A special thank you to our hosts at the Mercure in central Cardiff for their outstanding kindness and generosity

We began the day by revisiting the World Harmony Peace statue in Cardiff Bay

Then we ran to the Welsh Assembly building where we are met by.....

........ the Presiding Officer, Rosemary Butler AM

Rosemary Butler AM gave us a warm welcome and spoke to each of the runners. She gave us a tour of the building and told us that in eastern countries big decisions were often made by the elders of a community when they were sitting under a tree. In the picture above is the 'big tree' design in the Assembly building.

Rosemary Butler AM passes the torch to the Head Teacher of Mount Stuart Primary School in Cardiff, Peter Morris

Peter Morris leads the team on a short run to his school in Cardiff Bay

The children of Mount Stuart make some noise

The children of Mount Stuart make some peace

Everybody gets a chance to hold the torch

The staff join in the fun

A quick visit to Cardiff's very special running shop RUN AND BECOME to get some much needed supplies

The Mayor of each town or city prepares a message of Peace and Friendship to be delivered by the runners to the next city

The Mayor of Merthyr meets us at Ysgol Santes Tudful

The visit to Ysgol Santes Tudful was set up by the Health Coordinator, Ann Evans

The Mayor of Merthyr (left) with the coordinator of the Welsh Harmony Run, John Evans

The children run with us as we leave their school

Our friends from the Urdd join us for a visit to the Henrhyd Falls

Mr Urdd holds the torch

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Video Message from Davidson Hepburn, President (2009 - 2011) of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 25th Anniversary of the World Harmony Run and a vision for the decade: "Toward a Oneness-World".

Full Text of the 25th annversary message and link to 25 language informal Translations: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/25

or Click on language button for separate youtube videos wth sub titles in varous languages

See also:

• Youtube video on African experience which illustrates IYY slogan "Our Year Our Voice" International Year of Youth - Zambia World Harmony. They surprisingly mention Presidents and UN Secretary-General in a unique way!

• Listen to the World-Harmony-Run song: 2 min version // 6 min

– Devashishu

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Distance: 75 km

Team Members:
Salil Wilson (Australia), Apaguha Vesely (Czech Republic), Sandro Zincarini (Italy), Andre Carvalho Ribeiro (Portugal), Sumahat Strohn (Germany), Mladen Vujaklija (Croatia), Petar Mihaylov (Bulgaria), Rui Paulino (Portugal), Vladimir Ilyasov (Russian Federation), Laszlo Szente (Hungary), Barbara Tabackova (Slovakia), Padmasini (France), Mena (France), Welsh runners, British runners, Irish runners

Harmonemail:
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Gallery: See more images!

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