Rotary Club hosts seminar to celebrate UN Peace Day

The Rotary Club of Macau hosted a ‘Peace Seminar’ to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day of Peace earlier this month.
The Rotary District 3450 Peace Committee Chair, Vice-President of Hong Kong UNESCO, Past President of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Mitzi Leung and Rotarian Mei Ling Ng were invited by the Rotary Club of Macau as guest speakers in their September 18 Club meeting.
Ms Mitzi Leung reiterated that the peaceful environment we enjoy nowadays is not easy to come by, especially as many parts of the world are continuously plagued by increasing political and social conflicts. She stated that peace starts from harmony at home, extending to individual peace, cultural peace, ecological peace, social harmony and political peace. Ms Leung motivated all Macau Rotarians to practice these 5 actions in order to promote peace in Macau society.
This year, Rotary District 3450, together with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Hong Kong Association also launched a ‘Fostering Global Citizenship’ Youth Program.
The program aims to empower learners to engage active roles both locally and internationally to face and resolve global challenges; to build a sense of global community and common humanity in the world; and to contribute to a more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world.
Furthermore, on the same day, there was also a UN International Peace Day celebration at the HK Asia Society’s Hong Kong Center featuring an international food bazaar and cultural performances. VM