Prominent persons from all over the world attended the 12th Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, which took place in Paris, on 16 October 2012, at the UNESCO’ s headquarters. This year, for the first time, the Goodwill Ambassadors were joined by Artists for Peace, Champions for Sport and Special Envoys for Education; all the categories of UNESCO emissaries.
The internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil, described as the greatest show on earth, came to Greece for the first time in September 2012, and dedicated one of its performances to the Association of Friends of Children with cancer ELPIDA, in order to support the new vision of the Association, the establishment of a Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Bank.