Artists as Peacemakers

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Culture of Peace

The task of art is

enormous. Art shouldcause violence to be setaside. And it is only artthat can accomplish this.

Leo Tolstoy


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asPeacemakersArtists use theirgifts to speak, toreach out, to create

change.0 All overthe world, artistshave dedicatedtheir lives and theirart to expressions

of peace.

Art communicates across ethnic, culturaland national boundariesart createsconnections. Though the power of artand artists is often overlooked, the roleof artists is critical to building what the

United Nations calls a culture of peace.

This exhibit is dedicated to the manyartists who are working to light the way tolasting peace. You will see some of theirstories herethere are thousands more.

We hope that you will leave with renewedconfidence that a culture of peace is

possibleand a necessity for life on earth.

Everything that is needed to build aculture of peace already exists in each ofour hearts.


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A Culture of Peace

The UnitedNations

The General Assembly of theUnited Nations designated2001-2010 as the InternationalDecade for a Culture of Peace

and Non-Violence for theChildren of the World.

A culture of peace, as defined by the UnitedNations, consists of values, attitudes,behaviors and ways of life that reject violenceand prevent conflicts by tackling their rootcausesto solve problems through dialogueand negotiation among individuals, groups

and nations.

The United Nations organizations lead globalefforts to solve humanitys most challengingproblems.

The United Nations works throughoutthe world to eradicate poverty and fostereconomic and social development. The UNand its family of organizations carries outpeacekeeping operations, takes action toassist victims of disaster, protect humanrights and advance international law.

Artists throughout the world have dedicatedtheir fame and their talents to working withorganizations within the United Nationsfamily. Some of them are pictured in this

exhibithundreds more also speak for peaceand humanity with their lives and their art.

United Nations,

Geneva


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The United

Nations EightAction Areasfor a Culture

of Peace

In 1999, the United Nationsdefined eight key action areasnecessary to cultivate a cultureof peace. Each of these points

highlights a critical action thatwenations and individualsmust take to ensure apeaceful future.

Humanity will not

enjoy security withoutdevelopment, it will not

enjoy development withoutsecurity, and it will not

enjoy either without respectfor human rights.

A Culture of Peace

UN Secretary-General

Kofi Annan

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Let Us Beat Our Swords

Into Ploughshares

United Nations, New York

It is a universal document in the real sensetranscending boundaries, cultures, societies andnations... this document is action-oriented andencourages actions at all levels, be it at the level of theindividual, the community, the nation, the region orat the global and international level.

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury introducing

the Program of Action for Culture of Peace at the

UN General Assembly,13 September 1999

Fostering a culture of peace througheducation

Promoting sustainable economic and

social developmentPromoting respect for all human rights

Ensuring equality between womenand men

Fostering democratic participation

Advancing understanding, toleranceand solidarity

Supporting participatorycommunication and the free flow ofinformation and knowledge

Promoting international peaceand security


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Volunteersand the UnitedNations At the heart of volunteerismare the ideals of service and solidarity and the

belief that together we can make the worlda better place. In that sense, we can say that

volunteerism is the ultimate expression ofwhat the United Nations is all about.

UN Secretary-General

Kofi Annan

A Culture of Peace

Volunteer efforts point the way to a cultureof peaceand a culture of peace must alwaysinclude committed volunteers. Thousands ofpeople volunteer for the United Nations in amultitude of ways.

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV)program mobilizes volunteers and promotesthe ideals of volunteerism around the world.The program offers an online volunteer servicefor people interested in using their skills tocontribute to development causes.

The UNV program also provides opportunitiesfor skilled and experienced professionals,70 per cent of whom are from developingcountries, to engage in peace, relief anddevelopment initiatives in some 140 countries.

The UNV program manages the WorldVolunteer Web, where you can find globalnews, views, and resources about volunteeringin your own community.

