Bio

Author and journalist Anna Cataldi (Italy) was appointed 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.