Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine attended the UN Women for Peace Association charitable event at the United Nations in New York with Their Excellencies Mr. Ban Ki-moon and Mrs Ban Soon-Taek.
The UN Women for Peace Association, Inc. was founded in 2008, under the patronage of H.E. Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The association helps to advance the goals of academic and charitable organizations that provide opportunities for women to partake in the global peace building process through social, cultural, educational and women empowerment programs.
Much of the energy UN Women for Peace Association is directed toward raising funds for the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. The UN Trust Fund, established by the General Assembly in 1996 and managed by UN Women, focuses in particular on developing countries, countries in conflict, and post-conflict settings. The UN Women for Peace Association is dedicated to activities that promote tolerance and respect toward the creation of a peaceful world. UN Women for Peace Association envision a world in which women everywhere have the same opportunities:
– Access to education;
– Opportunities to impact the societies around them in a meaningful and positive capacity;
– Freedom to live in peace, in an environment characterized by tolerance, respect, empowerment, and hope; and
– Protection from violence and freedom from the threat of violence.