United Nations,

New York

United Nations Volunteers:

www.unv.orgWorld Volunteer Web:

www.worldvolunteerweb.com


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GoodwillAmbassadors

Because the suffering of any human beingdiminishes all of us, its our responsibilityto try to ease that suffering.

Khaled, musician, Algeria, FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The United Nations organizations havedesignated many dedicated artists as Peace

Messengers and Ambassadors of Peace

A few of them are represented here. Thereare many morepeople whose examplesand artistry show us that there are manypaths to peace.

Wynton Marsalis, U.S. jazzmusician, United Nations Messenger of

Peace

Miriam Makeba, South Africansinger, Food and Agriculture Organization

(FAO) Goodwill Ambassador

Gong Li, Chinese actress, Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Goodwill Ambassador

Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer,United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

International Goodwill Ambassador

Joaquin Cortes, Spanishdancer, United Nations Childrens

Fund (UNICEF) National Goodwill

Ambassador

Lang Lang, Chinese pianist,United Nations Childrens Fund

(UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador

Shakira, Colombian singer, UnitedNations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

International Goodwill Ambassador

Nicole Kidman, Australianactress, United Nations Childrens Fund

(UNICEF) National Goodwill Ambassador

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer,United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Goodwill Ambassador

Alicia Alonso, Cubanballerina, United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador

Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer,actor, United Nations Childrens Fund

(UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador

Nadine Gordimer, SouthAfrican writer, United Nations

Development Program (UNDP) Goodwill

Ambassadors

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer,Food and Agriculture Organization

(FAO) Goodwill Ambassador

Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer,United Nations Development Program

UNDP Goodwill Ambassador

Sophia Loren, Italian actress,United Nations High commissioner

for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill

Ambassador

Shabana Azmi, Indianactress, United Nations Populations

Fund (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador

The Monument of Peace

United Nations, New York


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Artists around the world devote their lives andtheir talents to working toward a culture ofpeace. UThe artists pictured here have workedfor peace in their communities and in the world.

All of them have made and are making a realdifference in the world. There are millions morelike them, working behind the scenes, usingtheir energy and creativity for peacein theirfamilies, their communities and on the planet.

Taking Action for Peace

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is an activist andauthor, famous throughout Japanfor hosting Tetsukos Room, the

first daily talk show on Japanese television.She is also internationally known for hercharitable works and for her best-sellingchildrens book,Madogiwa no Totto-chan,(Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window)an autobiographical memoir of herchildhood.

Kuroyanagi founded the Totto-chanFoundation to train deaf actors, carryingout her vision of bringing theater tothe deaf. She has been a director of theJapanese branch of the World WildlifeFund and a Goodwill Ambassador forUNICEF since 1984.

Kuroyanagis work with UNICEF has takenher to numerous countries in Africa, Asia,the Americas and Eastern Europe. She isalso an exceptional fundraiser, who hasraised over $25 million for UNICEF.

Tetsu KuroyanagiTV Host, Activist and Author Devotes Herself to Children

PeopleThe Power of

Ordinary peoplecan achieve

extraordinarythings.

What canyou do?


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American Joanne Tawfilis envisions a better, moreharmonious world, and she devotes her life to thatgoal. Retired from a career working for the UN, Tawfilis

and her husband Fouad travel the globe helping people tocreate art for peace.

The Art Miles project started in an orphanage in Bosnia wheremore than 300 children helped to paint a mural on old bedsheets. Today more than 41,000 people from all over the worldhave helped to make murals.

A chain of 440 murals creates each mile. Twelve miles are nowcompleted, each one representing a different theme. Tawfilissplan is to create The Exhibition of the Century at the GreatPyramids of Egypt with murals in 2010.

The purpose of the Art Miles project is to teach understandingand respect through art. Tawfilis says that their goal is to helpchildren realize their own creativity, how sharing works,how language is no barrier, how their imaginations can bestretched, how much alike we are despite our differencesitsall about the process.

