Oct 24, 2015
News, United Nations
70th anniversary, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, concert, Davichi, Jan Eliasson, K-pop, Kang Min Kyung, Lang Lang, Mogens Lykketoft, Mrs. Oh, Oh Joon, Politics, UN, united nations, Yoo Soon-taek
National flags are a mark of pride and patriotism in every country around the world. But there is only one flag that belongs to all of us. That blue flag of the United Nations was a banner of hope for me growing up in wartime Korea. Seven decades after its founding, the United Nations remains a beacon for all humanity. Every day, the United Nations feeds the hungry and shelters those driven from their homes. The United Nations vaccinates children who would otherwise die from preventable diseases. The United Nations defends human rights for all, regardless of race, religion, nationality, [Read More]
Oct 25, 2014
Celebrities, News, Secretary General, United Nations
#HappyBirthdayUN, Alec Baldwin, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, Lang Lang, Maher Nasser, Manuel Lupez-Gumez, Mrs. Ban, Politics, Sam Kutesa, UN, UN Day 2014, united nations, Yoo Soon-taek
Press Conference , in advance of the United Nations Concert, by Lang Lang, UN Messenger for Peace, Manuel Lupez-Gumez, Conductor, and Alexandra Mukiri, a member of the Youth Orchestra from Kenya on the 69th UN Birthday . Photo: UN Messenger for Peace Lang Lang “Everybody is playing with everybody for the first time and everyone has something to say [to bring] from their own culture, when they play their instruments together – from Kenya, from Venezuela, from everywhere – from China, from USA. And at the same time we all realize that music brings as much closer, you know, heart [Read More]
