3rd Programme for Disarmament – Amb. Z. Rossides 1982 jun 28

Filed under Thoughts from the UN community.

In June 1982 the meditation group held three programmes on the occasion of the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament.

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The third programme, held on 28 June, featured guest speaker Ambassador Zenon Rossides of Cyprus, who has served as a member of the Group of Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and International Security, as appointed by the Secretary-General.

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Mr. Vernon Ferwerda, and Members of the Vermont Peacemakers, a youth organisation of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ, joined the meditation group for the occasion.

Link to transcripts from the second and third programmes (to be added

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The First was a meditation in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on 7 June, the opening day of the Session, where delegates and staff joined to pray and meditate for the success of the Session.

On 21 June the group hosted a concert and luncheon at Headquarters, with guest speaker Mrs. Margaret Y. Catley-Carlson, Deputy Executive Director, (Operations) of the United Nations Children’s Fund, launching the group’s special lecture series for women in the international community.

 

Mrs. Zenon Rossides of Cyprus (left), who served as hostess for the concert and luncheon, thanks Mrs. Catley-Carlson for her illumining talk.