When we look at the murals, each of them, she says, we seesomething new each time and savor the joy of children andadults being together unaffected by the barriers the world soreadily constructs around them.

Joanne TawfilisGlobal art project creates miles of murals

Masanko Banda founded Ucandanc African Performingand Healing Arts to bring dance, storytelling and alter-natives to violence to communities around the world.

Masankho learned the fine arts of storytelling and dancefrom his elders in his homeland of Malawi, Africa. Mygrandmothers words, whispered to me when I was five,continuously echo in my ears, he says. Masankho (whichmeans to choose) your destiny is to bring peace and healingthrough your talents as a dancer, singer and storyteller.

Masankho has served as facilitator and participant for many

major projects and conferences. Currently he is on the Boardof Directors of Pathways to Peace, an international peacebuilding organization. Masankho works to build a worldwidenetwork of peace messengers. He says that the young peoplehe meets learn the power of choosing peace over conflict. Hegoes to where there is pain, suffering, and sadness and bringshealing, joy and peace.

Masankho Kamsisi Banda

African storyteller and drummer brings people together

The Power ofPeople


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Brazilian Sebastio Salgado has been called one of the

worlds greatest photographers. His photos havecaptured the lives of the poor, and of refugees of war,

famine, and natural disasters worldwide. He has documentedworkers lives in Latin America and the drought in NorthAfrica.

He has also focused on the mass displacement of peoplethroughout the world and in 2000 published two books,Migrations and The Children.

More than ever, I feel that the human race is one, saysSalgado. There are differences of color, language, culture, andopportunities, but peoples feelings and reactions are alike.People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve theirfortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt toextreme hardship.

Over the years Salgado has collaborated with internationalhumanitarian organizations including UNHCR, the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) and Amnesty International.Salgado is a UNICEF Special Representative and donated apowerful series of photographs, Changing the World WithChildren, as a poster series for UNICEF.

Sebastio SalgadoPhotographs illustrate humanconnections

Carlos Santana has been called one of the greatestguitarists of all time. Born in Mexico in 1949, Santana isa renowned musician and Latin-rock guitarist.

In 1998 Deborah and Carlos Santana founded Milagro, acharitable foundation that funds work with children and youththroughout the world.

Milagro means miracle, and the Milagro Foundation fundsmiracles for children everywhere. It focuses on at-risk and

disadvantaged children by providing education and healthservices. Milagro also supports arts and culture programs thatstrengthen young people and communities.

In response to the international AIDS crisis, in 2003 theSantanas met with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu(pictured) to announce that they were donating the proceeds ofSantanas summer concert tour to a South African AIDS charity.

We believe in the brighter future for the children of thisplanet, says Santana. We also know that we must accelerateequality, justice, compassion, beauty, grace, excellence,kindness and gentleness in the here and now.

Carlos and

Deborah SantanaMilagro means miracle


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Angelina Jolie, American film star and winner ofmultiple acting awards, was appointed United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill

Ambassador in August 2001. Since then she has traveled all overthe world to raise awareness and support for refugees. Jolie hasalso been a generous contributor to UNHCRs programs around

the world.Jolie is a passionate spokesperson for the plight of refugees. Istarted to travel and realized there was so much I was unawareof, she says. There were many things I hadnt been taughtin school and daily global events I was not hearing about inthe news. She says that the extreme imbalance of wealth andresources in the world moved her to take action.

I believe we are all looking for the same thing a stable world,a stable economy and the ability to progress as people andas nations. We want a better future. We do not want to keeprepeating the mistakes of the past, she says.

Angelina JolieAcademy Award-winning actress supports refugee relief

Internationally acclaimed performer Ricky Martinestablished The Ricky Martin Foundation to benefitchildren in need. The foundations People For Children

project focuses on ending sexual exploitation and trafficking ofchildren worldwide. Martins first benefit concert for PeopleFor Children took place in Mexico City in 2005.

