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Title items-in-Public relations files - UN 25th Anniversary - Secretary-General's messages sent to organizations, etc.
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OR. fcelialf of the S©crietaTy«&ga©ral 1 thatsfes; yoor X©tt0r of 26 S0ce&b$F I9?0 assS tte attached oopy of S^SiSisS^^SfelS^S,* Ptitolis&ea ^ th« Xaternatioaal Affairs lesesrsh 'GeaatrS ' apdi iha Bipl^ffiatlo E<3S0arak Cesfcre hss ssti.©d se to tliarik jom for your I-dM i^-M^ ^«3 vsislte®. se to &©sd. jcp, asi sro«r pifellaaticsi bis wishes ea the oeeasioii of the do Dr. P.O., Bcsc U'el .Aviv, i^H-1^ bM*S I 197! • L'OBSERVATEUR DIPLOMATIQUE MEDITERRANEEN • Editor: Dr. EDWARD ELLENBERG /. ( ' P"O.B His Excellency U THAN! Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization New York. Excellency: I take pleasure in informing you that THE DIPLOMATIC OBSERVER, I the sole diplomatic publication in Israel, published by the Inter- f national Affairs Researcn Center and the Diplomatic Research Center I of the Institute for International Sociological Research, has publish-! ed on the front page of its latest issue the full text of your addres| made to the San Francisco commemorative meeting for the 25th anniver-| Buc sary of the United Nations Charter. We enclose a tearsneet of this page. May I,on this occasion, send you our best wishes for the New Year, which we nope will be a year of Peace and Understanding all over the World. Sincerely yours, jf H -t>i! Consul Dr.Edward/S.Ellenberg dree:kjl -r—*U -JfU LL *s 1° -Jtajuj joj aqj ;o oqi D 8V -taj JBIIJ am unif uodn «jj pun jonesunoo UDUttao ot[t : stog ea iyt jo tuspisajj - eqi : xnog i wvmrM. *a 3 q} MJflt ! ijj -rn sajpjjy.p spu;m 'UOISD30O TJOiqAl UO 'HOTS ifiinqo qsipeMg sqi : }}OH SJJM aqj jo [JDH uoijdeo two -I'D SSIIDJJV.P s6jDqo eip ui eoD[d qooi Auoui siW P«D 'I'D MESSAGE FRffiS THE SEGHEIARI-GEKBaAL 15 December If 70 Fifteen year© ago today, on: 15 December 1955> sixteea countries were admitted to the Doited Hations9 th© largest group of countries ever admitted together ia tbe history o£ th® Organisation. This event '^as noteworthy especially in view of th© fact that res new astaber had been admitted in the period bettreen 1950 and. 1955 and that up to that time the total membership remained at sixty States* What made possibles the admission of so aaqy States in 195$ was the East-West detente, which became visible in that year, and the deep concern over the membership staleatst^ expressed particularly at the Bandung Conference, fhe United Hations has since grom to eoiaprise 12? States of different political and social systems and cultures of the world, to become a veritable instrument for peaceful co-operation among States. 1 asa comrinced that th© Orgstnisatioa is now close to achieving the ideal of universality of membership, so that it stay become an even more geirai&e centre for hamsonisiag the actions of natioas. On this HMaaorable occasion 1 salute the people and Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, as well as the peoples and Fortnight!/ jo •.•ixfMbAtf**^ behalf of the P 'o|ana Bhavan, Parliament Street CHIEF EDITOR lew Delhl-l. Q - Ari'ciTi Completed No.YS/Spl/5/70 I i - >' f.~ '.• jivi ^^j^tobe 1970 |"J - l,fo A :jcrt Required Dear Mr Secretary General, I am sorry that I did not write to you earlier to thank you for your very kind letter which I received before the release of our Special Number on the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations. The Special Number has now been released and a copy sent to you through the UN Information Centre in Naw Delhi. I hope you have by now seen it. I- would like to take this opportunity to mention to you the help, co-operation and assistance that we received from the UN Information Centre in New Delhi and all other organisations of the United Nations functioning in the capital in the production of the Special Number. My colleagues and I are deeply grateful for all this. May I hope that you have had time to see the Special Number and I shall deeply appreciate your comments on the same. I can only say that if we have been able to serve the cause of the United Nations and help the people of India to understand its problems and achievements t we will have been amply rewarded* With deep personal regards, Yours sincerely. • W- C c. . •••• '' UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Nations., N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AW OFFICIAL RECORD) Pi-3ss Release SG/SM/1374 FAO/2199 16 November 1970 MESSAGE. BY SECRETARY~GENER;\L. TO, FAQ .TWElOTy-FIPIH MNIVgRSAHY SESSIOH Following is the text of a message by the Secretary-General, U Thant, to the twenty-fifth anniversary General Commemorative Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAQ), being held at FAO headquarters in Rome today. The message is being read by Vittorio Winspeare, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. The Chairman of the Conference is Herndn Santa Crua (Chile). The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which we celebrate today in Rome, complements the silver jubilee of the United Nations itself, observed in New YorK just over three weeks ago,, The hope expressed in the Charter "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of wnr'1 was linked to the need "to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom"« Freedom from fear was associated with freedom from want, It was recognized that freedom from the greatest of all wants, freedom from hunger, could be achieved only through a concerted effort, international as well as national, on a scale never before attempted. In this great task5 the effort to break the age-old cycle of poverty, disease and ignorance by improving agriculture and raising nutritional and living standards} the Food and Agriculture Organisation was to be an integral part of the new world system. The wisdom of our founders has been demonstrated by the experience of the past 2.5 years. Never has it been more obvious than it is today that peace is essential to progress in the economic and social field, and that without such progress we cannot hope for lasting peace. This awareness of our common interest will continue to help us meet new challenges together, not least the (more) - 2 - Press Release SG/SM/157U FAO/2199 16 November 1970 vital need to narrow the gap "between the rich and. the poorer countries, which remains perhaps the most critical challenge of our time. The remarkable advances of modern science and technology equip us also to tackle the frightening prospect of a polluted environment and over-populated globe provided we have the same vision and show the same determination as our founders. The Pood and Agriculture Organization already has remarkable achievements to its credit. We in the United Nations are proud of our close association with it and especially proud of our joint undertaking, the World Food Programme, which in the last year alone committed more than $300 million for projects in UO countries. Under the World Food Programme, food aid has been used with success for economic and social development and massive assistance has been brought to scores of countries at times of natural and other disasters. The FAO also deserves to be congratulated on its contribution to the "green revolution" and on the Indicative World Plan which will provide a valuable basis for policy in the coming decade and beyond, I wish above all to emphasize the importance of FAO's role in the Second Development Decade, a world-wide strategy for which has just been unanimously adopted by the General Assembly. If the strategy will depend for success primarily on the actions of individual Governments, it will also depend on all the United Nations organizations„ FAO has already contributed to the prepara- tions for the Decade and will have a crucial role to play in its implementation. Plans for the Second Development Decade illustrate perfectly the need for ever closer integration of effort and creative co-operation between, members of the United Nations family. This should not be hard to achieve given the experience and goodwill amassed during the past 25 years and exemplified in the relations between the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations. Before concluding, I should like to pay tribute to you, Sir, to whose constructive vision the United Nations system is indebted, and to my colleague, Dr. Addeke H.J. Boerma, the Director-General of FAO, whose qualities and constant help I value very deeply. I fervently hope that this anniversary will prove a landmark on the way towards peace, justice, and social and economic progress, that it will inspire our two organizations to greater achievements; for without the success of our endeavours there may be no future for mankind. # 008RT 'ON'THIS traiYFlFTM ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMING INTO FOHCE OF THE rEmterwro^i^ mm ONE or THE ofiieiMi JARCHITECTS OF IKS UHITED At SAN FRAHCIflee AfJU LATER A$ EKECUIIVE SECRETARY « ? £"*"•! >F> OF THE ^REPAflATOHY GCJMfllSSIOJ YOU PLAYED A BECISIVE P^RT IN BR'ItfBIHfi THE UffXTED NATIONS ;tHTO SEIMG AfJ0 I VANT YOU TO THAT. 11 AS WELL AS THE RANY' PEOPLE V?HO WOHKEB WITH YOU' WHO COIITINSE TO SEHVE ^KE UNITED SATIOISS, THIUK OF YOU E8P£€£AU¥ At s THIS Tiff* HUH WASH em. -WF If tU 9Mk1X«ftt HEMfHMRl. 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If the Secretary-General does not wish to send a separate message, Mrs. Di Giorgio has requested permission to have the last paragraph of the Secretary-General's letter of 2 February to her (attached) reproduced as the introduction to the catalogue. em Mrs. Robert Di Giorgio 1 Maritime Plaza San Francisco, California Telephone: 362-8972 TA/PJG y 1970 ..rateftsl, for ,tour gyaciaus l«sttor of 14 .1970. «« aj-.rs*o«:lat« the initiative tains taken lu tsgm Francisco . to cc;nr,c;iSM-j'.to the foyr«din;2 $? 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A&*3* 17 August 70 ^00 5012 mm IS »£ OF WHICH YOU SO 13Si3:: editors please guote ce - , Chef de tffi^K Text of Message jTromtheSecretary-Generalr U Thant, .to the Second Regional Conference of European United Rations Associations^ Varna, Bulgaria,, ._25-2jB August 19JO I am happy to send my greetings to the European United Nations Associations meeting in Varna, Bulgaria. I think it is fitting that you ere holding your second regional conference during the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, which I understand is one of the items on your agenda. This twenty-fifth anniversary should be a time for ^ soul- searching as well as " "_""" ""' ceremony. Our main preoccupation, it seems to me, should be to devise ways and means for ending war and bloodshed and for fh creating essential conditions for peace, justice and progress. If we want to give real meaning, real content, to this anniversary, the greatest contribution we could make would be to strengthen the machinery of the United Nations - in particular, the peace-keeping arm of the Security Council and the law-enforcing arm of the International Court of Justice. Let mefrepeat briefly, in concrete terms, my views on what needs to be done: ' Firstly, all of us who want to see a stronger United Nations, a more effective United Nations, must insist that resolutions or decisions, particularly those arrived at unanimously by the Security Council, must be enforceable. That is the only practical course to strengthen the United Nations. Another essential ingredient for the maintenance of peace is for the United • Nations to have at its beck and call a stand-by peace force. This problem is basic to the whole operation of this international organization. Recently, there have been some encouraging signs, and I very much hope that Member States will redouble their efforts to reach agreement on the organizational, administrative and operational aspects of this problem. Yet