Mary @ 2008 anniversary UN Declaration for Human Rights

Crown Princess Mary has helped mark the coming 60th year of the United Nation's Universal Declaration for Human Rights by appointing Danish ambassadors who will focus on the UN theme of next year being a year of inclusion. After visiting Rådmandsgades School in Nørrebro yesterday Mary attended the launch of the Danish events to mark the Declaration for Human Rights in the afternoon. The program included speeches, music and readings plus the formal appointment of ambassadors for activities in Denmark for next year's anniversary. "We want to put a focus on how we secure equal opportunities for every human being and for everyone to participate on an equal footing. The inclusive society is about diversity and difference as something positive," said Birgitte Kofod Olsen, a director at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

This piece of jewellery will be a symbol for the theme of inclusion. The 12 ambassadors have been given a special pin, designed by the jeweller Carolina Vallejo, which symbolises the work for inclusion and diversity. The 12 ambassodors received the pin from Crown Princess Mary and during 2008 they will travel around the country to put inclusion on the agenda.

The Ambassadors are:

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen -former foreign minister
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen - head of Kolding Design School
Peter Mygind - actor
Wood Wood - design group
Hanne Marie Svendsen - author and vice president of Danske PEN (international PEN links)
Kjeld Holm - bishop of Århus Diocese
Helle Brønnum Carlsen - food writer, high school teacher, Ph.D
Gry Möger Poulsen - vice chair Danish High School Students
Ingen Frygt - art trio
Hassan Preisler - actor
Claus Seidel - chairman of Danish newspaper artists/cartoonists
Moayad Fahmi - director of Truemax

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