Martin is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, meetingwith government officials as well as with exploited childrenthemselves, and speaking on behalf of children who havebecome victims of child traffickers.

This is an industry that is moving $7 billion a year, more than2 million children are being forced into prostitution every

year, Martin says. Im going to use my music and my careerto talk about things that we should be concerned about.

Ricky MartinPop star speaks out against child exploitation

The Power ofPeople What canyou do?


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Quincy JonesMusic legend supports youth

Claude NobsSharing the joy of music

Quincy Jones is a musician, composer and musicproducer with a long and distinguished career.Throughout his life, Jones has supported African-

American culture and young peopleoften opening doors thathad been closed in the past. Among his many achievementsis We Are the World, the best-selling single recording of alltime.

Jones founded the Listen Up Foundation in 1991 to breakthe cycle of poverty and violence by connecting children witheducation, technology, culture, and the roots and fruits ofmusic. The foundation supports programs that meet thecritical needs of childrenhealthcare and education. ListenUp works with local programs that are capable of a globalreach.

I feel that there is a wealth of untapped greatness in theyounger generation that needs a jump start to come forth,Jones says. I see young kids giving up. They dont think theycan live past 25. Its a ray of hope when they realize they canexpect more from their lives.

Claude Nobs has a passion for sharing his love of music.Nobs also loves his home region, in and around

Montreux, Switzerland. His love of music and hislove of home came together in 1967 when Nobs producedthe first Montreux Jazz Festivalwhich celebrates its 40th

Anniversary in 2006.

Over the years, the festival has grown to include jazz andmuch morefrom Flamenco to Hip Hopattracting seasonedprofessionals as well as young musicians who take part inevents and competitions that inspire their development.

The festival is now one of the worlds biggest entertainmentsevents, with more than two weeks of virtually nonstopmusic, attracting more than 200,000 visitors. With artists

workshops, exhibits on the United Nations peace efforts, andperformances that bridge gaps between nations and cultures,the Montreux Jazz Festival has become a world-renownedcenter where musicians demonstrate the international powerof music.

To me, Nobs says, jazz means an instinctive emotionalsharing, an improvisational freshness. But my biggestpassion is to share all this. Sharing is essential. Thats whatthe festival is all aboutsharing the music while it happensand preserving it for the future.


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Nadja was 12 years old when the war in Bosnia began.

When she was 13, she was wounded and left withshrapnel in her legs.

Halilbegovich documented the war in a powerful diaryshewrote, Days are filled with horrors and tears...painted with theblood of the victims of this insane war. There is not a trace of

light or a bit of tenderness.

Throughout the war Halilbegovich wrote and used music toreach out to young people. She created a radio program, readpoetry on radio and television, and appeared in hundreds ofconcerts both alone and with her choir. Her book, SarajevoChildhood Wounded by War, was published in 1994.

Halilbegovich has immigrated to the US where she goes touniversity and continues to speak and work for peace. At arecent meeting, a child asked, of the war in Bosnia, who won?She replied, Everyone lost. War is not a board game.

Nadja HalilbegovichWar survivor pleads for peace

Israeli Dani Karavan is internationally renowned for hisenvironmental sculptureusing cement, metal, wood,trees, sand, water, and sunlighton sites all over the

world. His Negev Monument (1963-68, Israel) is one of thefirst examples of such art.

Most of my work is devoted to human rights, to peace,says Karavan. I dont know if art could really avoiddiscrimination, save lives of people. I dont know...but evenif I dont know, I am trying to do it everywhere.

I was born in Israel, to parents who came from Europe afterthe First World War, Jewish, Israeli, Zionists, with a lot of hopeto create a new society and a new life, says Karavan, Myculture is to understand others, to respect the other. My cultureis peace. In my culture, God, one of his names is peace.

