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Young Peacemakers of Vladikavkaz met President of Ingushetia
Young peacemakers of the Republic of Nothern Ossetia-Alania
visited the city of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia (Russian
Federation) December 24, 2002 to take part in the round table on
cooperation of youth.
After the round table the delegations of two republics met with Murat
Zyazikov, President of Ingushetia and have presented to him the tie of
three colors (blue, red and green) — the symbol of young peacemakers
of Vladikavkaz.
For the details of the meeting and the round table see the
photos
contributed by Victor Belyaev, the principal of the Secondary School # 23
in the city of Vladikavkaz
Dated: 22 February, 2003
First Session of the National Committee for the Celebration of Jubilee
The first session of the National
Committee for the celebration of the 55-anniversary of UNTSO and the
30-th anniversary of Russian participation in UN peacekeeping operations
took place at the UN Information Center in Moscow (Glazovsky pereulok,
4/16) February 12, 2003.
Members of the session elected Dr.Valery Guerguel (Milob UNTSO
1973–76) as the Executing Secretary of the Committee
and adopted in general the following Plan of Activities for the celebration
of the jubilee.
Plan of Actvities of the National Committee
(Draft)
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Peacemaking Action «Decade of Voluntary Deeds».
To be carried out from December1 to December 10, 2002 by schools of
peace in cooperation with the UN Information Center in Moscow.
Note: the action was carried out in Russia by 50 High Schools
certified by the Museum as Schools of Peace. For the details see
http://www.un-museum.ru/vestnik/73.htm
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Collection of Signatures in Support of the Letter to the UN SG
with the proposal to consider a possibility to award UNVs and
civil personnel serving with UN operations with the special badge
on the occasion of the 55-th anniversary of UNTSO.
Note: Over 2 500 signatures have been collected
by young peacemakers by the middle of February, 2003. The text of
the letter is published at the address
http://www.un-museum.ru/projects/30/55/
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Exhibition of Photos to the 55-th Anniversary of UNTSO
To be carried out by the Museum in cooperation with Troitsk High School
in cooperation with Museum and the UN Information Center in Moscow.
Note: The exhibition was carried out in December 2002 by Troitsk
High School in cooperation with Museum and the UN Information Center
in Moscow. For the detail see
http://www.un-museum.ru/vestnik/78.htm
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Festival of Sports «We are Peacemakers».
To be organized February 28 and March1, 2003 at the Secondary School # 271.
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Meeting of Young Peacemakers with Civil Policemen at the Training
Center of Civil Policemen in Domodedovo. To be carried out in cooperation
with the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Interior at the period
from March 15 to May 15, 2003.
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Spring Voluntary Action of Young Peacemakers.
To be organized from April 11 till May 15, 2003 by clubs of young
peacemakers and schools of peace.
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Round Table «National Concept for Peacemaking».
To be organized in May-June, 2003 in cooperation with the UN
Information Center in Moscow.
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International Training Course for UNMOs and CivPols.
To be organized from June 30 till July 17, 2003 by RUSUNMOC.
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Missions of Peace of Young Peacemakers at the Summer Camps «Orlyenok»
and «Ocean»
To be organized in August 2003 in cooperation with the Ministry of
Education and the Institute of Open Education.
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Missions of Peace of Young Peacemakers in the Ukraine and in Bulgaria.
To be organized in June–July, 2003 in cooperation with Moscow Government.
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Celebration of the International Peace Day
To be carried out September 21, 2003 in cooperation with the UN Information
Center in Moscow.
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Publication of the Third Issue of the Memorial Book «In
the Service of Peace» by Museum of Peacekeeping Operations
in cooperation with the UN Information Center in Moscow.
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Publication of the Book of Memoirs of Russian Peacekeeping Veterans
of UN Operations in Former Yugoslavia in cooperation with Russian
Academy of Science.
- Round Table of Russian Peacekeeping Veterans devoted to the
30-th anniversary of Russian participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
To be carried out November 25, 2003 in cooperation with the UN Information
Center in Moscow.
Dated: 15 February, 2003
Festival of Sports "We are Peacemakers"
Festival of sports devoted to the 55-th anniversary of UNTSO and the
30-th anniversary of Russian participation in UN peacekeeping will be
organized from February 28 to March 1, 2003 in Moscow by the Secondary
School # 271 (Moscow, Tsander Street, 3) in cooperation with
Peace Education Net.
On this occasion the special currency "shkolyarik"
was issued by the school parliament for the winners of the contests and
competitions who will pay by shkolyariks at the school buffet for their
soft drinks and the biscuits. It is already the 7-th festival to be organized
by this Secondary School certified as School of Peace in 2001 and in 2002
by the Museum of Peacekeeping Operations. The Program
of the festival includes competitions in floorball, footvolley, chess
and other sports.
