United Nations Welcomes World Youth Peace Summit at a Reception at the United Nations on Feb 9th 2011

HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ ---The World Youth Peace Summit will hold a special reception on Wednesday February 9th, 2011 at the United Nations in New York, NY. This event will introduce the World Youth Peace Summit to the United Nations community. The reception will be held at the United Nations Delegates Room from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Mr. Amir Dossal, the acclaimed former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Partnerships and Founder and Chairman of the Global Partnerships Forum, will be introduced as the Special Envoy to the World Youth Peace Summit.

A Press Conference announcing Mr. Dossal's appointment as Special Envoy to the World Youth Peace Summit will be held at 11:30am on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium.

"We are so honored to have the support of the United Nations community and are particularly thankful to Mr. Amir Dossal for accepting our invitation to serve as Special Envoy to the Summit," said Dan Doyle, the Founder and Executive Director of the World Youth Peace Summit. "The World Youth Peace Summit brings scholar-athletes and scholar-artists from all over the world to Connecticut, so it truly is a natural partnership and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to incorporate the mission of the United Nations with the Summit's goals of promoting peace through athletics and the arts."

Nobel Laureate and former United States Vice President Al Gore, General Colin Powell and acclaimed author of Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, will speak at the World Youth Peace Summit, which comes to Connecticut in June and July, 2011. The schedule is as follows:

• June 26-July 1:  Phase I of the World Youth Peace Summit will take place in the form of the World Scholar-Athlete Games. Approximately 2500 scholar-athletes and scholar-artists representing virtually every country in the world will convene at the University of Hartford and Greater Hartford for this acclaimed program, which began in 1993. Past speakers at the World Scholar-Athlete Games have included United States President Bill Clinton, Senator George Mitchell, and a host of other dignitaries representing many countries.
• July 1-July 4: The World Youth Peace Summit convenes:  The 2500 scholar-athletes and scholar-artists will be joined by thousands of graduates of the World Scholar-Athlete Games, as well as others representing distinguished organizations such as the United Nations at the inaugural World Youth Peace Summit.

Peace Walks on a Global Scale

On May 21 and 22, the World Youth Peace Summit will administer Peace Walks in countries throughout the world.  The Peace Walks will be organized by participants in the 2011 World Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit.  On May 21, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu will serve as Grand Marshal of the Connecticut Peace Walk, which will take place in Hartford, Connecticut and is expected to draw thousands of walkers.  Archbishop Tutu will also deliver a major address on May 20 in Hartford.  

About Amir Dossal

Mr. Dossal is Founder of the Global Partnerships Forum, a new global initiative to address economic & social challenges through innovative partnerships: www.globalpf.org. Mr. Dossal is also Co-Initiator of the Pearl Initiative, which promotes transparency and accountability in the Gulf Region. He is also Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union for Global Partnerships. Mr. Dossal was recently appointed Ambassador for Peace and Sport by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of the organization, and by Joel Bouzou, its President and Founder.

For more information about Amir Dossal please visit http://www.un.org/partnerships/aadbio.htm

For more information on the 2011 World Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit please visit www.youthpeacesummit.org or www.internationalsport.com/wsag.

SOURCE World Youth Peace Summit