UN Day Concert: A Tribute to Peacekeeping

United Nations, New York, 23 October 2009 - The UN Day concert saluted the more than 115,000 men and women dedicated to bringing stability to the most troubled parts of our world.

For the first time since its inception, the concert had a theme: A Tribute to Peacekeeping. It has been organized by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, in partnership with the Culture Project, a New York based non-profit organization dedicated to artistic work focusing on social justice and civic engagement.

Musical performances by artists from a broad array of countries, oral presentations by public figures, and documentary film clips highlighting the faces and stories of the people in the field, have been used to pay homage to the Blue Helmets on the sixty-fourth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.

Among the artists who performed are John McLaughlin ( United Kingdom) with the band Remember Shakti ( India), Emmanual Jal ( Sudan), Sister Fa ( Senegal), Salman Ahmad ( Pakistan), Harry Belafonte ( United States), Angelique Kidjo ( Benin), Lang Lang ( China) and Colombian band Aterciopelados.

The Master of Ceremonies was Isha Sesay of CNN International.

View the entire concert (Real Media, 2 hours and 4 minutes)
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/specialevents/2009/se091023pm.rm

UN day website :
http://www.un.org/en/events/unday/2009/

News Story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32699&Cr=united+nations+day&...

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[juanpazongochulo]

Please post all performances! Beautiful! ATERCIOS! ANGELIQUE! EMANUEL! XOXO