UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (INC)
Te Roopu Whakakotahi
Whenua o Aotearoa (NRB)
United
Nations International Day of Peace
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of
Nuclear Free New Zealand
Prime
Minister Helen Clark
23rd
Sept
‘07
3:00pm
Sunday
ST
MATTHEW-in-the-City
Crn. Hobson & Wellesley
Streets Auckland
Auckland
Peace City
Mayor Dick
Hubbard
ACC
Declaration ‘07
Opening of
the SGI Exhibition
‘Creating
a Culture of Peace:
The Right
to Human Security’
presented by Soka
Gakkai International
First time in NZ! This is
a brilliant, artistic, educational experience.
Ending war, violence and
militarism to achieve nuclear disarmament.
Affirm our highest
human aspirations for an international culture of justice and peace.
Auckland
Inter-Faith Council
Presents the many
faiths and cultures of our society with musical performance, choirs and
readings from young people.
Working for peace in
our families, communities, the nation and the world.
EVERYONE WELCOME – Come early to view the Exhibition
Please be seated by
2:50pm. (Donation/Koha only)
For more information
contact Coordinator Laurie Ross
ph: 811 8696
Laurie-ross@xtra.co.nz
UN Peace
Day Event ‘07
Proposed Programme
(Preliminary Draft Only)
Organised by UNANZ,
Auckland Inter-Faith Council and Soka Gakkai
Auckland City
3:00pm Sunday 23rd Sept.
St Matthew-in-the-City
3:00pm
-Welcome - Maori Culture Group and Kaumatua Prayer (mihi)
3:10pm
– Antony Vallyon -United Nations NZ National President
Overview of UN International Day of Peace
Mike Roberts
– Auckland Inter-Faith Council President –
affirms peace as the unity within religious diversity
Jimi Wallace
- Soka Gakkai Director
introduces ‘Creating a Culture
for Peace:The Right to Human Security’
Exhibition
3:30pm
– Auckland Peace City Council - Mayor for Peace – Dick Hubbard
Overview on value and
significance of this declaration – Auckland
SIGNING CEREMONY? (Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey does it on 21st Sept)
3:40pm
- Prime Minister Helen Clark or MP Phil Goff Minister for Disarmament
Formal honouring of 20th
Anniversary of NZ Nuclear Free Zone legislation
plus recognition of NZ Peace
Cities which reaffirm original local nuclear free zones
(also opportunity to affirm
international network of Parliamentarians for Peace)
3:50pm
- Formal cutting of the ribbon - Opening the SGI Peace Exhibition
3:55pm
– Large multicultural interfaith choir performance (Mormon and Baha’i)
4:00pm
– ‘Nine Readings for Peace’ from the interfaith youth community
Jewish, Christian, Muslim,
Zoroastrian, Baha’i, Hindu, Buddhist, Indigenous, Humanist
4:20pm
– Choir leads the gathering in
singing ‘God of Nations’ NZ national anthem for all to join in.
Performance by SGI Brass band
4:30pm
– live music plays while people circulate, view Exhibition, partake of
refreshments
5:00pm
- Finish