UNIC-Rio establishes new partnership with the LGW and the Government of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil — The United Nations Information Center in Brazil, UNIC-Rio, established a new partnership with the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, through the State Administration of Del Castilho/Suburbana, of the State Office of Education and the Legion of Good Will (Legião da Boa Vontade) to institute the Youth For Peace project.

This project aims at giving lectures in public schools about the actions of the UN in Brazil and its worldwide topics voted by the international delegations.

"We have a partnership and I hope that we will be able to take the concrete message, not only to the United Nations, which is the ‘hat’ of all this, but to the students, the future leaders of this Country and contribute, this way, for a more aware Citizenship of what happens around them. Also change the meaning of the word Solidarity to a real word, that can truly contribute to the progress of this Country. Therefore, we are sure that this effort realized now by the LGW, by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro and by us, will have its results made good use of”.

Dr. Carlos dos Santos
Director of UNIC-Rio (UN)

At the gathering that took place on Wednesday, June 14, with Dr. Carlos dos Santos, Director of UNIC-Rio, Dr. Pedro Paulo Torres, State Administrator of Del Castilho/Suburbana, the teacher Maria das Graças Antunes de Araújo, Coordinator of Metropolitana III and Mr. Eliel Brum, Regional Administrator of the LGW in Rio de Janeiro, future meetings were established with principals and teachers of the Public School Network, together with UNIC-Rio, in order for them to receive previous information on the lectures to be given.

The Legion of Good Will, partner of the United Nations (UN), having relations at the Department of Public Information (DPI) and general consultative status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), made available the auditorium of the Educational, Cultural and Community Center José de Paiva Netto, in Del Castilho, to be a support for the realization of the lectures, besides giving logistics support and divulgation in the Good Will media (radio, TV, internet, magazine).

About this partnership, Dr. Carlos dos Santos registered his words for the Super Good Will Communication Network: "We have a partnership and I hope that we will be able to take the concrete message, not only to the United Nations, which is the ‘hat’ of all this, but to the students, the future leaders of this Country and contribute, this way, for a more aware Citizenship of what happens around them. Also change the meaning of the word Solidarity to a real word, that can truly contribute to the progress of this Country. Therefore, we are sure that this effort realized now by the LGW, by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro and by us, will have its results made good use of”. The Director of UNIC-Rio also thanked the greetings of the LGW and its President, José de Paiva Netto.

The Educational, Cultural and Community Center José de Paiva Netto, kept by the Legion of Good Will in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, is located at Av. Dom Hélder Câmara, 3059 — Del Castilho. For more information, call (+5521) 2501-0247.