another means of strengthening the United Nations would be the acceptance by all Member States without exception of the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court or Justice in all international legal disputes. Nothing less than enforceable world law can provide the minimum essentials for peape, justice and progress. I believe also that we have to change our attitudes in the sense that we have to develop a second allegiance besides our primary allegiance to our own State, :*.' - 2 - All of us, as I have pointed out before, whether Russians or Danes or Italians or Frenchmen, understandably and naturally have "an ^ " ~" ' ~ allegiance to our respective States. But if we are to make the United Nations more effective, this single allegiance is not enough. If we are to approach the United Nations witn proper perspectives, then we need to develop a second allegiance - that is, allegiance to the international community represented by the United Nations. This development of a second allegiance is imperative, particularly in these tense times, in the shadow of the hydrogen bomb. It is my hope that you, as members of the United Nations Associations, will bear these points in mind in your determination to help build the United Nations into a really effective instrument for the performance of all the functions embodied in the Charter. With our combined efforts, I am hopeful for the future of this Organization. "* Key I also express to each of you - and through you to your constituents - my sincere thanks for your continued dedication to the ideas and ideals of the Charter, and wish you all a very successful Conference. WOMEN UNITED for the UNITE!) NATIO 201 418 LEXINGTON AVENUE CTION NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17 3 ' Mrs. Frances Sawyer, President U - Action Completed lodged July 2, L1 Required c* H.E. Mr. U Tbant Secretary-General of the United nations United Nations Headquarters United Nations Plaza New York, W.Y. 1001? Dear Mr. Secretary-General: Will you again accept my heartfelt thanks and the expression of 1 gratitute from our Officers and members for your thoughtful and inspiring message Bent to Women United for the United /-^T VNx*-^ Nations to be read at our Luncheon Meeting on Kay 25th, 197°j> L^. \J pU-^ celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the United Nations Charter, Your concluding words "As for the future, I count on your faith, your courage and your perseverance to carry on your activities so that future generations may enjoy life in peace, dignity and freedom," made a deep impression and, you may be assured, we shall make special effort to merit your confidence* The interest you have always shown in Non-Governmental Organiza- tions continues to be a stimulating influence and presents a challenge for even greater effort as we strive to carry on with "faith, courage and perseverance" in the United Nations Second Development Decade, With kndest personal regards, very sincerely, Mrs. France* Savryer> , rresidervcT. " FS:B WOMEN UNITED FOR THE UNITED NATIONS r\) / - y*s HIS - EXOEtLMiBt MINERAL USITE& FOR WlfH 1«EH? HOSTS fHE SENS Y^tl AfJB tHE UfitXTED SATIOKS SFES© TKit tEBK HEALtSIKS IM TROTH Ftfflr El SERBS X If A fOWLfWW ARE ITS SORBS'* Tfli solEMs TASK or THE BSITED NATIONS smms. THE FEASE or THE WORLB WE eg IE LVC&79 T3Q9 HIS E 2/50 -j -tJ S8 •f O Ut £1 IS AtfE JTS 0!}R 8A*ETY AlfU THE SQIEM9 TASK OF THE USltED HAT IONS ITS <&$&£ Tt THE PEACE. OF IHE #QRU> WE MET flOt «@{€ tf lt««iT APOfJTiE 0F PEASE £0»6RESS£S FRO»- OF ^AV10 BABIES WHO HIS LIFE T0 PROMOTE cA'vfi .ilij. 0t IfHltH--flWlE FOtK 18 t— till OF OUR PRAYERS FOR f -vJ fJSK FSft Y^tJR GO U8C5 ItS SPIRIT OF 13 fid V1THQ0T STRIFE FOR 1JFES BEST A»B OF IWJTf t/! Hi 013 ER SASCf{WH:MW.SS THAT THE BYS RQBERfS CHAIRlM XNfERttAtlOltA HUfitCAi VftlES K JVC SECT 10» ' \\ ' * 6 July 70 William C. Powell 3?8 P&P/OPI 2351 MR. T. MS17XH JOHES 7 PARK PLACE •• CARDIFF WALES (IMTSD KINGDOM) I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE OF GREETING TO THE UNITED NATIONS WHICH I HAVE RflCEItflD FROM THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD. MUSIC IS INDEED AN ISTMNATIOHAL LAHGUAGE. SACH YEAR WS CELSBRATE ON OCTOBSB TWEMTI-POUBTH THE BIETHDAY OF • JHS UHITSD ^\TIOHS WITH A GOHCiiRT HM2 AT UK HEADQUARTERS IN WHICH OROJSSTEAS AND ARTISTS FROM MANY COOSTBIB3 PARTICIPATE. I HAVE NOTED WITH BITHJEST THAT THE INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD WAS imUGUEATSD IN 1945, THE SAME TSAR B? WHICH THE UNITED NATIOHS WAS FOUNDED. YOUR INT3EEST IN CEHSHTINQ INTIENATIOML GOOD WILL THROUGH YOUR ANNUAL GATHiiRlNG IS TO BE COMMANDED AND I TAKE THIS OPPORT0HITI TO SESffi YOU B.SST WISHSS FOR THS CURhQIT EISTEDDFOD AND FOR THE FUTURE.. U THANT SSCBETARY-G5KERAL William C. Powell Deputy Director Press & Publications Division,OPI ROUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION P 7~~ /° A. * jT-k /^e. „^ci&&sy J^^^t FOR ACTION POUR SUITED DONNER FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION FOR SIGNATURE J OUR SIGNATURE PREPARE DRAFT ROJET A REDIGER FOR COMMENTS OUR OBSERVATIONS MAY WE CONFER? OURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER? YOUR ATTENTION OTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUSSED OMME CONVENU AS REQUESTED c UITE A VOTRE DEMANDE NOTE AND FILE > OTER ET CLASSER NOTE AND RETURN J. ?TER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION pduR INFORMATION Date: FROM: DE: 2- £*L CR. 13 (11^64) i • V %•© Mr. T. Mervyn Jones — -—-" I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE OF GREETING TO THE UNITED NATIONS WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD, MUSIC IS INDEED AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. EACH YEAR WE CELEBRATE m OCTOBER TWENTY-FOURTH THE BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED NATIONS WITH A CONCERT HERE AT UN HEADQUARTERS IN WHICH ORCHESTRAS' AND ARTISTS FROM MANY COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE. I HAVE NOTED WITH INTEREST THAT THE INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFO U THANT Robert Muller - Please see the attached note from the U.K. Mission and enclosures. I think that it would be appropriate for the S.G. to respond to the message of greeting which will be sent to him. I have taken the liberty of drafting a few lines of reply which are attached. Perhaps you will wish to clear this with the S.G. in principle before he leaves for Geneva. He will, of course, be away when the actual telegram arrives. 1/7/70 Wm. C.lfowell UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 845 Third Avenue, NEW YORK, N.Y. Telephone: PL 2-8400 i July, 1970 With reference to our telephone conversation of 30 June I attach a copy of the self- explanatory letter from Mr., Edmond Antrobus, Director of Public Relations, British Tourist Authority, New York, regarding a message of greeting which is being sent to the Secretary- General by the Chairman of the Wales Toursit Board. You were kind enough to say that you would take the necessary action to ensure that a suitable reply is sent. Attached is also a copy of a text of the telegram which will be sent to the Secretary- General -and a pamphlet, on the Eisteddfod, The telegram appears to be translated directly from the Welsh, but I am sure no one will mind I, (To No Haining) William Powell, Esq., Deputy Director, Office of Public Information„ a^^/44/w^^^^ /^X/ 680 Fifth Avenue New York New York 10019 Telephone: Information'(212) 245-2800 Executive & Travel Trade (212) 245-2805 July 1, 1970 Mr. Tom N. Haining First Secretary (Information) U.K. Mission to the United Nations 845 Third Avenue (10th floor) New York, NT Dear Mr. Haining: I am writing in regard, to the matter v;s discussed, ye.sterclny;. tho message of greeting which the Chairman of the Wales Tourist Board, Mr. Mervyn Jones, wishes to send to the Secretary General. It is very kind of you to offer to put these ivheels into motion. The following is the information you require. On July 7 Wales will hold the 24th International Eisteddfod. This is a music festival in which more than 30 countries take part.. As you know, it will be held in a beautiful mountain setting in mid Wales at the town of Llangollen. Delegates from around the world will take part, including the Soviet Union. They wear national costume and present cultural aspects of their country in the form of music and dance recitals. Competition is involved. All in all it is a unique demonstration of int ernat ional g oodwi11. The International Eisteddfod started in 1945 when a group met in Wales to discuss how individuals could contribute to peace. The answer was this festival. Mr. Mervyn Jones is planning to express these sentiments in a cable of greetings to the Secretary General of the United Nations. A copy of the cable is attached. Mr. Jones is asking that, the cable be acknov.-ledged, and that a greeting might be sent back, lie would read out the exchange of greetings at the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, July 7. The cable should be sent to: Mr. T. i-'.ervyn Jones, Chairman, Wales Tourist Board, 7 Park Place, Cardiff, Wales, united Kingdom. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, Edmund Antrobus Director of Public Relations EA:jp Enc. TEXT OF TELEGRAM TO BE SENT TO U THANT, SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS . SINGERS AND DANCERS FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES NOW GATHERING FOR THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD WITH THEIR HOSTS, THE PEOPLE OF LLANGOLLEN AND OF WALES, THEY SEND YOU AND THE UNITED NATIONS THEIR LOYAL GREETINGS. WE WILL SPEND THIS WEEK REALISING IN TRUTH THE WORDS OF OUR POET GWYN JONES WHICH WE HAVE MADE OUR M3TTO: "BYD GWYN FYDD'BYD A GANO GWARAIDD FYDD El GERDDI SO" - "BLESSED IS A WORLD THAT SINGS, GENTLE ARE ITS SONGS". IN OUR GAIETY AND JOY WE REMEMBER TfBi SOLEMN TASK OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS COUNCILS TO KEEP SECURE THE PEACE OF THE WORLD. WE MEET IN KALES, THE LAND OF HENRY RICHARD -"- APOSTLE OF PEACE, SECRETARY OF THE PEACE SOCIETY AND A PRDMDTOR OF THE WORLD'S FIRST PEACE CONGRESSES FROM 1848 -- TRULY YOUR FOUNDING FATHER. V,E TELL YOU OF OUR PRAYERS FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUCCESS AND WISH FOR YOUR COUNCILS OUR SPIRIT OF JOYOUS COMPETING WITHOUT STRIFE FOR LIFE'S BEST AND'OF UNITY NEEDING NO OUTER SANCTIONS THAT COMES FROM THE HEART. T. MERVYN JONES, J. REES ROBERTS, CH AIRMAN CHAIRMAN, VALES TOURIST BOARD LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations 845 Third Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022 William Powell, Esq., Deputy Director, Office of Public Information. I97O 7-12 July Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod . . . Here, over the bridge, come three Javanese, winged, breastplated, helmeted, carrying gongs and steel bubbles. Kilted, sporraned, tartan'd, daggered Scotsmen reel and strathspey up a side street, piping hot. Burgundian girls, wearing, on their heads, bird-cages made of velvet, suddenly whisk on the pavement into a coloured dance. A Viking goes into a pub. In black felt feathered hats and short leather trousers, enormous Austrians, with thighs big as Welshmen's bodies, but much browner, yodel to fiddles and split the rain with their smiles. Frilled, ribboned, sashed, fezzed, and white-turbaned, in baggy-blue sharavari and squashed red boots. Ukrainians with Manchester accents gopak up the hill. Everything is strange in Llangollen. You wish you had a scarlet hat, and bangles, and a little bagpipe to call your own, but it does not matter. The slapping bell-dancers, the shepherds and chamois-hunters, the fiddlers and fluters, the players on gongs and mandolines, guitars, harps, and trumpets, the beautiful flashing boys and girls of a score and more of singing countries, all the colours of the international rainbow, do not