(ANSA) - ASSISI (PERUGIA), 18 DEC - The Lamp of Peace of the Friars of Assisi was delivered, albeit at a distance to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The United Nations representative was unable to attend the ceremony in person but connected from New York as a precautionary measure after having been in contact with people who tested positive for Covid, despite having tested negative for the virus.
To materially receive the Lamp of Peace was therefore the director general of FAO, Qu Dongyu.
King Abdullah second of Jordan is also connected with the Upper Basilica of St. Francis.
The ceremony took place on the sidelines of the recording of the 36 / o Christmas concert which will be broadcast on Rai1 on Saturday 25 December at 12.30 in Eurovision after the Pope's Urbi etOrbi message. representation of the Italian Government, the president of the Italian Bishops' Conference, cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, the president of Rai, MarinellaSoldi, the managing director of the Railways, Luigi Ferraris, that of Ita, Fabio Lazzerini, and Stefano Lucchini of IntesaSanpaolo.
The concert is conducted by Maestro William Eddins with the participation of the cellist Hauser, and the tenor RobertoAlagna. The Rai National Symphonic Orchestra and the "I Piccoli Musici" choir will accompany the artistsled by master Mario Mora. (HANDLE).
