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“Peace Day” a 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Internet Broadcast

09:00:00 9/21/09 Montreal, Canada
The Broadcast will feature Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the UN International Day of Peace; as well as interviews with present and former high level UN officials including Sergio Duarte, UN Under Secretary-General for Disarmament, Salil Shetty, Director of the Millennium Campaign, and Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland. There will also be a video presentation on the United Nations Public Service Awards and a series of the UN Department of Public Information’s “UN in Action” video presentations on the UN’s important work around the world.

Celebrity peace activists such as George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Jude Law, Christie Brinkley, Michael Douglas, Charlize Theron, Annie Lennox, Sir Paul McCartney, Dr. Jane Goodall and many more will be featured in these broadcasts.

PEACE DAY will also feature the work of other organizations and individuals around the world dedicated to creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. To promote the positive, innovative and solution oriented work of these organizations and individuals for the purpose of inspiring and empowering the world’s peoples to take concerted action to create a better world for present and future generations. Our goal is to educate people globally about the most crucial issues facing humanity; to inspire them to collective action and solve these international problems.

The Unity Foundation at www.UnityFoundation.org (a non-profit 501(c)3 organization based in San Francisco) has been established for 33 years and works in support of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. To view recent episodes of our award-winning “Positive Spin” news and public affairs television program of 10 years that presents positive, innovative and solution oriented news from around the world, go to www.Positive-Spin.tv.

Your support of PEACE DAY will promote the ongoing efforts of thousands of organizations around the world working for Peace through disarmament, human rights, development and environmental sustainability.

For more information please contact the Unity Foundation at (310) 450-5592, or by email:

Bill McCarthy, Executive Producer Email: Bill.McCarthy@UnityFoundation.org

Charles Strong, Producer Email:Charles.Strong@UnityFoundation.org

Laurien Towers, Producer – Email: gtotalvision@ca.rr.com

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