Karavan was the first international artist to be honored withthe title of UNESCOs Peace Artist. He received the honorfor his work with the organization and especially for theSquare of Tolerance, which Karavan created at UNESCOsParis headquarters in memory of the late Prime Minister

Yitzhak Rabin.

Dani KaravanMy Culture is Peace,

says sculptor

The Power ofPeople What canyou do?


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Concerts for PeaceArtists show their support for

humanitarian causes in many ways.

Desree performs atNetAid, a UN-sponsoredrock concert drawingattention to worldpoverty.

Robert Crayperformingat UNICEF

concert.

Carlos Santana,Herbie Hancockand Wayne ShorterpreformedEmissaries ofPeace Concert inJapan for the victimsof Hiroshima andNagasaki.

Pianist AlexisWeissenberg atUNESCO Classic

Aid concert.

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usic has a uniquepower to movepeople and touch

their hearts. Around theworld, musicians join withother artists to presentconcerts that attractattentionand fundsto worthy causes.

Internationalmusicians join

Youssou NDourand Friends in

Geneva at UNbenefit concert

against malaria.

Okinawanmusician andpeace activistKina Shoukichiperforms atfestival to prayfor peace.

Lebanese singer NancyAjram performs during a

tsunami benefit concert atBiel in Beirut.

Willie Nelson,founder of Farm

Aid, performsat their 19th

anniversary concert.Farm Aid funds

programs thatsupport family farm

centered agriculture.


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asPeacemakers

Artists use their giftsto speak, to reach out,

to create change.

Working on their ownandtogether with organizations likethe United Nationsartists all overthe world are dedicating their lives

and their art to expressions of peace.

Each artist here demonstrates avaluesuch as courage, commitment,or perseveranceneeded to createreal and lasting peace in the world.

Commitment

Now more thanever, our total

commitment to spiritualand divine principlesis needed. We are thehealers of life...let usaccentuate beauty, grace,elegance, excellence anddignity in everything wedo and are.

Carlos Santana

Musician

Artists

As a culmination of

decades of support forhumanitarian causes the

world over, Carlos and his

wife, Deborah, foundedtheir Milagro Foundation

in 1998. Milagro

supports organizationspromoting the welfare

of underserved childrenin the areas of health,

education, and the arts. More

recently, he has engaged in thefight against South Africas AIDS

pandemic through a partnership

with ANSA Artists for New South

Africa. Other organizations hesupports include Hispanic Education

and Media Group, Doctors WithoutBorders, Save the Children, Childreach,

Rainforest Action Network,Greenpeace, American Indian

College Fund, Amnesty

International, and theMuseum of Tolerance.


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evotion

The music that Ihave learned andwant to give is absolutelylike a prayer.

Ravi Shankar

Musician

Com

passion

These eyes, they arethe witnesses /

they need no otherreasons to cry / and nowthat they are a river /they will never run dry.

Sade

singer/songwriter

After hearing tales of

unimaginable suffering in

Darfur, Sade says, I couldntjust walk away; I had to do

something. She immersed

herself in the background of thesituation, trying to answer the

riddle of how human beingscan hate so much. Sade has

performed with musicians

from around the world to raise

awareness of the ongoinghumanitarian crisis. And she

has contributed her poignantsong, Mum, which presents

the heart-rending perspective

of a Darfur atrocity victim, toa special DVD whose profits

will go to aid refugees in theSudan and Chad.

Ravis Art of Living Foundation is one

of the UNs largest volunteer-based Non-Governmental Organizations, in special

consultative status with their Economic

and Social Council. A guest speaker atthe UNs Millennium World Peace Summit,

he is also co-founder of the InternationalAssociation for Human Values, whose

humanitarian service wing, 5H, provides

health, homes, hygiene, human values,and harmony in diversity to needy

communities. 5H has trained thousands of

youth leaders and others who have helpedtransform more than 25,000 villages, even

bringing peace to areas of decades-long

violent conflict.


