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Plaza to be dedicated to Grant

Friday, 14 June 1996: UNICEF will name a plaza after its late Executive Director James P. Grant as part of its 50th anniversary celebration during its annual Executive Board session next week (17-19 June 1996).

The City of New York and the United Nations Development Corporation have granted permission to call the area adjoining UNICEF House the "James P. Grant Plaza". A plaque will be unveiled and dedicated to the memory of Mr. Grant on Tuesday, 18 June 1996.

Mr. Grant devoted his life to service to humanity. Through his work in UNICEF and his commitment and determination, he heightened the global conscience to help better serve the needs of the world's most vulnerable -- mothers and children.

Multimedia exhibition on UN conferences

The plaza dedication will coincide with the US opening of "Summitry Works: Words into Actions", an exciting and dynamic interactive multimedia exhibition on United Nations international conferences. The exhibition, inaugurated at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1995, illustrates how Summits bring about specific actions leading to progress in human social development. It features six interactive tables highlighting each of the international conferences held this decade.

The Voices of Youth, an Internet forum for young people on issues raised at these historic meetings, will be accessible from the exhibition, which UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy will open at the UNICEF House Visitors' Centre Exhibition Gallery on Tuesday, 18 June 1996, at 2:30 p.m.

Special Executive Board celebration

The UNICEF Executive Board will hold a 50th UNICEF anniversary commemoration at the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber on Wednesday, 19 June 1996, at 4:30 p.m. to be led by Board President Ambassador Ion Gorita and UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy. Harry Belafonte, well known entertainer, civil rights activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, will host the event.

Special guests Margaret Catley-Carlson, President of the Population Council, and Olara Otunnu, President of the International Peace Academy and international peace and human rights activist, will each present a special address. The event will include a musical performance by students of the world renowned Yamaha Junior Original Concert, one-of a kind musical showcase for children of all nationalities who perform their own original compositions.

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