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Peace Bell Ceremony in Observance of International Day of Peace

13 September 2023

Observance of the 42nd Anniversary of the International Day of Peace (21 September). The theme of the International Day of Peace of 2023 is "Actions for peace: Our ambition for the #GlobalGoals".

In front row from left to right: Ichiro Abe Shin, designer of the Japanese garden at UN Headquarters; Takase Seiko, daughter of Chiyoji Nakagawa, who proposed to build the Peace Bell; Genshitsu Sen, 15th Generation Grand Master in the Urasenke Tradition of Tea; Kaoru Ishikane; Kimihiro Ishikane, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations; Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly; and Secretary-General António Guterres.

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