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eterm

ination

Ithink theres a greatbeauty to havingproblems. Thats one ofthe ways we learn.

Herbie Hancock

Musician

Perseverance

Just dont give uptrying to do whatyou really want to do.Where there is love andinspiration, I dont thinkyou can go wrong.

Ella FitzgeraldSinger

With his focus on the cultural

development of young people, Herbie

today serves as Institute Chairman of the

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, theforemost organization for developing jazz

performance and education worldwide.

There, he has taught several masterclasses and has been a guest performer

with the Institutes prestigious collegeprogram. A pioneer in the humanistic

integration of technology and the creative

arts, Herbie (along with fellow musicians

Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, amongothers) is a director of the International

Committee of Artists for Peace, devotedto building bridges of international

friendship through culture and peace

education.

Ella had a deep concern for

child welfare, and continuing her

generous donations to organizations

for disadvantaged youths was part ofthe driving force that prevented her

from slowing down. U.S. presidentsRonald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

awarded her, respectively, the National

Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal

Freedom. Upon her passing, New YorkTimes columnist Frank Rich wrote: [Ella]

performed a cultural transaction asextraordinary as Elviss contemporaneous

integration of white and African-

American soul. Here was a black womanpopularizing urban songs often written by

immigrant Jews to a national audience of

predominantly white Christians.


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Non

violence

Thats all

nonviolence isorganized love.

Joan Baez

Singer

H

armony

Imagine what aharmonious worldit could be if every singleperson, both young andold shared a little of whathe is good at doing.

Quincy Jones

Musician, Producer

The 1960s and 70s

were years of social

activism for Quincy Jones. A

major supporter of Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr.s OperationBreadbasket, promoting inner-

city economic development,Quincy later served on the board of

Jesse Jacksons People United toSave Humanity (PUSH). He helped

form the Institute for Black American

Music, whose events proceeds were

donated to establish a national libraryof African-American art and music. He

is a founder of the annual Black Arts

Festival in Chicago. Besides his countlessaccomplishments in music, he also co-

produced Steven Spielbergs adaptation of

Alice Walkers The Color Purple.

In the 1960s, Joan sang about freedom from flatbed

trucks to the Lincoln Memorial at Martin Luther Kings 1963March on Washington. She gave free concerts supportingcivil rights, UNESCO, and anti-Vietnam war rallies. Joan

co-founded the Institute For The Study of Nonviolence,

helped establish Amnesty International on the West Coast,and founded the Humanitas International Human Rights

Committee. An ardent nuclear-freeze movement and gayteachers rights supporter, she received the ACLUs Earl

Warren Award for her human-rights commitment. In 1993,

invited by Refugees International, Joan became the firstmajor artist to perform in Sarajevo since the civil war.


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Building

Bridges

Music isreally thethread of the memoryof humankind.

Angelique Kidjo

Singer

Ima

gination

Imagine all thepeople living life

in peace. / You may sayIm a dreamer, / but Imnot the only one. / I hopesomeday youll join us, /and the world will beas one.

John Lennon

Musician

John and wife, Yoko Ono,invented a form of peace protest by

staying in bed while being filmed

and interviewed. They recorded asingle under the name The Plastic

Ono Band, Give Peace a Chance

(1969), which became a nationalanthem for pacifists. He also notably

wrote Imagine, another favorite

of peaceful movements. John sentback the Member of the Order of the

British Empire award he received fromQueen Elizabeth II during the height

of Beatlemania in protest against

Britains involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing and support of America in

Vietnam.

A UNICEF representative,the Benin-born and Paris-

based Angelique sings in four

languages. She has workedas a goodwill ambassador for

UNICEF and has performed

at Live 8, Arctic 46664 (oneof a series of concerts put

on by Nelson Mandela toraise awareness of AIDS); the

Roll Back Malaria Concert;

Keep A Child Alive; and otherUNICEF-related events.


