Author and journalist Anna Cataldi (Italy) was designated UN Messenger of Peace in 1998. She is the author of ¡°Letters from Sarajevo¡± which chronicled the impact of war on Bosnia¡¯s children. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ms. Cataldi initiated a project to create and distribute a ¡°passport¡± version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for children. As a human rights advocate, she has traveled to a number of conflict zones where the UN is engaged, including the Balkans, Central Africa and Afghanistan.

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