mind at all your mouse-brown moving among them: though you long, all the long Eisteddfod week, for a cloak like a blue sea or a bonfire to sweep and blaze in the wind, and a :&ap of bells, and a revelling waistcoat, and a great Alp-horn to blow all over Wales from the ruins of Dinas Bran. Now follow your nose, and the noise of guitars, and the flying hues and flourish of those big singing-birds in their clogs and aprons and bonnets, veils, flowers, more flowers; and lace, past the wee Shoppes, through the babel of the bridge by the very white policeman conducting from a rostrum, and up the tide of the hill, past popcorn and raspberryade, to the tented Field. Green, packed banks run^-Swarming, down to the huge marquee there that groans and strains and sings in the sudden squalls like an airship crewed full of choirs. Music spills out of the microphones all over the humming field. Out of the wind-tugged tent it rises in one voice, and the crowd outside is hushed away into Spain. In a far corner of the field, young men and women begin to dance, for every reason in the world. Out skims the sun from a cloud-shoal. The spaniel ears of the little tents flap. Children collect the autographs of Dutch farmers. You hear a hive of summer hornets: it is the Burgundian vielle, a mandolin with a handle. Palestrina praises from Bologna to the choral picnickers. A Breton holiday sings in the wind, to clog-tramp and biniou. Here they come, to this cup and echo of hills, people who love to make music, from France, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Java, and Wales: fine singers and faulty, nimble dancers and rusty, pipers to make the dead swirl or chanters with crows in their throats: all countries, shapes, ages, and colours, sword-dancers, court-dancers, cross-dancers, clog-dancers, dale-dancers, morris, ceilidhe, and highland, bolero, flamenco, heel-and-toe. They love to make music move. What a rush of dancing to Llangollen's feet! And, oh, the hubbub of tongues and toes in the dark chapels where every morning there's such a shining noise as you'd think would drive the Sunday bogles out of their doldrums for ever and ever. Inside the vast marquee that drags at its anchors, 8,000 people—and you —face a sea of flowers, begonias, magnolias, lupins, lobelias, grown for these dancing days in the gardens of the town. Banks ana waves of plants and flowers flow to the stage where a company from Holland—eigl t married pairs of them, the oldest in their late fifties, the youngest twenty or so—are perfc rming, in sombre black, a country dance called Throw Your Wife Away'. This is followed, a Dpropriately and a little later, by a dance called 'You Can't Catch Me'. The movements of tie humorous and simple dance are gay and sprightly. The men of the company dance like sad British railway-drivers in white clogs. Under their black, peaked caps, their faces are stern, weatr er-scored, and unrelenting. The quicker the music, the gloomier they clap and clog on the invisible c ibbles of cold clean kitchens. The frenzied flute and fiddle whip them up into jet-black bliss as they fro ic like undertakers. Long Dutch winter nights envelop them. Brueghel has painted them. They a;e sober as potatoes. Their lips move as they stamp and bow. Perhaps they are singing. Certainly, thej are extremely happy. And Austrians, then, to fiddles and guitar, sing a son; of'Ttiowers in the Alpine meadows. Ukrainians with swords leap and kick above the planted sea. People from Tournus, in the Burgundy country, dance to accordion and cabrette, the Dar ce of the Vine-Dressers after Harvest. They plant the vines, put the leaves on the branches, hang U,)D the grapes, pick the grapes, and press the wine. 'God gave us wine', they sing as they dance, and the wine is poured into glasses «TiH thp Hanrprs rlrinV All Hav the music &op.s nn RffH-naddfid haldriHrprl anil hraiHpH days in the gardens of the town. Banks and waves of plants and flowers flow to the stage where a company from Holland—eight married pairs of them, the oldest in their late fifties, the youngest twenty or so—are performing, in sombre black, a country dance called 'Throw Your Wife Away'. This is followed, appropriately and a little later, by a dance called 'You Can't Catch Me'. The movements of the humorous and simple dance are gay and sprightly. The men of the company dance like sad British railway-drivers in white clogs. Under their black, peaked caps, their faces are stern, weather-scored, and unrelenting. The quicker the music, the gloomier they clap and clog on the invisible cobbles of cold clean kitchens. The frenzied flute and fiddle whip them up into jet-black bliss as they frolic like undertakers. Long Dutch winter nights envelop them. Brueghel has painted them. They are sober as potatoes. Their lips move as they stamp and bow. Perhaps they are singing. Certainly, they are extremely happy. And Austrians, then, to fiddles and guitar, sing a song of mowers in the Alpine meadows. Ukrainians with swords leap and kick above the planted sea. People from Tournus, in the Burgundy country, dance to accordion and cabrette, the Dance of the Vine-Dressers after Harvest. They plant the vines, put the leaves on the branches, hang up the grapes, pick the grapes, and press the wine. 'God gave us wine', they sing as they dance, and the wine is poured into glasses and the dancers drink. All day the music goes on. Bell-padded, baldricked, and braided, those other foreigners, the English, dance fiercely out of the past, and some have beards, spade, gold, white, and black, to dance and wag as well. And a chorus of Spanish ladies are sonorous and beautiful in their nighties. And little girls from Obernkirchen sing like pigtailed angels. All day the song and dancing in this transformed valley, this green cup of countries in the country of Wales, goes on until the sun goes in. Then, in the ship of the tent, under the wind-filled sails, watchers and listeners grow slow and close into one cloud of shadow; they gaze, from their deep lulled dark, on to the lighted deck where the country dancers weave in shifting-coloured harvests of light. And then you climb down hill again, in a tired tide, and over the floodlit Dee •to the town that won't sleep for a whole melodious week or, if it does at all, will hear all night in its sleep the hills fiddle and strum and the streets painted with tunes ...... When you leave the last voices and measures of the sweet-throated, waltzing streets, the lilt and ripple of the Dee leaping, and the light of the night, to lie down, and the strewn town lies down to sleep in its hills and ring of echoes, you will remember that nobody was surprised at the turn the town took and the life it danced for one week of the— long, little year. The town sang and danced, as though it were right and proper as the rainbow or the rare sun to celebrate the old bright turning earth and its bullied people. Are you surprised that people still can dance and sing in a world on its head? The only surprising tiling about miracles, however small, is that they sometimes happen. An extract from 'Quite early one morning' by Dylan Thomas. Full 1970 Programme details are listed overleaf THE TWENTY-FOURtH - Post this TICKET ORDER. FORM to: INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL'EISTEDDFOD Llangollen International Eisteddfod, TO BE HELD AT LLANGOLLEN Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen, Denbs. 1970 TICKET No. E s. a. The Council of the International Musical Eisteddfod ft Llangollen SEASON TICKETS PRICE Red. has pleasure in inviting you to attend this year's Festival to be A Sseson Ticket FIRST £5 5s Od Sold 01t held 7-12 July. This small town, situated on the banks of the entitles the SEASON holder to occupy £5 Os Od — sold 01t River Dee and famous for centuries for its natural beauty, offers the seme seat £4 15s Od fot all for the twenty-fourth time a festival which is unique in this performences SECOND country. Eisteddfodau have been held in Wales for many cen- SEASON £3 10s Od turies, and the International Eisteddfod, which was held for the 1970 SESSION AMD 1st No. 2nd Ho. first time in 1947, is now accepted as a distinct Welsh contribu- CONCERT TICKETS CtaES Req. Class Req. tion to international peace and goodwill through music. Tuesday Evening Concert The significance of the International Eisteddfod from the musical 10/- 7/6 Wednesday Day point of view may not yet be fully realised. The fact that each Session old o Jt year about 200 choirs from between 20 and 30 different coun- 107- 1/fi s tries come together to perform the same carefully selected Wednesday Evening representative choral classics of the chief European schools of Concert 107- 7/6 Thursday Day composition (which are specially made available in two, three or Session four languages) is not all. The folk-singers and dancers of the 107- 7/6 same countries are here also to be judged on the authenticity Thursday Evening and vitality of their folk-singing and folk-dancing. The effect all Concert 107- 7/6 this music-making must have on the musical life of the partici- Friday Day Session 107- 7/6 pating countries themselves and on the creation of international ACCOMMODATION - Visitors requiring accommodation are musical standards is something that must have a most far- Friday Evening asked to kindly send the following information to: The Private Concert 107- 7/6 reaching artistic effect and stabilising influence. During the pre- Accommodation Secretary, Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen. ceding 23 years, over 4,200 choirs and folk-dance groups from Saturday Day over 50 different countries have entered the competitions, and an (a) Number in party. (c) Dates of arrival and Session 10/- 7/6 average of the annual attendance taken over the past ten years (b) Type of accommodation departure. Saturday Evening works out at about 180,000. desired. (d) Whether they have a car. Concert 10/- Sunday Evening Each year the various committees engaged in the organizing of CAMPING -The area is well served with camping and Concert 107- 7/6 this mammoth event work tirelessly to ensure that the coming caravan sites. Eisteddfod will uphold, if not surpass, the high standard attained I/We .enclose stamped addressed envelope ,£* in preceding years. Each committee has its own special responsi- CATERING - Meals can be booked in advance with the official and remittance for *— bility and is composed entirely of volunteers from Llangollen caterers on the Ground. Full particulars available on application Cheques should be made pa) able to The Llangollen fntema lonal Eisteddfod and district. And when at last the great week arrives, the little to:-F. W. Hughes &Son, 12a High Street, Welshpool, Mont. Name (Block Capitals piease) town is completely transformed. The 14th century bridge in the middle of the town is now the? symbol of friendship to many CAR PARKING — Adequate space for car parking adjoining thousands who come to our lovely valley from lands far and the Eisteddfod Ground. Whole period 12/6, Full Day 5/-, near. The sounds of music aniij song are everywhere to be heard Evening 3/-. i- music played upon instruments both strange and familiar to Applications: Parking Officer, John.Cj-Bavies, 2 Avondale, There is NO reduction in the above reserved ticket cost for our ears, and songs sweetly sung in many native tongues.The Grange Road, Llangollen. children. Holders of Reserved Tickets are permitted to leave traditional costumes of the nations mingle together to add to the and re-enter the Eisteddfod Ground. general atmosphere of lighthearted gaiety, and every group of DETAILED PROGRAMME - The detailed Programme of the competitors is determined to give a performance worthy of its week will be available in June, price 3/- plus 6d. postage. This, 1970 UNRESERVED Seat and Ground Admission country. In this they rarely fail, and the high standard thus together with all literature concerning the Eisteddfod, may be (Not available in advance) attained gives great satisfaction to the lovers of good choral obtained from Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Office. ADULTS: 4/- each performance music and true folk-song and dance. A visit to the International CHILDREN UNDER 15: 2/- each Day Session Musical Eisteddfod is an unforgettable experience, and this we TEST PIECES - The choral set test-pieces are available in 2, 4/- each Evening Concert invite you to prove for yourself. 