CALENDAR 2013

unartforpeace.org

Children & Teens

Imagine a World Free
of Nuclear Weapons

This calendar is comprised of the twelve winning entries in the

In order to make this a truly global contest, the colourful flyer

Art for Peace Contest 2012. The contest was sponsored by the

promoting the contest to children and teens was translated into 29

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Harmony for

languages. Many United Nations staff donated 10 minutes of their

Peace Foundation with the goal of having children and teens across

lunch hour in helping to promote a world free of nuclear weapons by

the globe Imagine a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.

translating the flyer into their native languages.

The contest ran from 1 February to 30 April 2012. Youth between

Each contestant was able to download a Certificate of Participation and

5 and 17 years of age could enter this contest, and it was open to

the winning entries also received a certificate from the United Nations

6,623 entries

photos of the winners with their certificates are posted to the website.

all children and teens in all countries. It attracted

from 92 countries around the world.

As the selection process unfolded over the month of May, a panel

140 jurors from 40 countries

Contestants in three age groups (ages 5-8, ages 9-12 and ages 13-

of

17), were encouraged to watch one of several short age-appropriate

to evaluate each work of art based on its creativity, composition,

video films online about the dangers of nuclear weapons, and then

theme and technique. In two rounds of online judging, the panellists

imagine a world free of nuclear weapons. Based on their musings,

selected twelve winners, four from each age group.

generously gave their time

the contestants were then asked to use their creative talents to draw,

sincere thanks to all

paint and sketch, using pens, pencils, crayons, charcoal, oil, acrylic

We wish to send our

paint or water colours, and upload original artwork to the online site.

teens, their teachers and parents, and to all the jurors who made this

the children and

contest such a wonderful success. The art work which Imagines a

Each entry was posted on the specially developed website

World free of Nuclear Weapons is truly inspiring.

(www.unartforpeace.org) for contestants to share their dream of peace.

The contest website received more than 1.25 million page views from

But it wasnt only about winning; everyone who entered the contest

over 187 countries. Each contestants work of art was posted to his

is a WINNER

FOR PEACE.

or her own webpage where family, friends and the public could vote
for the ones they liked using Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Over

For more information about this calendar or the work of the

50,000 Facebook likes, shares, and wall postings were recorded

Office for Disarmament Affairs, please contact unoda-web@un.org.

on the contest website.

Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace,

disarmament activist and internationally famed actor and producer
launched both the contest and the contest website through a public
service announcement that was aired on UNTV and was made
available to broadcasting companies across the globe.

The Harmony for Peace Foundation can be contacted at

info@harmonyforpeace.org.

JANUARY

by Itzel Azalia Joya Figueroa

FEEDING PEACE

ARTIST: Itzel Azalia Joya Figueroa | NATIONALITY: El Salvador | AGE: 17

Peace must be nurtured by humanity. In my

drawing I represent the marine life food chain
also implying that peace can destroy war.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

28

29

30

31

International Day
of Commemoration
in Memory of
the Victims of the
Holocaust

27

FEBRUARY

by Michelle Minzhi Li

LET PEACE FLY

ARTIST: Michelle Minzhi Li | NATIONALITY: USA | AGE: 11

Under the threat of nuclear war, the world

cries day and night. For those who love peace,
let us demolish nuclear weapons and let peace fly.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

World
Cancer
Day

13

14

15

16

22

23

World
Radio
Day

10

11

12
World
Day of
Social
Justice

International
Mother Language
Day

17

18

19

20

21

24

25

26

27

28

MARCH

by Mok Yan Ling

PEACE
FOR OUR
FUTURE
GENERATION

ARTIST: Mok Yan Ling | NATIONALITY: Malaysia | AGE: 12

I dream of a world with no fighting, where everyone is determined to

make it a better place for future generations. The doves of peace will
overcome all greed and set us free from nuclear threats forever.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

International
Womens Day

13

14

15

16

5
World
Radio
Day

10

11

12

International
Day of Happiness

International Day
for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination

World
Water
Day

World
Meteorological
Day

World Poetry Day

17
World Tuberculosis Day
International Day for
the Right to the Truth
concerning Gross Human
Rights Violations and for
the Dignity of Victims

24

18

19

20

26

27

23

21

22

28

29 30/31

International
Day of Nowruz
World Down
Syndrome Day

International Day of
Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
International Day of
Solidarity with Detained
and Missing Staff Members

25

APRIL
by Sutatip Maijan

DEFENSE
COOPERATION

ARTIST: Sutatip Maijan | NATIONALITY: Thailand | AGE: 16

In my picture people around the world play together to protect the world. Similarly, there
is an umbrella to protect against solar rays. A nuclear weapon is a mass destructive
weapon from which many living things will be affected. People from different nations
come together to sweep away nuclear weapons so as to create peace for our future.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

World
Autism
Awareness
Day

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

International Day
for Mine Awareness
and Assistance in
Mine Action

Day of Remembrance
of the Victims of the
Rwanda Genocide

International Day of
Human Space Flight

World Health Day

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

International
Mother Earth Day

21
World Day for
Safety and Health
at Work

28

World Book and

Copyright Day

22
Day of Remembrance
for all Victims of
Chemical Warfare

29

23
International
Jazz Day

30

World
Malaria Day

24

World Intellectual
Property Day

25

26

27

MAY by Haruka Shoji

SOMEDAY

ARTIST: Haruka Shoji | NATIONALITY: Japan | AGE: 17

Maybe it is your child, or your grandchild, or much

more later one who says bye to nuclear weapons.
Or, maybe, its you.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

World Press
Freedom Day

Time of Remembrance and

Reconciliation for Those
Who Lost Their Lives during
the Second World War

Day of
Vesak

World
Migratory Bird
Day

13

14
World Day for Cultural
Diversity for Dialogue
and Development

19

20

21

15

27

28

11

16

17

18

23

24

25

International Day for

Biological Diversity

22
International Day
of UN Peacekeepers

26

10
World
Telecommunication and
Information Society Day

International
Day of
Families

12

29

World
No-Tobacco
Day

30

31

JUNE by Areen Hamad

VOICE OF EARTH

ARTIST: Areen Hamad | NATIONALITY: Pakistan | AGE: 7

The nuclear inventions are destroying me.