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G

ratitude

My music is anexpression of

gratitude, of respect, ofreverencefor life, forlove, for the dignity ofpeople, for the wonder ofthe human predicament.

Youssou NDour

Singer

A UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Youssou

has toured internationally for almost 30 years.

In Senegal, he is a powerful cultural iconactively involved with several social and

political issues. In 1985, he organized aconcert for the release of Nelson Mandela.

He was a featured performer in the

1988 worldwide Amnesty InternationalHuman Rights Now! Tour and

worked with the United Nations and

UNICEF. Youssou started ProjectJoko to open Internet cafs in

Africa and to connect Senegalese

communities around the world. Hehas performed with Dido at Live 8

concerts in England and France.

Tr

ansfo

rmation

Music canchange theworld because it canchange people.

Bono

Musician

With U2, Bono (aka Paul Hewson) participated

in Band Aid (1984) and Band Aid 20 (2005), as well as

Live Aid (1985) and Live 8 (2005). Since 1999, he hascampaigned for Third World debt relief and the plight of

Africa. In 2002, he set up an organization called DATA

Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africato raise awareness of Africasstaggering debts, the uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and

unfair trade rules that hurt the poor. In December 2005, he

was named a Time magazine Person of the Year, and inFebruary 2006 was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.


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Equality

Im a real rebel witha cause... the direct

equality of my peoplearound the world.

Nina Simone

Singer

Un

ity

Things can fallapart, or threaten

to, for many reasons, andthen theres got to be aleap of faith. Ultimately,when youre at the edge,you have to go forwardor backward: if you goforward, you have tojump together.

Yo Yo Ma

Cellist

A newly appointed (January 2006)

United Nations Peace Ambassador,

Yo Yos current project, The Silk RoadEnsemble, endeavors to bring together

musicians from diverse countries all

of which are historically linked via thehistoric Silk Road. Currently, he co-directs

the Childrens Orchestra Society. On May

31, 2005, this multi-Grammy-winner wasawarded an honorary Doctor of Musical

Arts degree from Princeton University.

At her piano recital (at 10), Ninasparents were forced to move to the back

of the hall to make way for whites. Thiscontributed to her later involvement in

the civil rights movement. She recorded

many political songs, including To Be

Young, Gifted and Black and I Wish IKnew How It Would Feel to Be Free, In

1971, Nina left the United States, citingracism. She returned in 1978. Among her

many honors are: Frances Honorable

Musketeer Award from the Compagniedes Mousquetaires dArmagnac; and

Honorary Ambassador of The Ivory Coast.


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Courage

Each person has

inside a basicdecency and goodness.If he listens to it and actson it, he is giving a greatdeal of what it is theworld needs most.It is not complicated butit takes courage. It takescourage for a personto listen to his owngoodness and act on it.

Pablo Casals

Cellist

As a young Madrid

Symphony Orchestra

soloist in 1897, Pablo was

awarded the Order of Carlos

III from the Queen of Spain.He supported the Spanish

Republican government, and

after its defeat vowed never toreturn to Spain until democracy

was restored. He fiercely

declined to appear in countriesthat recognized the totalitarian

Franco government. One of hislast compositions was the Himno

a las Naciones Unidas (Hymn

of the United Nations), which he

first conducted at 94 at a 1971UN concert. He subsequently

received the UNs Medal ofPeace, saying: Peace

has always been

my greatestconcern.

For

given

ess

We cannot changethe past, but we

can change our attitudetoward it. Uproot guiltand plant forgiveness.Tear out arrogance andseed humility. Exchangelove for hatetherebymaking the presentcomfortable and thefuture promising.