3 or 4 languages, including English and Welsh, and in Staff and When the unreserved section of the marquee is full Sol-fa notations, and copies may be obtained from the (accommodation approximately 2,000) admission is to the Publishers, The Gwynn Publishing Co., Llangollen, N. Wales, GROUND ONLY. It is NOT permissible to leave and re-enter the Ground. Admission is by turnstiles at Ground Entrance from SYLLABUS - The Syllabus for 1971, including particulars of 8.30 am for Day Sessions and at completion of Day Sessions 7-11 July IP7O all competitions and Entry Forms, available in July, 1970. for Evening Concerts. PARTY BOOKING - Price concessions for bona fide parties ADDRESS - Further enquiries to: Llangollen International for Thursday and Friday Competitive Sessions and Tuesday, Musical Eisteddfod, Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen, North Wales Thursday, Friday and Sunday Evening Concerts may be (Great Britain). Telephone: Llangollen 2236. obtained by sending details to: Hon. Sec., Tickets Committee, Designed end printed by Dobsort & Crowther Ltd., Ltangollen Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen, Denbs. COMPETITION PRIZES TEST PIECES ENTRIES FROM TUESDAY OPENING EVENING PERFORMANCE by WEDNESDAY FOLK SONG COMPETITION "< Two arrangements ol well-contrasted traditional folk sang; of the singers' own country. AUSTRIA, CANADA, CHANNEL IS., CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 7 JULY stars of the ROYAL BALLET & FESTIVAL BALLET DENMARK, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA 8 JULY Parties of not more than 25 voices 2nd £35 NORWAY, POLAND, SARDINIA, SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, with The London Ballet Orchestra Mixed. Male or Female. 3rd £20 SWITZERLAND, U.S.A., YUGOSLAVIA Conductor JOHN LANCHBERRY FOLK DANCE COMPETITION '« '"'T"™', „ Twa well-contrasted traditional folk dances of the (lancers' own tegion, performed in AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, EIRE. By permission of the General Administrator Royal Opera House Covent Garden traditional manner. ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, INDIA, IRELAND, Parties of not more than 20 dancers in- 2nd £35 NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, SARDINIA, SCOTLAND, eluding musicians, over 1 6 years of age. M £20 SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, YUGOSLAVIA WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCES by THURSDAY YOUTH CHOIRS " [I) "Das Wandern" (To Wandeil /Fimi Schiten. U!3J. AUSTRIA, CANADA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, 8 JULY INTERNATIONAL FOLK SINGERS and DANCERS May he sung in German. English or Walsh. ENGLAND, NORWAY.SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, from 14 countries 9 J U LY S.A.T.B., S.S.A., or T.T.B. 2nd£5 0 ft/ S.A.T.B. "Ave Van™ Corpus" {Hail Thou tiling Bodyl IW. A. Mann, H5S-31/. U.S.A. of not more than 50 singers, 3rd £25 May be sung in Latin. English or Walsh. not over 25 nor under 16 years of age. a S.S.A. or T.T.8. "Cor Meum" [My Hoan| lailndi rJilasa. 1532-S4/. May be snng in Latin, English or Welsh. THURSDAY CONCERT by INSTRUMENTAL '«„ ™ Folk air. song or dance on regional instruments. AUSTRIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, FRANCE, INDIA, 9 JULY INTERNATIONAL FEMALE and YOUTH CHOIRS 2nd £lfi In this competition it is intended that comoetitors should demonstrate the instrumental NORWAY. SWEDFN. YUGOSLAVIA with narftAA -nf Folk Dannorc and ^ CHESTER run i T tsuuiviniu - rnce concessions lor aona nae parties — ADDRESS - Further enquiries to: Llangollen International for Thursday and Friday Competitive Sessions and Tuesday, LLANGOLLEN Musical Eisteddfod, Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen, North Wales Thursday, Friday and Sunday Evening Concerts may be NORTH • (Great Britain). Telephone: Llangollen 2236. obtained by sending details to: Hon. Sec., Tickets Committee, WALES Designed end printed by Oobsort & Crowther Ltd.. Llangollen Eisteddfod Office, Llangollen, Denbs. COMPETITION PRIZES TEST PIECES ENTRIES FROM TUESDAY OPENING EVENING PERFORMANCE by WEDNESDAY FOLK SONG COMPETITION 1" Two arrangements of well-ccnirasrea traditional folk songs of the singers' own country. AUSTRIA, CANADA, CHANNEL IS., CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 7 JULY Stars of the ROYAL BALLET & FESTIVAL BALLET DENMARK, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA 8 JULY Parties of not more than 25 voices 2nj NORWAY, POLAND, SARDINIA, SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, with The London Ballet Orchestra Mixed, Male or Female. 3rd no SWITZERLAND, U.S.A., YUGOSLAVIA Conductor JOHN LANCHBERRY FOLK DANCE COMPETITION '« i Two well-contrasted traditional folk dances of the dancers' own region, performed in AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, EIRE, By permission of the General Administrator Royal Opera House Covent Gonfen traditional manner. ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, INDIA, IRELAND, Parties of not more than 20 dancers in- M ff NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND,SARDINIA,SCOTLAND, eluding musicians, over 16 years of age. 3rd £20 SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, YUGOSLAVIA WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCES by THURSDAY YOUTH CHOIRS 1st International fil "Das Wandern" (To Wander) /Fnot Sctilat. 1S23J. AUSTRIA, CANADA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, 8 JULY INTERNATIONAL FOLK SINGERS and DANCERS Trophy and E75 May be sung in German. English or Welsh. ENGLAND, NORWAY, SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, from 14 countries 9 JULY S.A.T.B., S.S.A., or T.T.B. 2nd £50 Itl S.A.T.B. "Ave Verom Corpus" |Heil Then Living Body) (W. A. Moart. H56-11J. U.S.A. of not more than 50 singers, 3rd £25 May be sung in Latin. English or Welsh. not over 25 nor under 1 6 years of age. or S.SA or T.T.B. "Cor Meurn" (My Heart) /Or/mlo rtiilisa, 1132-341. May br> sung in Latin, English ot Welsh. THURSDAY CONCERT by INSTRUMENTAL 1st C20 folk air, song or dance on regional instruments. AUSTRIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, FRANCE, INDIA, 9 JULY INTERNATIONAL FEMALE and YOUTH CHOIRS 2nd CIS In this competition it is intended that competitors should demonstrate the instrumental NORWAY, SWEDEN, YUGOSLAVIA with parties of Folk Dancers and Folk Solo or Group 3rd £1D folk tradition of their own country. of not more than 6 musicians. WALTER GULLINO Tenor, La Scala, Milan At the Piano STEWART NASH FEMALE CHOIRS 1st International (ij "truss" (Greetings! (F. Mcadalssli/i-eirtio/Of. 1IOS-47/. BULGARIA, CANADA, CHANNEL IS., CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Not exceeding 60 voices. Trophy and [125 May be sung in German, English or Welsh. ENGLAND, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SWEDEN, WALES, 2nd £75 {bj "Psalm 23" If KM ScJioeen. 1797-1B2S] . U.S.A., YUGOSLAVIA FRIDAY CONCERT by '. ~~ 3rd £30 May be sung in German, English or Welsh. {c, An original composition by a composer of the competing choir's own country, sung in 10 JULY INTERNATIONAL MIXED CHOIRS any language. with parties of Folk Dancers, Princeps Cantorum and FRIDAY ADULT SOLO Competitions • Ut £10. 10s. Soprano. Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto, Tenor. Baritone, Bass, Piano and Orchestral MOURA LYMPANY Solo Piano 2nd £5. 5s. Instrument. 10 JULY MIXED CHOIRS 1st International M "Crux Fidtlls" (Cross Mesi Faithful) /So/on Uicnmlidis). BULGARIA, CANADA, CHANNEL IS:, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SATURDAY CONCERT by Not exceeding 80 voices. Trophy and £250 May be sung in Latin. English or Welsh. ENGLAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SARDINIA, 2nd £150 ft) "II Bianco e Dolce Cigno" (Trie Swan so White and Lovely) fJ. Arcodelt. 1514-70). SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, U.S.A., YUGOSLAVIA 11 JULY INTERNATIONAL MALE & CHILDREN'S CHOIRS 3rd £75 May bo sung in Italian. English or Welsh. with parties of Folk Dancers and (c) An original composition by a composer ot the competing chair's own country, sung in any language. MARGARET PRICE Soprano At the Piano JAMES LOCKHART SATURDAY CHILDREN'S CHOIRS l!t International (a) "An Siol-Amhran" (Sowing Song] (arr. Vinoem O'Brien). Verses 1. 2 and 5. BELGIUM, CANADA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DENMARK, EIRE, 11 JULY Of notjjnore than 60 singers, trophy and £100 May be sung in Irish Gaelic, Welsh or English. ENGLAND, NORWAY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, WALES 2nd £50 fb) "Sweet Kete" (Gwen WIw| fftooert Jones, ISOSJ. CONCLUDING EVENING CONCERT by not ove> 1 6 years of age. 3rd £25 May be sung in English or Welsh. ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR JUVENILE SOLO Competitions £•££*,, and ORCHESTRA Conductor CHARLES GROVES with 1st MALE CHOIRS International (a) "In Homina Jesu" (That at iha Name Jesus) (Jacobus Hand!, 1550-91}. BULGARIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, EIRE, ENGLAND, Rita Hunter Soprano Elizabeth Bainbrldge Mezzo-Soprano Trflphy and £I5 Ma be sun Lalin En |ish or Welsh GERMANY, ITALY. U.S.A.. WALES. YUGOSLAVIA NOTNnt. P*rppri.nexceeamgn DfinU wnirevoicese. ° * 9 '" - 3 - Ronald Dowd Tenor Forbes Robinson Bass 2nd £100 (t>) "Com dei Sofdaii Rivoliait" (Chows o( Rebel Soldiars) (Giacomo Meyetbeer, 3rd £50 1 731-1 8S4). May be sung in Italian, English or Welsh. Beethoven Bicentenary Programme (c) An original composition by a composer of the competing choii's own caunity. sung in Given with the support of the Welsh Arts Council .. • • any language. MIXED CHOIRS FEMALE CHOIRS MALE CHOIRS FOLK SONG PARTIES PRIZE 1. Rodina of the House of Culture "Zora", Rousse, Bulgaria. 1 . Rodlna of the House of Culture "Zora", Rousse, Bulgaria. 1. Rodlna of the House of Culture "Zora", Rousse, Bulgaria. 1967 1, Bob Mantzke Choralaires, U.S.A. WINNERS 2. Choir of {University Students, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. 2. Be teens Klein Vrouwenkoor, Bergen, Netherlands. 2. Cor Melblon Froncysyllte, Wales. 2. Vlado Tasevskl, Skopje, Yugoslavia. 1966 3.. Lubackei K ammeter) or. Germany. 3. Blackburn Music Society Ladles' Choir, England. 3. VaisVtv Giee Club, North Caiolina, U.S.A. 3. Coio Sanllaguln, Sama De Lang tea, Spain. TEST fa) Alia Rtva del Tebro (G. P. da Palestrlna). (a) Va t'en Ragret (Loyset Compere), (a) This Is my commandment (Thomas Tallls). 1968 1. Bulmershe College Folk Gioup, Reading, England. Krasnohorska Women's Choir, Brno, Czechoslovakia. PIECES (to) Avp Maria (Anton Bruckner). (c) *o.c. (b) Flow down, cold rivulet (Jehu Shepherd). fct "o.c. (b) Serenade (Alexander Borodin) . (c) "o.c. 2. 3. Ukrainian Male Voice Cnoli, "Horn In", England. PRIZE 1. Academy Choir "George Dlmltrov", Sofia, Bulgaria. 1 . Academy Choir "George Dlmltrov", Sofia, Bulgaria. 1. Colne Valley Male Voice Choir, Slaithwalte, England. 1869 1. KUD Bianko Cvetkovlc, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. WINNERS . 2. Akud "Slobodan Pitncip-SelJo", Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. 2. Akud "Slobodan Piinclp-SetJo", Sarajevo. Yugoslavia. 2. Academy Choir "George Dlmilrov", Sofia, Bulgaria. 2. Zlllnsky Mlesany Zbor, ZIMna, Czechoslovakia. .-. 1967 3... Guinness Choir, Dublin, Ireland. 3. Silver Ring Choir, Bath, England. 