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13/09/2001
Europe to hold three-minute-silence for US victims
Citizens across Europe will be observing a three-minute-silence on Friday morning to pay their respects to the thousands presumed dead in New York and Washington terrorist attacks.
The move prompted by a meeting of European Union foreign ministers declared Friday an EU-wide day of mourning and asked all Europeans to observe a three-minute silence at 10am GMT (11am BST).
Meanwhile in America, President Bush has declared Friday a day for prayer and remembrance.
Walter Schwimmer, the Council of Europe’s General Secretary said: “I appeal to the 800 million citizens in the Council of Europe member states to join us in this moment of grief, in an expression of our deepest sympathy with the victims and their families, and of our solidarity with the government of the United States.”
In the UK, the BBC has announced that it is changing the traditional programme of the last night of the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 15 September. Nicholas Kenyon, Director of the BBC Proms said: “We feel it is vital to respond to people’s mood at this difficult and sombre time, and at the same time to show that music can affirm our shared humanity.”
A further unprecedented move was made by the UK when the US national anthem was played during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
Meanwhile the City Hall in Belfast will be the focal point for a three-minute silence on Friday morning.
People have been asked to gather at the front of the City Hall from 10.45am to observe a three-minute silence at 11am, followed by an Act of Mourning.
Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers said: "This short Act of Mourning is a means of allowing people to express their support and prayers to the American nation, and especially to those who have been bereaved through these horrendous attacks.”
The Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has declared Friday a day of mourning and has requested that businesses close down for the day as a mark of respect for the many Irish citizens feared dead in the terrorist attacks. (AMcE)
The move prompted by a meeting of European Union foreign ministers declared Friday an EU-wide day of mourning and asked all Europeans to observe a three-minute silence at 10am GMT (11am BST).
Meanwhile in America, President Bush has declared Friday a day for prayer and remembrance.
Walter Schwimmer, the Council of Europe’s General Secretary said: “I appeal to the 800 million citizens in the Council of Europe member states to join us in this moment of grief, in an expression of our deepest sympathy with the victims and their families, and of our solidarity with the government of the United States.”
In the UK, the BBC has announced that it is changing the traditional programme of the last night of the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 15 September. Nicholas Kenyon, Director of the BBC Proms said: “We feel it is vital to respond to people’s mood at this difficult and sombre time, and at the same time to show that music can affirm our shared humanity.”
A further unprecedented move was made by the UK when the US national anthem was played during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
Meanwhile the City Hall in Belfast will be the focal point for a three-minute silence on Friday morning.
People have been asked to gather at the front of the City Hall from 10.45am to observe a three-minute silence at 11am, followed by an Act of Mourning.
Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers said: "This short Act of Mourning is a means of allowing people to express their support and prayers to the American nation, and especially to those who have been bereaved through these horrendous attacks.”
The Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has declared Friday a day of mourning and has requested that businesses close down for the day as a mark of respect for the many Irish citizens feared dead in the terrorist attacks. (AMcE)
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