Maya Angelou

Writer

Through myriad published workslike I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

and On the Pulse of the Morning,

Maya, has not only given expression

to the often-painful African-Americanexperience in white America but

has transformed that experienceinto a message of dignity and hope

for humanity. Devoted to promoting

friendship and compassion among allpeople, Mayas tireless contributions

have garnered countless honors

including appointment by requestof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the

Southern Christian Leadership

Conferences NorthernCoordinator, and the

Presidential Medal

of Arts. In 1993,she was the

Inaugural poetfor President

Bill Clinton.


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Sharing

My biggestpassion is to

share all this. Sharingis essential. Thats whatthe festival is all aboutsharing the musicwhile it happens andpreserving it forthe future.

Claude Nobs


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The life and essence of

artwhether it is a painting,music or dancelies in

expressing a wellspring ofemotion, the universal realm

of the human spirit. It is amelding of the individual and

the universal. That is why

great art reaches out beyondethnic and national barriers to

move people the world over.

Daisaku Ikeda

Founder of ICAP, President of

Soka Gakkai International

This exhibit is sponsored by the International Committeeof Artists for Peace (ICAP).

ICAP is a coalition of artists and organizations dedicatedto promoting global peace and individual happinessthrough concerts, exhibitions, educational activities andprograms for young people.

Initiated by artist members of the Soka GakkaiInternational (SGI-USA) in 2001, ICAP partnersinclude the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapelof Morehouse College, Royal Institute for InterfaithStudiesAmman, Jordan, The Non-Violence Project,Childrens Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) andthe Milagro Foundation .

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Concept and design: ICAP

Development, script: Mary Worthington

Layout, final design: The Hughes Group -Edward Alton

Manufacture: AAA Flag and Banner - JuanitaJennings; James R. Hettinga Co.

Special thanks to: U.N. Under-Secretary-General Anwarul K. Chowdhury; Sam Lavin,Founder and CEO, Serenade Park Inc.; UnitedNations Institute For Disarmament Research;Deborah and Carlos Santana and the MilagroFoundation

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Richard A. Cooke, Henry Diltz, LynnGoldsmith, James Leynse, Stephane Masson,Scott McDermott, Tim Mosenfelder, TedStreshinsky, David Sutherland, PennyTweedie, John Van Hasselt and Peter M.Wilson; Bettmann; Dats Jazz - Derick A.Thomas; Epa-Everett Kennedy Brown,Fabrice Coffrini, Laurent Gillieron, HitoshiMaeshiro, Tanya Makeyeva/UNHCR Pool,Kerim Okten, Ray Stubblebine, and MartialTrezzini; Hulton Deutsch Collection; Images.com; Kelly Mooney Photography; Kipa-Jane Pimentel: Reuters - Fabrizio Bensch,Subprasom Chaiwat, Kin Cheung, DominiqueFavre, Leonhard Foeger, Tony Gentile, YurikoNakao and Jamal Saidi: Sygma- StephaneCardinale, Kraig Geiger, Gianni Giansanti andChristian Simonpietri: Zefa- Peter Adams,Theo Allofs and H. Sitton: Zuma- Tina Fultzand Nancy Kaszerman

UN Photo

Eskinder Debebe, Evan Schneider, MarkGarten, Sophie Paris and Milton Grant

Additional Photos

Danny Sze and Gary Murie

ICAP events include:

A Musical Evening for Peace Concert at the Peace Park inHiroshima, Japan (2002),Aloha Peace Concert at theArizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (2002);Building Cultures of Peace: Moving from Conflict to Dialogueconcert and peace conference in Miami, Florida withkeynote speaker, UN Under-Secretary General AnwarulK. Chowdhury; (2002); Culture of Peace for the Childrenof the World exhibit at Harvard University, ColumbiaUniversity (2003), the United Nations in New York

(2004) and in Geneva (2005);Peace Concert and Exhibiton Capitol Hill in Washington DC (2004);Emissariesof Peace Concert Tourin Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Osaka,Yokohama, Japan (2005); and Concert of Hope in Dallas,Texas for the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina (2005).

You can read more about ICAP atwww.icapeace.org

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