Luanda – The third edition of the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace in Africa "Biennial of Luanda," to be hosted in Angola from October 12-14 will focus on education and citizenship and the segment called "intergenerational dialogue”.
The "intergenerational dialogue" will bring together Heads of State and leaders of large organizations and young people to have a dialogue on peace, said the UNESCO Assistant Director for "Priority-Africa", Eduardo Motoko, in a recent interview with the Press Centre of the Presidency of the Republic (CIPRA).
Motoko said that this will certainly be a good moment for reflection and learning for leaders and young people.
In his view, there are ways to increase the awareness of leaders on the need for peace.
"Leaders in Africa are examples for many young people and if they do not show good examples of peace and solve conflicts peacefully, the generation of young people will also not make a difference," Motoko said.
The UNESCO official affirmed that for a culture of peace to be effective in the continent, all segments of the society must be taken into account.
Motoko underlined that the III edition of the Biennial of Luanda was adopted by the Heads of State of the African Union and by UNESCO, an event that is becoming more and more important for both organisations.
Eduardo Motoko recalled that the last edition of the Luanda Biennale was attended by many people and institutions of the continent, including the Heads of State and of government, a situation applauded by UNESCO that includes these actions in its Interdisciplinary Programme for the Culture of Peace launched in the 1990s, at a time when Africa was facing several conflicts such as Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Angola.
The Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace in Africa, better known as the Luanda Biennial, was established by Decision No. 558/XXIV and adopted during the 24th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which indicated Angola government to materialize it in connection with UNESCO and the African Union.
The Luanda Biennale is a platform for discussion and cross-border concert, which aims to promote actions that contribute to strengthening the Pan African movement and maintaining a culture of peace and non-violence in the continent and the world, anchored in the aspirations of the African Union that is the commitment to ensure an integrated, peaceful and prosperous Africa, where its children assume a position of solidarity in the ongoing processes of economic and social transformation.
4th edition of the Biennial
In addition to the 3rd edition, the country will also host the 4th edition of the Peace Biennial and the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace in Africa scheduled for 2025 also in connection with UNESCO and the African Union.
The second edition of the Biennale of Peace and the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace in Africa of Luanda took place in November 2021 in a hybrid form, under the slogan "Arts, culture and heritage: levers to build the Africa we want". ART/Amp/jmc
