‘Golden Rule,’ amerikaneren Norman Rockwells ikonisk mosaik i FN-bygningen på Manhattan, kan atter ses i sin fulde glans efter at være repareret for revner og andre tidens tegn som led i renoveringen af hele bygningen på East Side.
NEW YORK, 5 February 2014 (UN News Service): A mosaic based a on a work by American artist Norman Rockwell, long a favourite attraction on tours of the United Nations in New York, has been re-dedicated following its restoration during the reconstruction of the Headquarters complex.
Entitled “Golden Rule,” the work was presented to the UN in 1985 as a gift on behalf of the United States by then First Lady Nancy Reagan.
The half-ton mosaic depicts (forestiller) people of different nationalities standing together with the words “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” inscribed on the surface.
Speaking at the rededication ceremony Monday, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson ascribed the popularity of the work to its embrace both of multiculturalism and the idealism at the core of the United Nations.
“It reflects humanity – the wondrous mix of nationalities, creeds (oprindelse) and colours. But it also reflects the very essence of our mission as set out in our Charter,” Mr. Eliasson said.
“At its core, the work is about narrowing the gap between the world as it is and the world as we want it to be,” he said.
Mr. Eliasson (a Swedish national) noted that the ethic described by the Golden Rule is common to numerous traditions.
He cited a number of maxims, from the biblical “Love thy neighbour as thyself,” to the Yoruba (sprog i Nigeria,red.) “One taking a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”
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