The inaugural United Nations Concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York on Human Rights Day in 1949. According to Article 1.4 of the Charter, the United Nations aims to serve as "a center for harmonizing the actions of nations."
The concert lasted two and a half hours, and five people from our institution attended. Many UN ambassadors and a former president of the United Nations Book Club were present to watch the performance.
The inaugural United Nations Concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York on Human Rights Day in 1949. According to Article 1.4 of the Charter, the United Nations aims to serve as "a center for harmonizing the actions of nations."
The concert lasted two and a half hours, and five people from our institution attended. Many UN ambassadors and a former president of the United Nations Book Club were present to watch the performance.
The inaugural United Nations Concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York on Human Rights Day in 1949. According to Article 1.4 of the Charter, the United Nations aims to serve as "a center for harmonizing the actions of nations."
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, the Global Foundation for the Performing Arts (GFPA), Carnegie Hall, and the sponsor member states Costa Rica, Ecuador, the Principality of Monaco, the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Singapore, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights jointly organized this concert, which is a touching global initiative aimed at utilizing the unifying power of music.
UNITAR, GFPA, and Carnegie Hall are committed to strengthening the mutually beneficial relationship between the arts and the United Nations' capacity-building for sustainable development. The United Nations continues to mobilize efforts to achieve peace and prosperity for the planet and its inhabitants. Among these efforts, the arts serve as a cross-cultural tool through which these goals can be further realized.