Dated: 9 February, 2003
New Exhibits of the Museum in 2003
UN peacekeeping veteran Vladimir Azarov (Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone)
has contributed into Museum funds his newly issued book "Perished
for their Brothers" devoted to Russian grenadiers killed in Russian-Turkish
war of 1877–1878. ISBN 5-87449-031-0.
Another contribution was the toy-bear
presented by Captain Jennifer Cline (USA) who graduated from Russian UN
Military Observer Course of the "Vystrel" Training Center in
Solnechnogorsk. At the graduation ceremony the captain and other graduates
from Russia and other countries were awarded with RUSUNMOC graduation
badge.
Dated: 2 February, 2003
Contest of Posters for the International Year of Sweet Water
The UN Information Center in Moscow and Peace Education Net plan to organize
in March and April the contest of posters devoted to the International
Year of Sweet Water (2003) proclamed by the GA of the UN. The participants
will be the children and youth in the range of 7 to 17 years. The winners
of the contest will be awarded in May, 2003 with the special diplomas
and presents. The details about the contest conditions and the International
Year of Sweet Water may be obtained in the Bulletin "Voice of Peacemakers
# 80" and the Press-release
of the UN Information Center in Moscow dated January 21, 2003.
Dated: 26 January, 2003
National Organizational Committee of Russian Peacekeepers
Representatives of a few Russian ministries, agencies and NGOs became
the members of the National Committee and the working group for the celebration
of the 30th anniversary of Russian participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
The first meeting of the Committee and its working group is shedueled
for the first decade of February, 2003 to be held at the UN Information
Center in Moscow (Moscow, Glazovsky pereulok, 4/16).
Dated: 19 January, 2003
List of Members of the National Organizational Committee
List of Members of the National Committee and the Working Group
for the Celebration of the 55-th Anniversary of UNTSO
and the 30-th Anniversary of Russian Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
(in chronologic order)
| No |
Name |
Position |
Contacts* |
| 1 |
Ella Pamfilova |
Chairman, the Human Rights Commission with the President of Russia |
pamfilova@comintern.ru
Phone: 251–6308 |
| 2 |
Yuri Kovrijnykh |
Deputy Minister of Education |
infobox@youthpolitics.ru
Phone: 208–6120 |
| 3 |
Andrey Granovsky |
Director, the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
dmo@mid.ru
Phone: 244–4211 |
| 4 |
Alexander Gorelik |
Director, the UN Information Center in Moscow |
director@unic.ru
Phone: 241–2894 |
| 5 |
Valery Guerguel |
Director, Museum of Peacekeeping Operations, peacekeeping veteran
(UNTSO 1973–76) |
director@un-museum.ru
Phone: 994–1073 |
| 6 |
Alexander Platonov (Colonel) |
Deputy Chief, the Personnel Department of the Federal Boundary Service |
Phone: 926–7552 |
| 7 |
Vladimir Popkov (Major-General of the Interior) |
Deputy Chief, the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Interior |
Phone: 239–7173 |
| 8 |
Valery Evnevich (Lieutenant-General) |
Deputy Commandant of the Ground Forces of Russia for peacekeeping operations |
Phone: 296–4311 |
| 9 |
Vladimir Popov (Lieutenant-General) |
Commandant, the Combined Arms Military Academy of Russian Armed Forces |
Phone: 296–4097 |
| 10 |
Anatoly Torkunov |
Chairman, Russian UN Association |
una@una.ru
Phone: 434–9174 |
| 11 |
Sergey Kozlenko |
Chairman, Chair of History of the Institute of Open Education |
Phone: 151–6992 |
| 12 |
Valdimir Zakharov |
Director, Center for the International Educational
Programs, peacekeeping veteran (UNTSO 1976–79) |
vfzakharov@mail.ru
Phone: 201–5573 |
| Working Group |
|---|
| 13 |
Igor Melnichenko |
Director, section for civic and patriotic education
of the Youth Policy Department of the Ministry of Education |
Phone: 208–6081 |
| 14 |
Nikolay Kurnikov (Colonel) |
Chief, Training Center for boundary officers in Peace operations |
Phone: 598–1860 |
| 15 |
Ilya Zaruba (Lt-Col) |
Chief, RUSUNMOC in Solnechnogorsk, peacekeeping veteran (MINURSO 1992–94) |
Phone: 549–2868 |
| 16 |
Denis Tikhomirov (Major of Militia) |
Chief, Training Center for the Ministry of Interior
in Peacekeeping, peacekeeping veteran (former Yugoslavia) |
Phone: +7 (279) 273–17 |
| 17 |
Victor Tarusin |
Peacekeeping veteran (former Yugoslavia 1994–95) |
Phone: 363–3024 |
| 18 |
Alexey Borisov |
Deputy Chairman, Russian UN Association |
Phone: 434–0710 |
| 19 |
Alexey Stepanov (Colonel) |
Officer of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the General Staff |
Phone: 293–3259 |
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* — Add to phone numbers +7 (095) excluding phone of No 16
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