Category Speeches

Strategic Music Diplomacy: Models for cultural and Social Engagement

ASPEN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM 2008
November 13 – 15, 2008
Cercle de l’Union Interalliée
33, rue du Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris, France
Presented by Mehri Madarshahi

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Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends

It is a great honor and pleasure for me to welcome you all to this extraordinary forum. At the outset, let me make a confession. During my 26 years of economic and political work at the United Nations, it never occurred to me that one day I would promote music as a powerful and unique tool of diplomacy to create peace, to resolve conflict, to promote cultural diversities and in all, a model for social engagement.

It is nevertheless highly rewarding to observe the immediate and tangible result of this experimentation...

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Music as a Vector for Peace

Music as a Vector for Peace
Forum held on 4 April 2008 – La Maisons des Arts et Metiers, Paris
Statement made by Mehri Madarshahi
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Speech Archive

SPEECH ARCHIVE
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PDF Includes:
• Second Summit on International Security for United Nations Personnel

• October 29, 1999 UNITED NATIONS COMMON SYSTEM FIFTH COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM 126

• FIFTH COMMITTEE Human Resources Management Item164 Statement by Ms. Mehri Madarshahi, President of CCISUA and the New York Staff Union Friday, 19 November 1999 Conference Room 2

• ORG/ 23 MARCH 2000 UNITED NATIONS STAFF UNION APPEALS TO GOVERNMENTS TO SECURE FREEDOM OF DETAINED STAFFERS

• President of CCISUA, Ms. Mehri Madarshahi, to the Fifty First Session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) on Pay System and Human Resource Reform Vienna, 3-20 April, 2000

• Statement by the President of CCISUA To The Administrative Committee on Coordination First Regular Session April 6...

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