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In commemoration of the International Mother Language Day 2020 (21 February)
Bright Future Project, NY Ataturk School & Short Presentations
DATE: ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 TIME: 12:30PM – 3:30PM | [Light] LUNCH: 12:30 – 1:20PM. PROGRAM: 1:30 – 3:30PM VENUE: The Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission ADRESS: 221 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022 (3rd Avenue on 52nd Street) LANGUAGE: Bilingual – English & Turkish
Keynote Speech by Professor Victor Lawrence on the 150th Birthday celebration of Mohandas Gandhi in New York City on October 1st 2019 during the 74th Session of the United Nations. “ICT is having a profound impact on the way we live, work, learn and entertain our selves. It is helping all parts of our communities and improving all sectors of the world economy. It is changing the world.” – Professor Victor Lawrence
“Raising children with required values and as useful members of the society requires high qualities. Therefore, women, being the nation’s mothers, need to be more enlightened and progressive than men.” Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK
Presented by Mirat YAVALAR, Co-Founder & Treasurer, ATATÜRK SOCIETY OF AMERICA (UN – DGC – CSO) at conference PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM
On the Occasion of the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Side Event on WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT ADVANCES THE CULTURE OF PEACE Organized by Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations In collaboration with Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
“We should always remember that without peace, development is impossible, and without development, peace is not achievable, but without women, neither peace nor development is conceivable.”
Keynote Speech* by Ambassador Anwarul K. CHOWDHURY Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations; Initiator of UNSCR 1325 as President of UN Security Council and Founder of the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
at the P R O G R A M M E on PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM presented by the The Light Millennium and Co-Organizer/Co-Sponsors New York, 11 April 2019
“Dashain Festival is one of the most important Hindu festival which is celebrated all over Nepal delightfully. This festival usually falls in the month of September or October and is actually celebrated for 15 days. It starts from bright lunar fortnight (Shukla Paksha) and ends on the day of full moon (Poornima) according to Nepalese annual calendar. Hindus greatest festival, Dashain honors a great conquest of the gods over the evil demons. The symbol of power, Goddess Durga is worshiped during this festival.” [*]
Shirish BOHARA, Youth
NGO Rep. to the United Nations Department of Public Information
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