under its sphere gathers together the Parliaments of 28 countries of Mediterranean area – paid homage to “Totem of Peace” with the urn of “Unknown Migrant”.
APM General Secretary Sergio Piazzi, during the ceremony deposited in the urn the Participation Statement and High Patronage which was shared unanimously by the Assembly.
In behalf of Parliamentarians from 28 countries the General Secretary expressed the approval for the choise of the Totem location “of high symbolic value because, in the last century, from the same place in front of Naples Maritime Station, millions of people left searching for a brighter future.”
Fondazione Mediterraneo and Port Captaincy – Coast Guard, deposited the urn with the remains of Unknown Migrants on 21 March 2015, day which since several years is dedicated to APM and Mediterranean.
The 28 red flowers which General Secretary Piazzi deposited in the urn are from greenhouses cultivated by migrants and located in terrains got back from the organized criminality.

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ARCHITECTS, TOWN PLANNERS, NOBEL PRIZES AND EXPONENTS OF CULTURAL AND CIVIL SOCIETY WORLD SUPPORT THE TOTEM OF PEACE WITH THE URN OF UNKNOWN MIGRANT.

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Napoli | 07 April 2015
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The "Totem of Peace with the urn of Unknown Migrant" – installed in Naples Port in the occasion of 150° anniversary of Port Captaincy – Coast Guard- has been praised not only by public and tourists of cruises, but got also the approval of architects, town planners, Nobel prizes and exponents of cultural and civil society’s world.

ALGERIAN AND TUNISIAN MOTHERS WHO JOINED THE TUNIS WORLD SOCIAL FORUM PRAISED THE TOTEM OF PEACE DEDICATED TO UNKNOWN MIGRANT

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Tunisi | 27 March 2015
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Tunisian and Algerian mothers who joined the Tunis Forum really appreciated the efforts made by Fondazione Mediterraneo in order to give back dignity to migrants who lost their lives in the sea. In particular, the installation in Naples of the “Totem of Peace with the urn of Unknown Migrant” has been praised. The president Michele Capasso, who is engaged for 25 years in the support of solidarity and peace, has declared:

“The Totem of Peace with the urn of Unknown Migrant installed in Naples Port intends to be concrete proof of respect both towards people dead in the sea and Captain Port- Guard Coast which is engaged in the rescue of human beings. The support of Algerian and Tunisian mothers is the proof which the undertaken issue is deserved homage to whom who through the loss of their lives take the attention of the world back to the issues of liberty, freedom and peace”. The topic of migrants dead in the sea has been one of the most important ones discussed at Tunis World Social Forum. The mothers of Tunisians who lose their lives after the 2011 revolution are asking again to Europe to: "Give back our children". There are more than five hundred Tunisian mothers who are in search of their "desaparecidos" during their travel to Italy. The grief of Tunisian mothers is partaken also by Middle American mothers. At Tunis there was also Marta Sánchez Soler, coordinator of Middle American Migrant Movement and which intends focus the attention to lost people in the world and build a global network between Tunisian, Algerian and Plaza de Mayo mothers yelling the hopefully slogan: “ They took them alive and we want them back alive. ”At Tunis Forum mothers partook their grief and struggled towards the institutions which are trying to distort the truth. In the pictures and in the faces which mothers hold in their hands there is the will to take identity and give it back and give human form to the data: these are the efforts of European civil society which thanks to the Forum had the occasion to become one thing. The aim is to “build a Mediterranean space and make it be a space in which dignity, social justice and rights for all are the priority”.

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FONDAZIONE JOINS WORLD SOCIAL FORUM. MORE THAN 70.000 PARTICIPANTS

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Tunisi | 24 March 2015
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A delegation of Fondazione Mediterraneo joined the World Social Forum held in Tunis. After Porto Alegre, the Forum took place in Campus Hached El Manar, ten days after the attack to the Museum Bardo. At the slogan “People of the whole world united for freedom, equality, social justice and peace. In support of Tunisian people and all victims of terrorism, against every form of oppression.” more than 70.000 people joined seminars, conferences, workshop and different cultural events which were addressing topics linked to the hanno partecipato a seminari, convegni, workshop ed eventi culturali diversi, con tematiche connesse all’altermondialismo. The Forum ended Saturday 28 March 2015 with the Palestinian people solidarity. The death of migrants in the Mediterranean sea was one of the most discussed topics. The mothers of Tunisians who lose their lives after the 2011 revolution are asking again to Europe to: "Give back our children". There are more than five hundred Tunisian mothers who are in search of their sons whom have become "desaparecidos" during their travel to Italy. The grief of Tunisian mother is partaken also by Middle American ones. At Tunis there was also Marta Sánchez Soler, coordinator of Middle American Migrant Movement which intends to focus the attention to lost people in the world and build a global network between Tunisian, Algerian and Plaza de Mayo mothers at the hopefully and yelling the slogan: “ They took them alive and we want them back alive.” At Tunis Forum mothers partook their grief and struggle towards the institutions which are trying to distort the truth. In the pictures and in the faces which mothers held in their hands there is the will to take identity and give back identity and give human form to the data: these are the efforts of European civil society and Tunisian one which thanks to the Forum had the occasion to become one thing. The aim is to “build a Mediterranean space and make it be a space in which dignity, social justice and rights for all are ensured”.
Particular appreciation was addressed to the efforts made by the Mediterranean Foundation >to restore dignity to migrants died in the sea, in particular the recent implementation of the " Totem of Peace with the urn of Migrants Unknown".

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