(Source: ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding. The designation took place at an event at the United Nations Office at Geneva, attended by the Secretary-General and by the world-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, the Orchestra's co-founder and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. 'The work of the Orchestra is testimony to the power...
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