It was a unique experience and great honor for mr Ioannis Maronitis, president of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands, Member of the EB WFUCA and CEO-General President INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART to participate in UN GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT. Mr Maronitis reported on how Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands and INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART, with their small potential, work hard to achieve the goals of sustainable UN development to make the world a better place by 2030. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, these efforts to create better conditions for the future of humanity became more challenging and we need to work even harder and all together on the following goals:

1. NO POVERTY
2. ZERO HUNGER
3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
4. QUALITY EDUCATION
5. GOOD JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
6. CLIMATE ACTION
7. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

At the same time, mr Ioannis Maronitis mentioned that the biggest victim of covid-19 pandemic is culture. 10% of museums that closed due to pandemic will not reopen. Their financial situation will be affected for a lot of years.
Mr Maronitis also wondered if Cultural institutions, companies and social strustures against poverty are going to have a special operating protocol. About theaters, Festivals, Seminars, Museums, theater schools, Cinemas and Concerts, under what circumstances, conditions and operating rules are going to reopen. What about Cultural Tourism? The culture is the heart of tourism development policy. Cultural tourism includes tourism in urban areas, especially in historic, large cities and cultural facilities such as museums and theaters.Cultural tourism is the fastest growing product on the global tourism industry.
Will it continue to be a powerful tool of the economy?
This is the start of the Decade of Action of the Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19 is a real challenge. We have to come together in solidarity to get over pandemic.

Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands and INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART with their small potential, work hard to achieve the goals of sustainable UN development to make the world a better place. CULTURE is the key, the best way to confront all the difficulties.  mr Ioannis Maronitis, president of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands, Member of the EB WFUCA and CEO-General President INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART participated in the teleconference  about “Poetic Dialogue”.

The main goal of this project is to create a special poetic videoconcert where children read poems. In this project children of two schools the T.N. Khrennikov Art School (Moscow) and the Russian Children Theater Teremok (Washington) get acquainted and discuss Russian, Greek and American poetry staying in their own countries. Even nowadays  that covid19 made culture a big victim we have to prove that through culture poetry and arts, we  can improve our mental health,  find different and creative ways to spend our time and make our world a better place for living all together. Poetry is a basic category of speech and an ancient art form of speech. Poetry existed even before the people start writing, but it is impossible to define it, there are not exact rules. Poetry is the first form of art that man has spoken of and is the most emotional, musical and safest way of psychic revelation in people's lives; it is our "deepest" voice. The voice that comes out of us. The ancient Greeks developed epic, lyric and drama poetry. It is noteworthy that five of the nine Muses were patrons of various genres of poetry. Among the greatest poets of the world are the epic Homer, the ancient Greek tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and the comedian Aristophanes. Poetry as a definition of Freedom, as an occasion for drastic development, was expressed by Alexander Pushkin, the greatest Russian poet who is considered as the creator of modern Russian literature. He was also as well-known philhellene. In 1817 he wrote the ode "Freedom". Maxim Gorky said for him: "For us Russians, Pushkin is the beginning of every beginning". His work captures all the principles of poetry, as well as his passion for life. From the USA is important to remember Robert Frost awarded four times with Pulitzer Prize. He also visited in 1961 Greece the Socrates country as he said. At the initiative of UNESCO in 1999, March 21st has been designated as World Poetry Day.

ΤΗΑΝΚ YOU "ART & ART Magazine", also the publisher and director of Fine Arts of INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART Mr. Nikolaos Amorgianos for the beautiful feature of the Conference "MUSIC & AUTISM" that took place at the "MEGARON" the Athens Concert Hall on March 8, 2020 under the aegis of INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART and Club for UNESCO Piraeus and Islands.