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 Route of the Ribbon event held in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 1985 | |
| Formation | April 11, 1983[1] |
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| Founder | Justine Merritt |
| Legal status | United Nations non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | Anti-nuclear protest |
| Website | www |
The Ribbon International is a United Nations non-governmental organization that created a large decorated cloth promoting nuclear disarmament and care and protection of the earth. In an event held on August 4, 1985, panels were connected in an 18 miles (29 km) long strip stretching from the Pentagon into Washington D.C. The event was covered in the film The Ribbon Starts Here by Nigel Noble (1988). Individual sections of the Ribbon are exhibited internationally. In 1991, The Ribbon International became a United Nations Non Governmental Organization.[2] Ribbon events can be held for special designated days such as the International Day of Peace (September 21), Earth Day (April 21), special prayer days or other events.[3] Panels from the Ribbon were displayed at the United Nations Decade for Women international conference in Nairobi in 1985, and others were used by members of Women for a Meaningful Summit at their demonstration at the Geneva Summit (1985). Ribbons were used at peace demonstrations at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, and the Horse Creek Missile Silo near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament in 1986.[4]
- ^ Pershing 1996, p. 98.
- ^ "The Ribbon International". UN NGO Directory. United Nations. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Peppers, Michelle (June 2011). "The Ribbon is an Art Project Promoting Peace". International Teacher: 14. ISSN 1396-8580.
- ^ Pershing 1996, p. 264.