In an "innovative outreach", an imposing mural on the premises of India's Permanent Mission to the UN depicts a multi-pronged theme of environmentally sustainable green jobs, Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, the International Labour Organisation's centenary celebration and India leading the global greening effort as documented recently by NASA.
The mural, on the sidewall of the Permanent Mission of India to the UN here, was created by French artist, originally from Portugal, Victor Ash to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as well as Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. The mural, an innovative collaboration with the ILO and non-profit organization Street Art for Mankind', was inaugurated Tuesday.
The imposing white, black, grey and green mural depicts a gigantic weightless astronaut, floating in space, a green lndia visible in the astronaut's helmet visor. Gandhi's portrait and the number 150' are on the astronaut's spacesuit's left arm while a patch with the ILO logo and the numeric '100' is on the right arm.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said the ILO worked with the India's Permanent Mission to promote a global concern - environmentally sustainable green jobs. He said the mural's theme also has other elements of India - green jobs, the NASA report and Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.
"Rare is an occasion that you can get so many themes together," Akbaruddin said as the mural was inaugurated in the presence of ILO Director-General Guy Ryder as well as top UN diplomats.
"We hope that this innovative outreach, which goes beyond diplomatic outreach, reaches out to people on the street in a form that is comprehensible to them."
Akbaruddin voiced appreciation for Ash for being able to "artistically depict the multiple themes in a way that all of us can comprehend."
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