Past RI President Sakuji Tanaka joined global leaders 2-3 September in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace in The Hague, an international symbol of peace and justice. The two-day symposium, Celebrating Peace Philanthropy and Furthering Peace Education – In the Footsteps of Andrew Carnegie, is part of a month-long centennial celebration. The palace, completed in 1913 and financed mostly by a gift from Andrew Carnegie, is home to a number of international judicial institutions, including the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Tanaka, who made peace a focus of his year as president, shared Rotary’s longstanding commitment to peace, and described how the 11-year-old Rotary Peace Centers program has been developing leaders who serve as catalysts for peace and conflict resolution in their communities and around the globe.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 03:42:36 +0000
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