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Mongolia's Hakuho designated UNESCO Artist for Peace |
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Wednesday, 02 August 2006 |
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura will designate Davaajargal
Munkhbat of Mongolian nationality, better known as Hakuho, as UNESCO
Artist for Peace at a ceremony to be held in Ulaanbaatar on 27 July, in
the framework of the UNESCO Children’s Performing Arts Festival of East
Asia. Hakuho is a professional Sumo
wrestler and the first Mongolian to receive the title of UNESCO Artist
for Peace, for his dedication to activities for young people of East
Asia to promote a better future and in recognition of his support for
ideals and objectives of UNESCO.
UNESCO's Artists for Peace are personalities who – thanks to their
influence, charisma and fame - help to promote UNESCO's message. Among
the artists working with UNESCO are musician Manu Dibango (Cameroon),
actress Patricia Velasquez (Venezuela) musician Gilberto Gil (Brazil,
currently his country's culture minister), ballerina Miyako Yoshida
(Japan), soprano Sumi Jo (Republic of Korea), singer and Gypsy Kings
founder Chico Bouchikhi (France), author Navarre Scott Momaday (USA)
and conductor Valery Gergiev (Russia).
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