Stop the inventions of destruction.
I want to be a happy Earth.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

1
International
Day of Innocent
Children Victims
of Aggression

World
Environment
Day

World
Oceans
Day

World Day
Against
Child
Labour

10

11

World
Blood
Donor
Day

12

World Day
to Combat
Desertification
and Drought

16
23

World
Elder Abuse
Awareness
Day

13

14

15

20

21

22

27

28 29/30

World
Refugee
Day

17

United Nations
Public Service
Day
International
Widows Day

18
Day of the
Seafarer

24

19
International Day
against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking

25

United Nations International

Day in Support of Victims of
Torture

26

JULY

by Eugene Ugolnikov

SMILE

ARTIST: Eugene Ugolnikov | NATIONALITY: Russia | AGE: 7

With no threat of nuclear war on the planet,

there will be smiling children everywhere.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

International Day
of Cooperatives

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

11

12

13

World
Population
Day

10
Nelson Mandela
International
Day

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

30

31

World
Hepatitis
Day

International
Day of
Friendship

28

29

AUGUST

by Ai Yamanaka

NATURE

ARTIST: Ai Yamanaka | NATIONALITY: Japan | AGE: 16

This is [the atomic bomb called] Little Boy that was dropped on Hiroshima at 8:15 on
August 6, 1945. The senselessness of a bomb is expressed by a bird playing. The wish for
the abolition of nuclear weapons is sent to the world from Hiroshima, City of peace.
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

International Day
of the Worlds
Indigenous People

10

12

13

14

15

16

17

International
Youth Day

11
World
Humanitarian
Day

18

International Day for the

Remembrance of the Slave
Trade and Its Abolition

19

20

21

22

26

27

28

24

International Day
of the Victims
of Enforced
Disappearances

International
Day against
Nuclear Tests

25

23

29

30

31

SEPTEMBER by Karina Pershina

WORLD WITHOUT
ATOMIC WAR

ARTIST: Karina Pershina | NATIONALITY: Kazakhstan | AGE: 12

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

10

11

12

13

14

International
Literacy Day

International
Day of
Democracy

International Day
for the Preservation
of the Ozone Layer

15

16

International
Day of Peace

17

18

19
World
Tourism
Day

22

23

29

30

World
Heart
Day

24

25

26

21

20
World
Maritime
Day

World
Rabies
Day

27

28

OCTOBER by Zhihan Lu

WE LOVE PEACE

ARTIST: Zhihan Lu | NATIONALITY: China | AGE: 7

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY
World
Habitat Day

WEDNESDAY

13

8
International Day
of Rural Women

14

15

SATURDAY
World
Teachers
Day

World
Post
Day

International
Day for Disaster
Reduction

FRIDAY

International
Day of
Non-Violence

International
Day of Older
Persons

THURSDAY

11

12

17

18

19

24

25

26

World Mental
Health Day

International
Day of the
Girl Child

9
World
Food
Day

10

World Sight
Day

International
Day for the
Eradication of
Poverty

16
United Nations
Day

20

21

22

23

28

29

30

World
Development
Information
Day

World Day
for Audiovisual
Heritage

27

31

NOVEMBER

by Annika Tiedemann

GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH!

ARTIST: Annika Tiedemann | NATIONALITY: Germany | AGE: 12

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

International Day
for Preventing the
Exploitation of the
Environment in War
and Armed Conflict

5
World
Pneumonia
Day

World Science
Day for Peace and
Development

10

11

12

13
Universal
Childrens Day

18

7
World
Diabetes
Day

World Day of
Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims

17

19

Africa
Industrialization
Day

20

World
Philosophy
Day

14

15

21

22

25

World Chronic
Obstructive
Pulmonary
Disease Day

16

World
Television
Day

International
Day for the
Elimination of
Violence against
Women

24

International
Day for
Tolerance

23

International Day
of Solidarity with
the Palestinian
People

26

27

28

29

30

DECEMBER
by Galuh Edelweiss

IN A
WORLD
FREE OF
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS

ARTIST: Galuh Edelweiss | NATIONALITY: Indonesia | AGE: 8

I think if there was no war then there would be no nuclear weapons, bombs, and fear that makes it all
destroyed. The world will definitely feel comfortable, peaceful, and beautiful. We can see various plants
and colorful flowers thriving, butterflies quietly sucking honey, free-flying birds in the sky, and beautiful
views of the twilight sky... All occur freely, without limits, without pressure, without fears...
SUNDAY
World
AIDS
Day

MONDAY
International Day
for the Abolition
of Slavery

WEDNESDAY

International Day
of Persons with
Disabilities

2
International
Anti-Corruption
Day

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

International Volunteer
Day for Economic and
Social Development

3
Human
Rights
Day

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY
International
Civil Aviation
Day

11

12

13

14

International
Mountain
Day

10
International
Migrants Day

United Nations Day

for South-South
Cooperation

International
Human
Solidarity Day

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Children & Teens Imagine a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

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FEBRUARY

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