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Peace Bell Ceremony in Observance of International Day of Peace

13 September 2023

Participants of the 42nd Anniversary of the International Day of Peace (21 September) walk to the Peace Bell Ceremony together. The theme of the International Day of Peace of 2023 is "Actions for peace: Our ambition for the #GlobalGoals".

In front from second left to right: Takase Seiko, daughter of Chiyoji Nakagawa, who proposed to build the Peace Bell; Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly; Secretary-General António Guterres; Genshitsu Sen, 15th Generation Grand Master in the Urasenke Tradition of Tea; Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; and Hans Grohmann, Senior Protocol Officer.

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