Letter by Joseph Verner Reed,26 August 1996

Dear Mr. Hediger,

This is to confirm, on behalf of the Secretary-General, that the International Association of Peace Messenger Cities (the Association) is authorized to designate new and additional Peace Messenger Cities under the following terms and conditions:

• Duly authorized applications by candidate cities shall be submitted to the Association;
• Following a unanimous recommendation by the Executive Board, the General Assembly of the Association shall designate a candidate city as Peace Messenger City;
• The highest standards of the Charter of the United Nations and of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly of the Association shall be maintained in the designation of a city as Peace Messenger City;
• The General Assembly of the Association, upon unanimous recommendation of the Executive Board,    shall have the authority to withdraw the designation of a city as Peace Messenger City;
• Any action of the General Assembly of the Association in this or other respects shall not carry any financial or legal obligations for the United Nations;
• The Secretary-General reserves the right to express his views and recommendations on the designation of a particular city as Peace Messenger City to the General Assembly of the Association.

In recognition of the active and effective service of the Association for the cause of international peace and understanding and of its efforts of support for the United Nations as an instrument for achieving that goal, it is our hope and conviction that the designation of new and additional Peace Messenger Cities will strengthen the Association and enhance its activities.

In recognition of the active and effective service of the Association for the cause of international peace and understanding and of its efforts of support for the United Nations as an instrument for achieving that goal, it is our hope and conviction that the designation of new and additional Peace Messenger Cities will strengthen the Association and enhance its activities.

Allow me to convey my personal wishes for success to the General Assembly in Bologna, Italy.  Due to another urgent mission for the Secretary-General I will, much to my regret, not be able to participate in its proceedings.

With best regards,

Sincerely yours,
Joseph Verner Reed
Under-Secretary-General
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Public Affairs