Swedish students of Uppsala University visited TPM
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A group of students from Uppsala University in Sweden, visited Tehran Peace Museum on Friday 10 May 2013.
The swedish students had a meeting with students and young members of the peace museum and also had a chat with volunteer guides of the museum.
Uppsala University is Sweden’s oldest university which established in 15th century and is one of the world’s best universities in humanities with a famous peace studies department.
Report: Seminar on Nuks and International Law
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A seminar on Nuclear Weapons and International Law was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 9 May 2013.
Among other participants, over 70 students of international law attended the seminar in which speakers from law school of AT University, International Committee of Red Cross, Ministry of foreign affairs, International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear war-PPNW- and International campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -ICAN- delivered lectures.
The seminar was part of a serial join education program in the framework of collaboration between the Tehran Peace Museum, ICRC-Tehran and the National Committee of Humanitarian Law.
Report: Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
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An observance on "Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare" was held in Tehran Peace Museum on Monday 29 April 2013.
Survivors of chemical warfare and their families, war veterans, representatives of NGOs and international organizations as well as officials were among the participants of the ceremony.
Statements by Iranian vice president, UN Secretary General and the OPCW Director General were read during the program.
Mr. Mohamadi a survivor of chemical warfare, delivered a message on behalf of CW victims and wished for abolition of chemical weapons and all WMD.
At the end of the program, an Olive tree was planted in front of the Peace museum as the symbol of peace and non-violence.
To see the photos of the event click here.
Ban:Until the Convention is universal and the last stockpiles have been destroyed, our debt to the victims of chemical warfare will remain unpaid.
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The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the "Day of remembrance for all victims of Chemical Warfare" which was delivered to the Tehran Peace Museum's memorial ceremony on 29 April 2013 by the head of UNIC in Iran, reiterated that: Until the (Chemical Weapons) Convention is universal and the last stockpiles have been destroyed, our debt to the victims of chemical warfare will remain unpaid.
to read the full statement by the UN Secretary General click below.
STATEMENT BY THE OPCW DIRECTOR-GENERAL
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I wish to welcome you all to this solemn ceremony to pay homage to the memory of all victims of chemical weapons. I am grateful to you, Ambassador Peter Goosen for presiding over this commemoration in your capacity as Chairman of the Conference of the States Parties.
It is an honour for me to welcome in our midst Mr Karel van Oosterom, Director-General of Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mr Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague. Your presence underlines the close cooperation the OPCW enjoys with both the Municipality of The Hague and the Dutch government and their consistent support for the Organisation.