For information only - not an official document

UNIS/MA/128
Vienna, 21 January 2016

MEDIA ADVISORY

On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (27 January)

the Permanent Missions of Israel and Poland to the United Nations in Vienna and the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna

invite media to attend the

Commemorative ceremony

and

musical performance by

Singer and songwriter Timna Brauer, flutist Daniela Lahner, the Goldegg String Quartet, Gergely Sugar horn-player on the Shofar and violinist Orsolya Korcsolan

on

Wednesday, 27 January 2016 at 12.00 p.m.

in the

Rotunda, Vienna International Centre

Speakers at the event include:

UNOV Director-General Yury Fedotov

Permanent Representative of Israel Talya Lador-Fresher

Permanent Representative of Poland Adam Bugajski

 Moderated by Martin Nesirky,Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna.

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Following the performance, the Permanent Representative of Israel will present a special certificate honouring the memory and legacy of Władysław Bartoszewski - A Fighter for Freedom, A Moral Authority and A Man of Reconciliation - to the Permanent Representative of Poland.

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Media representatives who wish to attend and who are not already accredited to the VIC should write to press@unvienna.org. Please register no later than 12 noon on Monday 25 January 2016.

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For further information please contact:

Irene Hoeglinger-Neiva
Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-4448
Mobile: (+43-699) 1458-4448
Email: irene.hoeglinger-neiva[at]unvienna.org