UN / AMBASSADORS SING FOR PEACE

Ambassadors from the missions of Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica and Romania launch an album for peace. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:11
• Production Date: 10 September 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: FINE ARTS; LITERATURE; MUSIC
• MAMS Id: U130910f

Description

STORY: UN / AMBASSADORS SING FOR PEACE
TRT: 2.11
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

10 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY

2. Various shots, Ambassador Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima of Cape Verde singing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Simona Miculescu, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations:
“I saw so much talent around me. Just looking at Antonio, mi colleague from Cape Verde, showed me that we could do something together. And I was always thinking of sending a message of peace through other means than UN rostrum.”
4. Med shot, Miculescu singing
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima, Permanent Representative of Cape Verde to the United Nations:
“Singing is always something that is very near our hearts. And you know, singing is not very far from diplomatic action, because to sing is also to put people in such a way that they understand better each other and they simply don’t think about war.”
6. Med shot, Monteiro Lima mimicking saxophone playing
7. Zoom out, Monteiro Lima, Miculescu, Ambassador Eduardo Uribarri of Costa Rica and Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski of Canada, singing

Storyline

A group of Ambassadors took part in a musical performance tonight (10 September) at the United Nations.

The Ambassadors, Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima of Cape Verde, Simona Miculescu of Romania, Eduardo Uribarri of Costa Rica and Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski of Canada recently recorded a CD of their music entitled “Ambassadors Sing for Peace.”

During rehearsals, Miculescu, who initiated the project, said her goal was to send “a message of peace through other means than UN rostrum.”

Monteiro Lima remarked that “singing is not very far from diplomatic action, because to sing is also to put people in such a way that they understand better each other and they simply don’t think about war.”

Under the music direction of Emmy Award-winning composer, arranger and choral conductor Gary Fry, the songs performed included Paix Sur La Terre by Miculescu, What a Wonderful World by Monteiro Lima, and Heal the World by Full Ensemble of Ambassadors.