3. University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, U.S.A. 3. Cheadle Kingsway School Choir, England.. TEST-. '(o) L'ady, when 1 behold (John Wilbye), (0) 1 went out a-merketlng (Sandor Veress). (a) Ave Verum Corpus (L. G. da Viadana). PIECES fW Amen (Messiah) (G, F. Handel). (c) 'o.c. (b) An Malzel (L. van. Beethoven). (c) 'o.c. FOLK DANCE PARTIES PRIZE 1.' Btlgham Young University a Cappella Choir, Provo, U.S.A. 1. Anna Campbell Singers, Lethbrldge, Alberta, Canada. 1. Wayne State University Men's Glee Club, Detroit U.5.A. 1967 1, WINNERS 2, •Mixed Choir of Bratislava Teachsis, Czechoslovakia. Z. Krasnohorska Women's Cholt, Bmo, Czechoslovakia. 2. Cor Melblon Froncysyllte, Wales. 2. Manley and Loftus Danceis, England. 3. Occidental College .Concert Choir, California, U.S.A. 3. Occidental College Women's Glee Club, California, U.S.A. 3. Felling Male Voice Choir, England. 3. Coral Do Rlbatejo, Santaiem, Portugal. 1968 1968 1. Andra Marl, Geldacano, Spain. TEST (a) Ela, Mater (Arifonln Dvorak). (a) Youth and Love (J. Frederic Staton). (a) Psalm 23 (Franz Schubert), 2. Mantey and Loftus Dancers, England. PIECES (t>) Lamerjfo d'Arianna (C. Monteverdi). (c) "o.c. (b) Benedlctus (Hans Leo Hasster). (c) "o.c. (b) Brudefaerden (Halfden Kferutf). (c) 'o.c. 3. Dungeer Mummers Camross, Elie. 1. PRIZE 1. Zillnsky Mlesany Zbor, Czechoslovakia. 1. The Lindsay Singers, Dublin, Eire. 1. Lubecker Kammeichor, Eutln, Germany- 1969 Peacka Grupa "MIrce Acev", Skopje, Yugoslavia. WINNERS 2. Newcastle College of Education Choir, England. 2. Lubecker Kammerchor, Eutin, W. Germany. 2. G walla Male Voice Choir, London, England. 2. Danzas Burgalesas, Justo del Rio, Spain. ! 1969. 3. Choir of the University of Posnan, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Concert Chorale, Springfield, Missouri, U.5.A. 3. Climax Mal^VoIca Cho[r, Redruth, England. 3. Britannia Coco Nut Dancers, Bacup/ England. "TEST ' ' (a) Soul of the World (Henry Purcell). *o.c. An original composition by a composer of the competing I (a)O Lovely Peace (G. F. Handel), (a) O Vos Omnes ( T. L. de Victoria), .PKCES (b) L'Eccho (Oriando di Lasso). (c) *o.c. (b) Plenl Sunt Coell (G. P. da Patestrina). (c) *o.c. (b) Bonjour, Mdn Coeur (Orlando dl Lasso). (c) "o.c. choir's own country, sung in any language. i «r HTS3J? ce: $r« %im INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEACE MOLLWALDPLATZ 5, A-1040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Telephones: 656437 aOflJESCMXSK— Telegraphic Address: PAXINSTITU, VIENNA, AUSTRIA Bank: Oslerreichische Landerbank, Wleden Branch, Account No. 2-904-287" Mr. U Thant, Secretary-General,• United Nations Organisation, New York, U.S.A. Vienna, 2k June 1970 Dear Mr. U Thant, Scholars from 10 countries, assembled on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter at the International Institute for Peace in Vienna for a colloquium devoted to UN activities, considered your message to the colloquium with deep gratitude and interest and congratulated the United Nations on the memorable occasion. The participants pointed out that UN activities are of particular interest and importance for scholars participating in the activities of the International Institute for Peace in Vienna and studying problems of international peace. This is explained, above all, by the fact that, as an instrument for maintaining peace and settling international conflicts and differences, the UN is called upon to assist practically in coping with tasks towards the solution of which students of peace problems with the future of mankind at heart want to contribute. The United Nations is now attracting the special attention of all scholars working on peace research because during the past quarter of a century the Organization has accumulated much experience, an analysis of which would make it possible to draw valuable conclusions. The various UN activities offer a fertile field for the study of peace problems. It goes »•/ . • c c - 2 - without saying that the main purpose of this research work is to render every assistance to the UN itself in implementing the humane aims laicl down in its Charter. The maintenance of international peace and security is the most important of these aims. The participants pointed out that the importance and \zrgency of these UN tasks is determined by many reasons. The aspiration of the peoples of the United Nations to save mankind from the scourge of war is still far from being put,into effect. Our planet is shaken by the explosions of bombs; the blood of peaceful civilians is being spilled in the towns and rural communities suffering armed imperialist aggression. t Twenty-five years have passed since the United Nations was founded and time, which is always the supreme judge, has con- firmed the constructiveness and vitality of the progressive,' principles of international'law and international relations recorded in the UN Charter. Among the keystone principles of the Charter, which are of fundamental positive significance, mention should be made of the suppression of' acts of aggression and the threat of force in international relations, respect for human rights, the need for settling international disputes by peaceful means, for broad international cooperation in the economic, social, cultural and humanitarian spheres, as well as the principles of respect- ing the territorial integrity or political independence of any state and the non-intervention by the UN in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state. It would be fitting to recall now that the UN Charter was worked out in the years of severe test to mankind during World War II. This Charter is an important result of the cooperation between the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition. This shows a realistic possibility of cooperation between countries with different social systems, even in conditions of war. Such co- operation is all the more possible and necessary in conditions of peace, and this attests to the necessity of aceepting peace- ful coexistence between countries with different systems nowa- days. In the years since its foundation, the United Nations has become an important part of international relations. It is the only international organization where highly authoritative re- presentatives of states are able to meet regularly and discuss - 3 - and solve on an equal footing a wide range of international problems, of which the maintenance of peace is the most important now. The effectiveness of the activities depends, to a large extent, on the universal nature of the Organization. This is why the participants at the colloquium thought .it necessary to speak up in favour of the universal nature of the United Nations, for example, to express themselves in favour of admitting the G.D.R. and the F.H.G. to the UN simultaneously. < The UN also holds a notable place in the system of present- day international relations because the coordinating role of this international organization is greater today than ever be- fore. World economy, with all its contradictions, in the con- ditions of the peaceful coexistence of two opposing systems, is becoming more and more complex; the development of science and technology dictates the cooperation of states in many special fields of general interest. This applies above all to spheres where it is difficult to develop without the joint action of states. The scientific and technical revolution has consider- ably increased'the need for such international cooperation. In summing up the results of its work, it is fitting to note that, thanks to the efforts of the peace-loving forces, the United Nations has adopted a number of useful decisions. Among them mention should be made of the resolution condemning war propaganda in any country and in any form, the adoption of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, the declaration on the liquidation of all forms of racial discrimination and a number of concrete resolutions on decolonisation, useful decisions on the develop- ment and codification of international law, the declaration on the impermissibility of interference in the internal affairs of states, on the protection of their independence and sovereignty, the declaration of human rights, on the principles of economic relations between states and the development of international trade. Of special significance is the contribution of the United Nations to the drafting of treaties on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, on the use of outer space for peaceful purposes, the talks on the prohibition of nuclear tests in three media, which are an important contribution towards general and complete disarmament which all states must strive for. The constructive contributions of the UN in the discussion of a number of other ../.. . pressing problems of international cooperation (the use of the sea bed and ocean floor, the preservation of the environment) is also well known. * However, the international situation still remains tense and conflicts and seats of tension constantly arise in one or another area of the' world. All who take the cause of peace to heart cannot but be dis- turbed by the fact that the adoption of some positive resolutions tin the United Nations by no means signifies the settlement of the most dangerous international issues• Mention nee,d only be made of the Security Council Resolution of November'22, 1967, on the situation in the Middle East, which is ignored" toy the Israeli Government. Note should also be made of almost a hundred resolu- tions condemning colonial-racialist regimes in the south of Africa. t The ignoring of such resolutions cannot but tell on the prestige and effectiveness of the United Nations itself. The Organization must employ all the means at its disposal to compel violators of the UN Charter to reckon with the decisions it adopts, During the past quarter of a century the United Nations, having undergone a number of crises which at Rtime's threatened its very existence, nevertheless became, as a result of the general processes of contemporary development, an important element of the present-day system of international relations. All peace- loving forces are interested in stepping up the activity of the United Nations in maintaining and safeguarding international peace and security on the basis of its Charter. The participants wish the United Nations success in its future work. Rev. J.G. Endicott, President of the International Institute for Peace N.E. Poljanotf, Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace Dr.Dr. Georg Fuchs, Acting Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEACE MOLLWALDPLATZ 5, A - 1 0 4 0 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Telephones: 856137 XMXKSXJC — Telegraphic Address: PAXINSTITU, VIENNA, AUSTRIA BHiilc: Dsterrcichische Landerbank. Wleden Branch, Account No. 2-904-287 Mr. C.V. Narasimhan, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, U.S.A. Vienna, 11 June, 1970 Dear Mr. Narasimhan, The message from the Secretary-General to the participants of our colloquium has been received and I wish to thank you and Mr. U Thant very much indeed. This will be read at the opening session and will also serve as the preamble to the publication we intend to issue devoted to the work of the colloquium. We shall be pleased to forward a copy to you when it appears. Once again, with many thanks and my kindest regards, Yours sincerely, Dr. Georg Fuchs, Member of the Executive Board of & is- msrK of !§-?