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Thant first approached Casals, who was a personal friend, looking to create a hymn to peace and hoping for the song to be based on the preamble of the Charter of the United Nations. Thant later commissioned Auden to write the poem after Casals requested one to set to music. Auden completed his work in three days time.
The tune became used for the French socialist song "Au-devant de la vie" (lit. ' Ahead of Life '). [5] New lyrics to the tune of "United Nations on the March, titled "Salute to CYUC (M-L)" were written and performed by the Canadian Cultural Worker's Committee, a front for the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist).
In January 2014, Abhay K. of the United Nations Permanent Delegation of India cited a need for a global anthem. [6] While UNESCO's assistant director general Éric Falt agreed it was necessary but claimed UNESCO "lack[ed the] resources to organize an online global competition to select an Earth Anthem".
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the International Year of the Child .
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Uniting Nations then released songs that included "Music in Me" and the promotional "High Energy" in 2006 and a fourth official single called "Do It Yourself" in 2007, a cover of American singer Gloria Gaynor's 1975 song of the same name. The band took a break in 2010 to concentrate on writing and producing for other established acts.
[3] [7] The eighth Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, mentioned the carpet and quoted Saadi's poem in a speech made in Tehran in 2012 in these words: [23] "There is a magnificent carpet – I think the largest carpet the United Nations has – that adorns the wall of the United Nations, a gift from the people of Iran.
"You and Me" is a song by British dance music act Uniting Nations from their 2005 debut album, One World. The song was fronted by new band member Craig Powell and includes vocals from studio session artist Jinian Wilde. Released on 25 July 2005, the single reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.