The event
The exhibition "Humanitarian Principles, Here and Now" was inaugurated on Monday, May 24, at the UN Headquarter in New York by Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN and Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). A contemporary art installation in the delegates' entrance marks the gradual return to life in the UN premises as it is the first such event authorized by the UN health services since the outbreak of the pandemic a year ago.
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A contemporary art installation produced by the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, and the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in conversation with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl and Laetitia Courtois greet the guests, pictured here with Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China.
Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl greets Ambassador Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary-General.
Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl opens the inauguration ceremony of the exhibition "Humanitarian Principles. Here and Now".
…and highlights the correlation between art and current affairs.
Ambassador Zhang Jun delivers a couple of remarks in his capacity of Permanent Representative of China.
The guests pay close attention.
Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary-General, delivers her remarks, on behalf of the Secretary-General.
Laetitia Courtois, Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the UN, introduces the exhibition…
…and presents three works: two international press pictures…
…and one film made by a Swiss artist.
The Permanent Representatives of China and Liechtenstein walk through the exhibition.
They interact with the QR codes to discover the films and stories behind each picture.
Lively discussions after the visit.