£* "^srs IffCr liiii'im*^; Is tfet life of aiist < t I® t*5- 'flit to work ar s at ' Ml - «^llS ®0 far ®8& il f®r t© «Htt «tt i » INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEACE MOLLWALDPLATZ B, A-L040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Telephones: 65 64 37 and 65 64 38 — Tuloqraphic Address: PAXTNST[TU, VIENNA, AUSTRIA Bnnk: Osterrcichische Landerbank. Wleden Branch, Account No. Z-904-3B7 Mr. C.V. Narasimhan, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, U.S.A. Vienna, 25 May, 1970 Dear Mr. Narasimhan, With reference to our short personal talk during your recent visit to Vienna at which we informed you about our forthcoming colloquium on the "25th Anniversary of the Foundation of UNO", may we take the liberty of reminding you of your kind promise to send a message of greetings to this gathering from Secretary-General U Thant. The colloquium will be held at the Institute on 19-20 June. Prof. Ernst Winter, President of the Foundation for Transnational Research, Lichtenstein, at present Directeur de 1'application des sciences sociales, UNESCO, Paris, will make the intro- ductory report in his own name. With deep sorrow we must^ inform you that our Vice- President, Prof. J. Dobretsberger, died unexpectedly two days' ago. With kind wishes. Yours sincerely, Dr.Dr.Georg Fuchs, Member of the Executive Board * V a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEACE Tel: 65 6k 37 MOLLWALDPLATZ 5. A-L040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA TeleKraphic Address: PAXINSTITU, VIENNA, AUSTRIA Bank: Osterreichische Landerbanlc, Wleden Branch, Account No. 2-904-287 Mr. G.V. Narasirnhan, Chef de Cabinet, Executive Office of Secretary-General U Thant, c/o Atomic Energy Agency, Karntnerring 11, 1010 Vienna Vienna, 20 April, 1970 Dear Mr. Narasimhan, Thank you very much indeed for your kind invitation to meet you on Thursday, 23 April, at 9-30 a.m. To my great regret I shall be unable to be present personally because of a lecture I must hold at Graz University, for which I was unable to find a substitute. I have, however, asked my colleague, Dr. G. Fuchs, Head of the Radiological Department of the Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, treasurer and member of the Executive Board of the Institute, to represent me. He will be accompanied by Mr. W. Brusskow, Managing Director of the International Institute for Peace, and I have requested both these gentlemen to speak in my name. Deeply regretting my inability to meet you and hoping you will excuse me, Yours sincerely, Prof.Dr. Joseph Dobretsberger, Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace UNITED NATIONS Press Services Office of Public Information United Rations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/SM/1287 AHV/33 26 June 1970 CEREMONY HELD IN LONDON OF SIGNING OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER Message by Secretary-General Read; Qij.ee n_ Receives Commemorative Medal A ceremony commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter was held at WestednLster Hall, London, at 10:15 a.m. (local time) today. On behalf of the Secretary-General, a commemorative medallion was presented to Queen Elisabeth, in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, "by George Ivan Smith, Director of the United Nations Information Centre, London. Mr.'Ivan Smith, in presenting the medallion, also read a message from the Secretary-General. The text of his statement, including the message, is as follows: "Your Majesty, your Royal Highnesses., your Excellencies, my Lords, ladies and gentlemen, "The Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Ihant, is today at the ceremony in San Francisco where the Unit3d Nations Charter was signed 25 years ago. I have the honour to represent the Secretary-General and to bring his message: "'In the olden days, 25 years ago, the United Nations began because the \ grief and destruction of yet another war had shattered yet one more generation. Peril often drives man to co-operate, and many problems that face us now are of such a perilous nature that the choice is to co-opcrats or to perish. To co-operate intensively, continuously. There are many dangers such as those arising from nuclear weapons, armed conflicts, pollution of the environment, that could threaten the survival of man himself if international organization is not given the strength and the resilience to meet the new challenges. (more) - 2 - Press Release SG/SM/1287 ANV/35 - 26 June 1970 "'Originally, the United Nations Organization was well conceived but the use to which it is put determines its strength. Its effectiveness must not be permitted to become but a bleak piping of words prior to the creation of a wilderness. "'No period in history has been witness to such revolutionary and sweeping change as the past 25 years. It does put 19^5 in the olden days. Today is tomorrow's world. Of the world's vast population^ over half is under 25 years of age -- the majority born since the Charter was signed. That majority senses the creative possibilities of the future but passionately rejects words without deeds, policies and practices that do not result in peace? progress, justice. "'It is a generation witnessing that nations are becoming interlocked in a global grid while man himself moves out into a space age. It is a genera- tion knowing"that the nuclear arms race is suicidal, knowing that racialism is an evil that leads to self-destruction., knowing that two-thirds of all the human beings on earth are having to exist in living conditions so appalling that desperation is going to drive them to demand the material essentials that modern science makes possible and the dignity to which man is born to aspire. "'Centuries ago, another generation was called upon to accept the unbelievable fact of a round earth, when all sensual evidence showed it be flat. We are called upon to understand something no less unbelievable, that the unity of man is the essential fact, despite the daily evidence to the contrary. But when we are forced to perceive the real nature of our world — as the flat earth generation was forced to do -- we shall know that inter- national institutions must grow under the discipline of the scientific fact of interdependence. "'The United Nations Disarmament Decade and the Second Development Decade could be made to turn the many swords of today1s antagonisms into the plough- shares of common endeavours., into a starting point for a new age' . "Your Majesty, on behalf of the Secretary-General, it is my honour to present these special medallions to mark this anniversary. They are struck in the five official languages of the United Nations, and in that sense symbolize a universal spirit; under which peoples of all nations must come together to try to meet the desperate human needs," *• y 775 IS !015 BST EfAf 333. L&fttEUX FROM IVA«SHITH. IMMEDIATE.C08FIDENT I At 10 'OTHER GZRCUtATlOf!. APQL0SIES BUT OS6AUIZERS SUBSEQUESTLY CHOUSED TlHe AVAILABLE A® EYE HAVE BEE$ OBLISEB EXTE8D A»B coflseaufeMTtY SLIGHTLY kum MESSAGE BUT YOU WILL SOTE THEWS IS MO ALT&RATIOH Iff THERBF6RE EYE BOOST WHETHER YOU THOUBLS HIM IM SA«FA8ClSCe fSH APPROVAL BUT LEAVE YOU TO JUDGE. I? 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Y0UR 887* FOR TIMIM8 HAVE HAD T6 MAKE ttlffem A1TERATIOBS AND FJfJAL TEXT FOLLOWS* Sil&SEST H8WCVER TH«'t IT iOT BE RSLEASS0 U8TIL EYE CHECK WITH SEIWERAL ARRAft6EW8telTS A!^0 PROVIDE AR EXPLABATORY PIECE SETIIOJS S^0K0101iI0 te'CE|ffE«D»Y* TEXT FOlLOfS, QUOTE* YOUK KAJEStt/ YdBR pYAL HlflKHESSES, YOUR EXCELLEBCIES, BY LOm>S, LA&IE^A»B SE«WlEHE8lr THE SEC«ETARY-SEMERAL, U THAWT, SEKD^ THIS mSSA&E t Id THE OLDEN DAYS, TMTY-FIVE Y^ARS A<30* THE OS! TED MAT JONS CHARTER WAS BECAUSE YET BOTHER WAR HAD SHATTERED A&fOTHER 6EBERATIOM. 19 THE WAKE £F PER It, BBB ARE OFTEB DRIVEff TO CO -OPERATE. i THE PEHILS frACIBfi TODAY'S SOCIETY AHE OK SUCH AN UBPRECEDEBTED SCALE THAT fWS CHOICE WOW IS COBTItfUOUStY j P*4*' . TO Ce»0?'gfy!ftTE 01? TO PERISH, NUCLEAR WSAPOBS, COHFLICTS, FOLttiftiOfl OF THE ESVIHOKME^t ARE BUT SOUE OF THE CHALLENGES 'blfWAUDW- THAT THE VJELL COITCEIVBD STRUCTURE OF THE UBITED HATIOUS IS STREMSTHE8E0 kW mW EFFECTIVE At^D MOT LEFT TO BE JUST A BLIAK PIPISS OF WORD0 PRIOR T0 THE OF A WILDERMESS. PAliA* UHPRECEBEHTED REVOLUT10BARY CHAH69 HAS FO^CEB 1^45 TO B'E SEES SEES AS THE OLBEB BAYS* fQBAY IS TOMORROW'S WORLD* OVER HALF OF THE WORLD'S VAST •poptiutiOH is umm & TTMRH or ASE, BOBH SI^CE THE WAS aft@ltED* THIS HA^RITt" :SE«tSES THE CRJEftTiUE POSSIBILITIES ©F THE FOTllHE BUT PASSIONATELY RE'JEfitTS POLJCIISf A$P PRACflCES THAT DO MOT HE SOLI Itf PEASE 9 PSeaRES, JUSTICE. If IS fi aE^EHATIO^tl CO»PREHE«BI»6 THAT 'WE AtS LOCKED IBTO A GLOBAL 8RID* THAT tHE fSlfCLEAH BA0E IS S!)1CIBAL? THAT RACIALISM SPREADS' LIKE CAfJCER, THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLES « LIVING IN CONDITIONS SO APPALL IBS TB£T 0ISPSRAT10i WILL DRIVl: THE^ TO STRIKE THE BALANCE' AtTAWABUS i« 9UH §00ER?3 SOCKtV* PARA, THIS ABttXVERSARY GA« BE mm &® EFFECTIVE £^ART1«8 POI8T FOR THE KEW eE»EftAT10», IF THE If^lTEB NATIOBlt DISARRAfflEHT BECABE >*».» ' . • ; . / TiS 0ICOMB DEWLOPBS8T SE'CADE A^ BACKED BY ACTIONS 10 THE LETHAL S&08BS OF TOBAY*S A0TA00ff!SMS IBTO THE PLOUGH SHARES OF TQHOKWnrs COMMOti EBDEAV&IRS, ffliaOQTE* PARA. TO mm SAJESTY, THE SECREfARY-fifHERAL HAS THE HONOUR 10 PRESEdt THESE SPECIAL fiEDALLIONS MAHKIN6 THE 25TH ASMIVERSARY.' IN Tffg UH*S FIVE OFFlGlAli U88UA&ES9 THEY SYB80HSE ^ tHAT ALL PSOPtCS OF Alt RACES AftE COMIH6 T06ETHER, I« THE OF HBMfttfXTY, TO THY 10 Jffifet' tHE DESPERATE KUKAN SEEDS. -H- YA34 'I *FV 8RS SAWRI HgfiAH (IMBIA* = AS IKS 08ITEB MI8NS REACHES ITS XyEUXVFiFTH AHKIVERSAY, THE Tim IS LOKS DVER0UE FOR PE0PLE AJJ0 If AT 10 HS TO !$Pt£MT THE HUMAN ASPIRATIONS EXPRESSED IK THE CHARTS!?* THE SURVIVAL AN& PHOSRISS OF GIVILIZATIOB SEFSMB OM KAHKIKD'S ABILITY TO SUBS1DINATE SELFISH INTERESTS T0 a THE COMMON WELFARE. TO THE IISBIAJJ FEDERATION ©F UKITED NATION ASSOCIATIONS, I SAY: STRES46THTO&8 THE WAITED NATIONS IS THE S PRACTICAL MEANS OF BUILDING AN ORQEKtY WORLD CQWUSJITY. 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NEVER BEFORE HAS A QUARTER OF A CEHTURY PRODUCED SUCH PROFOUND CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF P. 4s SOClETY ANB ITS CONDITIONS FOR PEACE OR FOR WAR, It HAS FORCED 1945 BACK I&ITO QL8EW DAYS, OVER HALF OF THE PEOPLE OS EftftTK WERE BORN SINCE 1945 SO THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD *S POPULATION IS UN0ER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, A POPILATIOW P. 5 = EXPECTED TO GROW TO SIX TH00SAB0 MILLION BY THE END OF THE CENTURY* THIS NEW GENERATION SENSES THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE, AND HAS A COTOBPT FOB VORDS WITHOUT DEEDS, FOR POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT BO BJ0T RESULT IK PEACE, PR68RESS, JUSTICE* PARA* P. 5= THE YOONS UNDERSTAND THAT SCIENCE AHD TECHNOLOGY LOCK OS ALL INESCAPABLY INTO A GLOBAL GRID* THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE THE SUICIDAL NATURE OF THE ARMS RACE, THE EXPLOSIVE DANGERS THAT ATTEND RACISM, AND THE FACT THAT VAST SOCIETIES ARE LIVING 1M COHDITIOHS THAT ARE SO APPALLIN0 THAT DESPERATION WILL DRIVE THEM TO STRIKE THE BALAKCE THEY KWOW IS * ATTAIHABLE 18 OUR MODERN SOCIETY* PARA* THIS ANNIVERSARY ^ MOST BE A STARTING POUT FOR THE NEW GENERATION* THE UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT DECADE AND THE SECOND DEVELOPMENT DECADE * HAVE BEES LAUNCHED, WE HAVE THE SKILLS AND 0 P*7« CAPACITIES TO MAKE PEACE* WE 8EED THE DETERMSJ&TIQN TO USE * THE WELL CONCEIVED STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED . NATIONS TO TURN 0 THE 8AHY DANGEROUS SWORDS OF TODAY'S ANTAGONISMS I WTO THE PLOUGH SHARES OF TOBORROW,S E8DEAVOURS* PARA. YOUR " MAJESTY, Of! BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL* P.8/43 o ' c~ EYE HAVE THE HONOUR TO PRESET THESE SPECIAL MEDALLIONS s =£ fO STRUCK 18 THE FIVE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES THEY SY&BQLISE THE ^ j; -t3 ';4 eOWiNS T08ETKER OF ALL PEOPLES, OF ALL RAGES IK THE SAME 0F ^ - i ' L . 