Saturday, September 25, 2010

Peace fleet sails into Biograd


Underprivileged children from 12 countries are taking part in a UN annual sailing jaunt in Croatia.The 'Peaceful Sea' event started in 1992 to help bring children from warring Yugoslavia together, aims at bring "peace and social integration, tolerance and understanding among nations."Event organisers say the children from countries including Croatia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Kosovo, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will spend several days working as a team under the slogan "discard prejudice."Austrian ambassador to Croatia Jan Kickert said: "For me this project is the embodiment of all of the values that the European Union advocates and promotes, and those are peace, communality, mutual respect and solidarity," he said.For the fourth year in a row, Marina Kornati and company Ilirija will be host to the 900 boats in Biograd, the daily Zadarski List writes.

Source: Croatian Times Online News

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