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On July 31, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) approved the nomination of the Baltic Way to be included in the Memory of the World Register in the 20th anniversary since the event took place.
President of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO Andris Vilks said: “It is confirmation of the Baltic Way being a world-wide phenomenon. As it is known, the action in the Baltic States was followed by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic took place, and Eastern Europe peacefully got free from the enforced regime.”
On 23 August 1939 foreign ministers of the USSR and Germany – Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop, as ordered by their superiors Stalin and Hitler, signed a treaty which affected the fate of Europe and the entire world. This pact, and the secret clauses it contained, divided the spheres of influence of the USSR and Germany and led to World War II, and to the occupation of the three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
50 years later, on 23 August 1989, the three nations living by the Baltic Sea surprised the world by taking hold of each other’s hands and jointly demanding the disclosure of the secret clauses in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the re-establishment of the independence of the Baltic States.
About two million people of various ages and social, national, and religious backgrounds all joined hands to create a 600 km long human chain from the foot of Toompea in Tallinn to the foot of the Gediminas Tower in Vilnius, crossing Riga and the River Daugava on its way, creating a synergy in the drive for freedom and democracy that united the three countries. The event proved the strong will of the three Baltic States to restore their independence.
Jul
31
Klaipėda will arrange the greatest world Tall Ships’ Races for the first time. The first historic regatta of tall ships was arranged more than 50 years ago. 20 ships took part in that regatta, and today the greatest in the world race of historic ships collects more than 100 sailing vessels and marine yachts. The main purpose of the regatta is to bring up young people of different nations, religions and social origin through sailing, to provide them with new experiences of the team work in the sea.
Starting in Gdynia (Poland), “The Tall Ships’ Races Baltic 2009” regatta is going to visit St. Petersburg (Russia), Turku (Finland), and finish in Klaipėda.
The regatta and its welcoming events will coincide with the traditional Sea Festival. More that 100 vessels will moor at the embankments of Klaipėda, 10 of them are more than 40 meters long. Klaipėda will be visited by about 4000 crew members, more than half of them are young people from 15 to 25 years of age. Klaipėda will celebrate the regatta for 4 days and nights – parades, visiting of the ships, concerts, the award ceremony, sports competitions and other events will be held. The regatta events will be highlighted by the parade of the crews along the city streets and the Parade of Sails leaving the port and sailing to the open sea.
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