4» TO HEET THE DESPERATE HUMAN SEED. UNQUOTE. S 1VAJSMITH, L08JOMSIPRSSS 4+ OOLS 5Tf Pigs P*3= P,4* P#5s 1945 1945 StY ABOUT Tf9 P*4S HttMBEB OF WQRDg SHD HEAD §45 218 €8 3&?i 1 Sfl- sf' tM ©csaesrt to ^W*-*^***** ^ W^ &S %it tSggS^ of §* IS %::? t!i SI® ^.Iti t, Gs^gf of 'liis Istttss* Aif -set $ Q3 fEg OP 2ES -i>i*TW<£ tfat of l^ssis Mj$t»ft*yt a ^5iijsgte Asi -^i© t o a'swt-r &S1 int» aS "t-flaiefe g ta in so ssa--t t, tlas «• has 'SH of ^^ ara etsltrart world. Si so fer %stsi;dia?isa0s it Is a fores t-feicis * *it' eo care not to Isecorss ssktj^psa Tba? disilIissl«5RBa®sit» iiihilisa. Ife It is t^ps ssul Joj msiS |je«Ktty w}?.!efe lift t&& hsasan spirit sot>3bsl', asa most aspiraticjas fo?an5 ©ap ® srfet, la tiii& ©r ssusie can In of all sss.. a IJUN1>1970 UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION of the UNITED ST President Board of irectors Daniel J. Monaco 2 Rffi.v»..Elnar Anderson n Rev. Ri :hard Bimson 1st Vice President DTVTrtrt mr Corey Edwin J. Vallier UNA | •ust_]-Action Co ^/_ 2nd Vice President Q - Acknowledgecfriiiiam Mrs. J. R. Hemingway P-N® Action " "Rv" °" Secretary Mrs• Frink ott° Mra. June Hoffman INITIALS Queen MrsJ.-4J.O.• W"J.4.4.ACUi liamH aunuizSchulze Treasurer SAN MATED COUNTY CHAPTER, P.O. BOX 207, SAN MATED, CALIFORNIA 94401 MonroMonroee SweetlanSweetland Carl Hultberg Mrs. Urban Whitaker, Jr. Telephone: 347-6912 L. L. "cy Young May 28, 1970 AIR MAIL Secretary General U Thant United Nations New York, New York 10017 Dear Secretary General U Thant: I am president of the San Mateo County Chapter of the UNA-USA and our organization approached the local symphony association to put on a concert in the fall to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The program will be international and the United Nations flag will be displayed. They would like to print in the program which will be dis- tributed at the concert a brief message regarding the United Nations 25th anniversary from you. Such a message from you at your earliest possible date would be greatly appreciated by both organizations. The message should be addressed to the Peninsula Symphony Association, P. 0. Box 1207, Mountain View, California 94040. Thanking you kindly, I rema-iiO President Chapter UNA-USA DJM/ph HJ 212 SG - KBS/SR 20 May 1970 Dear 56*. Bopovie* fhe Secretary-General bias asfced me to send you his message on the occasion of the special anniversary to '"be held in London oii 8 Hanette B. Hotoey first Officer .Mr. Michel Deputy ifriitea. Rations I^fosiaation Centre Londons England HBS/SR ec: Mf & *partp* of a s^srfco^ is tmii a assent .ta tsrs^ of imisfe yet $B8$3 tBeat5f«£:hsB jraetrg pasVar^ i?apf®e©a.«sites is the in libs ja'ofeffffifi a&'c&re of tmasfarmtian tfiilan aar@ M>lf of ttes varM*« i?gopl« ?vrer^ "eosm after tlie H Into eiiistssite^ iss 19% » *%® &®®&g aow f^ss ths iaat^rity of tli^y to® igs^estlsg ^ataalsaeiit at of tl evss-Mi^a^ «hi^h 4s u&t nitifdtsly ©eho of fei^i pts*gose jsade ty -Qseir Isa^s^t at all laftfsls of |3olltieal9 lift* M§3,llasioss;a amt aisaadi©Ktote jrotsig faoplo ©r sagry •%>i«s®0 fea de^M tSsat sssrar gj^rsa^ss fe® ja^e to of |)aaees dlsaraasest, ^ctsnosJic an4 social jtistf.ee sad Sit- prQllf^atioa of* &SESS& proMssms on sg> mtt a sosle la -so short, a *^ vitftessiug, Sbr toatssnesft a t tli© wrjria, la so f&r ss thi^ r@ligirsiss ssatlaml «- it is a fea*c;e "biad sa©a teg^tter in a a®/ eonsciomsasgss of ttelr coasssn Jwsajajiltiy, la l^mulatijag ^isils©^ to r@pX?sst them ns> loagsi* -stiitad to tin© s&tya?® of llisatjaa.f let. m '%$>& nst to sueetaab 'td dsspalt* it is liops sn^ 4^f ^^ ^^ai'^F t^i«h lift the spirit As we. c«fflp^,qmte ishs feraat®Mftft3i aimiTeesEsrsr of the m tfes tfefs^hsld of a ttsr^ 'sroria - a v Tel.: 01-629 3816 14-15 Stratford Place, Cables: Omnipress London London, WIN 9AF 6 May 1970. Dear Mr. Muller, -x- Attached pis as e find a draft message for the consideration of the Secretary-General. This is in response to your kind acknowledgement of( 21 April that he would be glad to send a message on the occasion of the Special Anniversary Concert -which Is to be held in London on Oth July as part of the UN 25th Anniversary observances In the United Kingdom. With best -wishes, Yours sincerely, Michael Popovic, Deputy Director. Mr. Robert Mailer, Director, Ifeecutive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York., N.Y. 10017. Encl: # (3) Draft. Twenty-five years represents a notable spsn in the life time of an individual. lror the United Nations also, it represents the passage from difficult birth to a full, if imperfect maturity in a world where much more than half of mankind has been born since the United Nations came into being in This restless and eager majority of the young pays less heed to the successes and failures of the past than to the demand that the leaders of nations now seek with a new will realistic solutions to the practical problems of peace, disarmament, social justice and better standards of life in a larger freedom. The United Nations was created to bring about these very things. It is the only world forum •which today brings together a total of both 126 member states. It is an instrument which can be used/to harmonize activities for peace and to bridge that gap between the rich and the poor nations which, rather than ideological conflict, represents in the long term the truly explosive division in the world. But The means exist. ^/It is upon the exercise of will lay the peoples and Governments of the United Nations that its strength and effectiveness depends. PU 212 SO NBR/8H cc: Mr. Narasliahan Mr. Lemieux 20 April 1970 Dear Mm* Sender * In reply to your letter of 31 teirch, addreeeed to the •** S«cretary-0en«r&l» Z ea pleased to send you his message to be read at $crur luncheon Beating on 25 Hay. Ae the Secretary-General Indicated to you last month, h« deeply regrets hie inability to Join you on that occasion. Your* lincftrely, Nanette B. Rodney First Officer Mre. France* Bsaryer Proaident ^js®n edited for the Ubited Kationa Suite 201 415 t«ttingtion Avenue Kev York, M.Y. 10017 Pff 212 SS 17 April 1970 •- . . 1VTQT3 / QT3 ect MMr .HMK/BIV Sarasunha. .. n Mr. Lemieux ,^- 25 1H& 1970 Altfecugh 3 regret not to to* a"bls to Ise with y©u peysoaaHy as you meat to celebrate tiae t^aty»fiftfe smivfcessry of.tfee signing of the Usoited Baiioas Cfesrter, It gives &e great. ^leasni« to express to you for the layal suppoft wfelsfe Woaaea United for the United liae given so ably sad geserously to tfee world org&Qia&tion over tte j- y0u tfill bs ^asidariag ifee rale of wassen in today's world dta-i&g y0ijr prograsaasij, let me sfeea*$-oH© thought with yon on tte subject. jSea-ssaslly, I tesdi to famous* the vi«iw that cornea ou^ght jiot to "be cossiaered as a separate gj*o\tp is tsday's sseio-ty. Vdlustary assoeiatioss of womea lfflpoj?tgiit eoZEtribatioa'g to education and social service. In tbey feave exerttad prsseure'on SoverisiaeKts on beMLf of Just * g * fall Isfco esaasimity as& gatiosal !$$». I f0res® ' fell tfttegjpstSsB of ^®mia lafeo tfeae «aafeiiag tfea^ to isssfeg tltetr fall and e® tiaa M»t i^ass ®«ails&!e te &osfiaaaitjr. Ifee* gp^r |«8rfe eff^rfei en bshfilf of ^ i tlfftsak jpssi m»fc w&saily. As feu* tfe» fteljsape, 1 its B/F 13 April 1970 CVN/CC cc: Mr. Narasimhan Mr. Lemieux 26 March 1970 Bear Hrs. Sawyer, fhank you for your kind letter of March 20 informing me of the intention of Women United for the United Nations to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter at a Loncheon Meeting on Monday, May 2^th, 1970 front 12 o1clock noon to 3*00 p.m. at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. I wish I could join you on this occasion but I am prevented from doing so by a prior commitment. I hope, however, you will have a very successful programme and I shall be glad to send you a message, which could be read on the occasion, nearer the tiae of the meetingo With kindest personal regards, Yours sincerely, ffcaat Mrs* Frances Sawyer President Women United for the United nations Suite 201 $15 Lexington Avenue New Tork,If.Y, WfXL? WOMEN UNITED for the UNITED NATIONS Suite 201 41B LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. 10O17 Mrs. Frances Sawyer, President 867-O746 March 20, 1970 H. E. Mr. U Thant Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Headquarters United Nations Plaza New York, N.Y. 10017 Dear Mr* Secretary-General: Women United for the United Nations will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the United Nations.Charter at a Luncheon Meeting on Monday, May 25th, 1970 from 12 ofclock Noon to 3:00 P.M., at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The Program for the occasion will be the United Nations Past, Present and Future - with the theme "THE UNITED NATIONS AT "25" - NEXT STEPS AHEAD." We are aware, Mr. Secretary-General, of your very heavy schedule but this being a most important function for Women United for the United Nations, we would be honored to have the privilege and pleasure of your presence at luncheon - or to have you come to us for a brief interval during our Program. With kindest personal regards, v ^Jjjincerfily yours, s" ~) \ . .'- -..••:/ s ,1 \ £A 'Mrs. Frances Sawyer / / President - WUUN FS:B / Encl. (Alias and Purposes) Residence Telephone; (212) 586-7413 ,<•».«**' A 21 April 1?70 Robert Muller > 3800 5012 BOSS - 10103.-301 BM/nt OSCAR SC ERESIBOT? AMEHICM SOCIETY €1* BJEOTAJEOTAL LAW 1-JALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL CfK 1SE QCCASXCK OF fHS ^TH ABHUAL MEETIKG OF THE AMERICAS! SOCIETY OF IKIEMATICSAL IAW 50 BE HELD THIS XEAR Bi HEW YOSK IK CELEBRATICK swasrry-i^tfsiii AHRIV^SAEY oi* THE muisnD HASKSFS, i WISH fo MY CSREB23KGS AND BEST WISBES 70 AN OBGAUIZ&flQB WHICH;, SIHCE 1907, Kfts mm A ms'mGtmmD cmmasmm fo SHE HHSGRESSIVE DEVELOR^IEIHT Of IHTEMATieUM, LAV. TSE UHITEE HATIGUS CC53TRIBIPTES TO 3HS GROWS OP JS^SRHAHOirAI. JM Bf MOLHSHiE WAXS, OfUST AS IHTMBAfMAL LAW COKTR1BDTES fO EKE ItmOTGKUSG OF !HE IMIHED RA32C8JS IN MULTIHJJ WAYS, THE STBMGTHMIHG OF BOTB IHTERHATICKAL LAW MS THE IMITED HATICKS ARE XHHEGBAL PARITS OF 5HE CM3SIAL PROBLEM GF OOH TIME ASD OF TIMES TO COMB: THB CRBATIO3 AND MAHJTEKAHCE OF PEACE WITH JUSTICE FCK ALL MAMIKD. IKS 13AT «^EAf CHftLLWOE I AM COHFIB1K5! TSKS YOUR BOCIETY AHD ITS THSC3S3GHOU3? THE ¥OBLC WILL COHIIOTUE SO CCKTRIBUTS. u SECBETARY GENERAL UNITED HATIOIfS cc * J$j% Mr, Mr* Leraleux Muller, IHrector ' ^ THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW \ ', ._ 3223 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W. \^'' HONORARY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. D. C. 20008 VICE PRESIDENTS PHILIP C. JESSUP (203) 305-4313 RICHARD R. BAXTER HAROU> D. LABSWELL PRESIDENT CABLES "AMINTLAW MONROB X.EIOH OSCAR SCHACHTKR KXKCDTIVK V1CB PItEBIDENT BHOBETAHY STEPHEN M. SCHWEBEI. TRBABDBBR 20 April X970 FHANZ M. OPPENHEIMHR Dear C.V., As I mentipned to you this moming I should be most grateful if you could arrange for the Secretary-General to send a telegram of greetings to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Inter- national Law, which is being held this year in New York in celebra- tion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary. A draft is submitted for your consideration. Many thanks. Sincerely, '•x 1 Oscar Schachter Mr. C.V. Narasimhan Chef de Cabinet United Nations New York UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 121 Date 08/06/2006 Time 11:11:58 AM S-0864-0011-04-00001 Expanded Number S-0864-0011 -04-00001 Title items-in-Public relations files - UN 25th Anniversary - Committee for the 25th Anniversary of the UN Date Created 08/06/1971 Record Type Archival Item Container S-0864-0011: Public Relations Files of the Secretary-General: U Thant Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit -UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Public Inf'oraatiou United Nations., N..Y. (FOR USE OF IHFOPMA-riON MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Committee for Twenty-fifth Anniversary Press Release ANY/1^0 ij-9th Meeting (AM) 8 June 1971 J^_AM The Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations* this morning ftp-proved a, revised draft outline for its report to the General Assembly. The Chairman, Richard M. Akwei (Ghana), said that vork on drafting the report would not "begin. At this morning's meeting, the Committee also received a proposal by Jamil M, Earoody (Saudi Arabia) for "an artistic monument", a mural at United Nations Headquarters to commemorate the first World Youth Assembly, held here last July under United Nations aegis as part of the observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Organization, Following a discussion, the Committee deferred action on the proposal until its next meeting, the date to be decided after consultations among members, Mr. BAROODY (Saudi Arabia), a non-member of the Committee who had been invited to speak, recalled that the Committee's decision last year on his suggestion for the issuance of youth medals and posters, had been a successful one, As planned, the proceeds from the youth medals were to go first to meeting the deficit of the Youth Assembly, with the remainder to be given to the United Nations International School (UNIS) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), he said. The .deficit of the Youth Assembly had been completely wiped out, and an additional $55,000 had been raised so far, which might go as high as $100,000. (more) * Members of the Committee are Austria, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Canada, China, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritania, Peru, Philippines, Somalia, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom and United States. - 2 - Press Release AWV/140 8 June'1971 Mr. Baroody said it would "be fitting to have "an artistic monument" at United Nations Headquarters to commemorate the Youth Assembly, and Luman Martin Winter, an American artist whose work was in many museums and who had designed the youth medals and posters last year, had agreed to do a mural for this pxirpose. Mr. Winter had already submitted two designs so far, with the theme "Youth for a Better World". A sum of $8,000 to $10,000 would be needed for the mural, said the representative of Saudi Arabia, and he was sure the sponsors of the youth medals -— UNIS and UNICEF — would not begrudge that sum from the proceeds to go to them. In the discussion which followed, N.P. JAIN (India) supported the Saudi Arabian proposal as "timely and useful". If the funds were available, other projects should also be considered, he said, such as giving UNIS and UNICEF funds for specific purposes. On this point, Mr. BAROODY (Saudi Arabia) said it might be possible to give UNIS funds, specifically for scholarships or prizes. RUDULPH E, CARTER (United States) recalled that there was a United Nations Committee on Art which reviewed art works proposed as gifts. He questioned whether there was any precedent for a United Nations committee to take a decision qf this kind. A«J. MATHESON (Canada) said he would have to consult his Government. He pointed out that the youth medals had been sold to the public on the understanding that all proceeds would go to UNIS and UNICEF, and expressed the view that a change in that decision at this stage might not be regarded as appropriate. ANTON PROHASKA (Austria) said he also would have to consult his Government. He feared that authorizing the mural might be construed as "a self-congratulatory gesture" by the Committee. Mr. BAROODY (Saudi Arabia) said he saw no need for delegates to consult their Governments on a matter like this. He added that no United Nations body or Member Government had been consulted on the gift by Jacob Blaustein of the Barbara Hepwcrth sculpture by the fountain in front of United Nations Headquarters, or the Marc Chagall window, or the portrait of Dag Hammarskjold in the lobby of the Secretariat building, among others. (more) - 3 - Press Release ANV/1^0 8 June 1971 If the Committee did not vant to act on the matter, he said, the Secretary- General could act on his own,, or C.V. Narasimhan, on behalf of the trustees of UNIS, and Henry Labouisse, Executive Director of UNICEF, could be approached about giving the necessary funds from the proceeds that UNIS and UHICEF would receive from the youth medals. Otherwise., said M.r0 Baroody,, he would bring the matter up in the General Assembly* He said that 70 delegations supported the project. A debate on the matter in the Assembly, he added, would in the end cost much more than the $8,000 to"$10,000 now being asked. Miss SHEILA EA2DEN (United Kingdom) said her delegation felt it would be "irregular" to reverse the decision last year to give all the remaining proceeds to UNIS and UKICEF, If a choice had to be made between spending the money on children in the developing countries or purchasing a work of art for a building which already had many and would receive more in the future, she did not believe the mural could be justified. She appealed to the representative of Saudi Arabia to re conn icier his proposal. Mr-ft JAIN (India) said the proposal would not mean reversing last year's decision, but only modifying it partially. The major part of the funds would still go to UNIS and UNICEF.. This would not be "self-congratulation", he added, but a commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. ALEJANDRO D. YAHGO (Philippines) suggested that the Committee hold a further meeting on this question. In reply to questions during the meeting, Yasushi Akashi, Secretary of the Committee, reviewed last year's decision on the issuance of youth medals, and said the Secretary-General was proceeding on the assumption that the remaining funds would go to UNIS and UNICEF, although the precise division had not yet been determined, UNICEF had provisionally been given $5,000 so far, UNIS was also "in great need", CLAYTON C. TIMBRELL, Acting Director of the Offige of General Services, also replying to questions raised in the discussion, said that the Secretary- General annually received offers of "substantial numbers" of art works from various sources throughout the world-. The United Nations Committee on Art, composed of art experts in this country as well as members of the Secretariat, reviewed all proposals and made recommendations as to whether they were acceptable and the suggested location appropriate. (more) Press Release 8 June 1971 It had proven to be a desirable policy, he said., for objects of art proposed for installation to be sponsored by a Member State, which accepted full responsibility for the costs involved. He knew of no case in which a recommendation had been made by a United Nations Committee except at the time the United Nations Headquarters was built4 Mr. EAEOQDY (Saudi Arabia) said that,, of course, any decision taken here on this matter would be subject to the review of the Committee on Art, There were precedents for a decision of this kind, he went on. He believed strongly that there sho.uld be "an artistic monument" to commemorate the World Youth Assembly and would press for its approval, if necessary, in the General Assembly. The CHAIRMAN said there seemed to be "a certain hesitation" in the Committee about taking a decision now. The Committee would hold another meeting to consider the matter further. The date,, as customary, would be decided after consultations. *** # CONFIDENTIAL 9 June 1971 MOTE FOR THE RECORD 1. I refer to the joint memorandum, dated yesterday, from Mr. TImbrell and myself to the Secretary-General on the meeting of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Committee dealing with the question of the youth mural. 2. Ambassador Baroody called me yesterday evening to say that he detected "sabotage" in the Secretariat against his proposal for a youth mural and that he intended to "expose" this at the next General Assembly unless some remedial action was taken. He asked me to convey this message to the Secretary-General. 3. Both the United States and United Kingdom representatives on the Committee told me after the meeting that they were appalled by what the United Kingdom member described as the "monstrous blackmail" of the Committee by Ambassador Baroody. The United States member asked whether the sound recordings of the meeting were available and the United Kingdom member asked that the summary records of the meeting fully reflect Ambassador Baroody 's remarks. 4. The Chairman of the Committee, .Ambassador Akwei, told me this morning that Ambassador Baroody succeeded in antagonizing everybody in the Committee, except the Indian representative, by his "threat". In his view, Ambassador Baroody 's interventions in the Committee thus produced a result entirely opposite to what he had intended. .Ambassador Akwei added that he would not be intimidated by Ambassador Baroody and that he had no intention of calling for another meeting of the Committee to consider the Baroody proposal. Yasushi Akashi Secretary-General **" cc. Mr. Narasimhan, Room 3&00 Mr. R. Muller, Room 3834 Mr. C. Timbrell, Room 212? Mr. Wilbur Ziehl, Room 372? UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM 1NTERIEUR TO: The Secretary-General A: 8 June 1971 ERENCE: THROUGH: S/C DE: Clayton C. Timbrell, Officer-in-Charge/^ FROM: Office of General Services ^7 DE: (^ JjS^ Y. Akashi, Assistant Secretary 7* JyV Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the SUBJECT: United Nations OB JET: 1. At the meeting of the Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations held today, Ambassador Baroody introduced his proposal to allocate $8,000 - $10,000 out of the proceeds of the sale of the Youth Medal towards donating a youth mural which might be installed on the second floor of the United Nations building. Akashi, in his capacity as the Acting Secretary of the Committee, referred to the decision of the Committee, taken on 24 June 1970, when it was decided that the profits from the sale of the Youth Medal should be used to eliminate whatever deficits might occur out of the World Youth Assembly and the balance to be divided between the United Nations International School and/or UNICEF. Akashi added further that at the moment $55,000 was on hand as proceeds from the sale of the Youth Medal and that an additional $5,000 was expected. Timbrell explained the current practice of the United Nations regarding the receipt of gifts, which he said had to be approved by the United Nations Committee on Arts. He stated also that the practice was to have a Member Government to sponsor a gift, without financial implications to the Organization. The representative of India supported Ambassador BaroodyTs proposal, while the representatives of Austria, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America expressed some reservations, 2. Ambassador Baroody suggested that the Committee might wish to adopt one of the two alternatives, namely, either the Committee continue to consider this proposal at a further meeting or to have the Chairman and Timbrell discuss the matter with M. Labouisse and Mr. Narasimhan regarding the possibility of UNICEF and the International School agreeing to allocate $5,000 each for the purpose of the youth mural. 3. Ambassador Baroody implied that if the Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations was not willing to revise its decision of last June on the distribution of proceeds of the Youth Medal, he might have to take the matter to the General Assembly, where he said that he had the support of seventy countries. The implications of this statement were apparently resented by some members of the Committee. Ambassador Baroody also suggested that the Secretary-General be appraised of the matter. - 2 - 4. In the end, the Committee decided to postpone the decision on the matter until a further meeting. The date of the next meeting is subject to consultation among the members of the Committee. cc. Mr. C. V. Narasimhan, Room 3800 Mr. R. Muller, Room 3834 Mr. Wilbur H. Ziehl, Room 3727