Dubai Handed New Guinness World Record for largest Buttons Mosaic – in the shape of a Peace Dove
The organizing committee responsible for The Peace and Sport Dubai Forum 2013 was handed the certificate for the largest buttons mosaic in the world. The Mosaic depicts a peace dove in the colours of the United Arab Emirates using plastic buttons. The feat was executed with the support of Emaar, which had provided a distinct location at “Burj Plaza” across the “Burj Khalifa”, and was spearheaded by Fareed Lafta one of Peace & Sports global ambassadors for peace with the help and participation of hundreds of volunteers from different nationalities who laid the buttons over 10 days.
Talal Omar, the Guinness Book of World Records country manager announced the new record facts of one million and 19 thousand and 73 buttons spread over an area of more than 361 square meters.
The organizing committee for The Peace and Sport Dubai Forum 2013 received the certificate with the attendance of Dr. Ahmad AlSharif, Secretary General of the Dubai Sport Council, Ahmad Al Matrooshi, Managing Director of Emaar, as well as many public, community and sporting personalities and representatives that were keen to attend this milestone event as one of the many community events that are planned in preparation to the Peace and Sport Forum – Dubai 2013 which will be on the 23rd and 24th of April, the first time such a Forum will be held in the Middle East.
Dr. Ahmad AlSharif, head of the Peace and Sport Forum organising committee said; “This event is truly global in all its aspects; it is a message of peace and love from Dubai to the world, a world record, and its relevance comes within the framework of efforts to highlight the Peace and Sport Forum that will be held for the first time in Middle East and hosted by Dubai.”
And he adds “We are confident that this world record recognition will keep the Peace and Sport Forum in the books for years to come. We are thankful to all those who participated in each of the one million and 19 thousand buttons that make up this mosaic, especially employees of Rashid Centre for Special Needs and school students, and the numerous youth from various countries around the world living in Dubai and consider the UAE their home, and ensure that they express their love for the UAE in different manners.”
The Mosaic symbolises peace, love and harmony, factors that represent the role played by Dubai and the United Arab Emirates in the world and embody its oasis of peace and security and the convergence of the people who call the UAE their home where residents from more than 200 nationalities living in harmony as one community.
About the Dubai Sports Council
The Dubai Sport Council, was founded on 30 November 2005 by Decree of the Vice President of the UEA, the Prime Minister, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Governor of Dubai.
Its objectives are:
- Develop and improve sport in Dubai
- Create an environment full of sports that meets the requirements of society
- Prepare the ground so that young people can develop their sports and cultural skills to perform at a national, regional and international level.
- The mission is to establish a perfect sports sector to make Dubai a world leader in sports.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.dubaisportscouncil.ae
About Peace and Sport
Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport is a neutral and apolitical international initiative. Created in 2007, the organization is based in Monaco, under high Patronage of HSH the Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Peace and Sport puts sport and its structuring values at the heart of development projects led within communities in crisis around the world. With missions in post-conflict zones, areas of extreme poverty or lacking social cohesion, Peace and Sport makes sport a vehicle for tolerance, respect, sharing and citizenship at the service of sustainable peace.
Supported by governments, world sport governing bodies, international organizations, major international companies in the private sector and international sports champions, Peace and Sport creates synergies between various different stakeholders to carry out four types of action:
- Organizing an annual International Forum (next edition in Monaco, 31 octobre-2 November 2012)
- a platform for cooperation for peace through sport,
- The Peace and Sport Awards, to reward individuals and initiatives contributing to peace,
- Locally-Based Projects; concrete actions in different regions of crisis in the world.
- Peace and Sport was founded by Joel Bouzou, current President of the organisation. Mr. Bouzou is Olympic medallist and Champion of world of Modern Pentathlon.
He is also President of the world Olympians Association and Secretary General of the Union international de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) and Advisor to H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.peace-sport.org
