Human Rights Day Essay Contest
Over 80 teachers, high school students, and American diplomats filled the Honolulu Room of the U.S. Embassy to acknowledge and congratulate the finalists and the winners of the English essay contest “The Meaning of Tolerance in the Modern World”. The contest, which drew 364 submissions from 32 high schools and national colleges throughout Bucharest, was launched in December in coordination with the 63rd anniversary of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Libby Gitenstein, wife the U.S. Ambassador to Bucharest, Cristina Balan, Director of the U.N. Information Center in Romania, Giovana Soare, Communication and Human Resources Director at Apa Nova, and Daniela Stanculescu from the Bucharest City Mayor Office, each made remarks, emphasizing the importance of upholding human rights in democratic society (Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office)
Human Rights Day Essay Contest
Over 80 teachers, high school students, and American diplomats filled the Honolulu Room of the U.S. Embassy to acknowledge and congratulate the finalists and the winners of the English essay contest “The Meaning of Tolerance in the Modern World”. The contest, which drew 364 submissions from 32 high schools and national colleges throughout Bucharest, was launched in December in coordination with the 63rd anniversary of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Libby Gitenstein, wife the U.S. Ambassador to Bucharest, Cristina Balan, Director of the U.N. Information Center in Romania, Giovana Soare, Communication and Human Resources Director at Apa Nova, and Daniela Stanculescu from the Bucharest City Mayor Office, each made remarks, emphasizing the importance of upholding human rights in democratic society (Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office)