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UNECSO Representative Cristina Cojocaru, giving speech at the LICD 2023 - 

Labschool's International Culture Day (LICD) 2023 activities on February 10 2023 with the theme "Diversity within Strength and Unity" is an important essence for completes the 2023 Art, Culture, and Education Exhibition (ACEX) series of activities

this year it was worked on by Class of 2021 SMP Labschool Kebayoran. Aims to promote global awareness, friendship and tolerance of intercultural diversity countries, LICD is held in collaboration with three important pillars in the implementation of education namely schools, students and parents who are members of the Parents and Teachers Association (POMG) SMP Labschool Kebayoran. 

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Friday (10/02/23), fourteen national representatives attended the school which is located at Jalan K.H. Ahmad Dahlan No 14 District of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta are Republic of Ireland, Bulgaria, Belarus, Australia, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, South Korea,Morocco, France, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine and Jordan. There were three Ambassadors for Indonesia who were guests of honor namely the Ambassador of the country: Republic of Ireland, H.E. Mr. Pádraig Francis, Ambassador of Bulgaria, H.E. Mr. Petar Andonov, and the Ambassador of Belarus, H.E. Mr. Valery Kolesnik. Apart from that, they are also present representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on culturally themed activities. As a representative of the Indonesian Diplomat, LICD also attended by Prof. Dr. H. Yuddy Chrisnandi, S.E., M.E. who previously served as Indonesian Ambassador to Ukraine for 2017-2021.

According to the Principal of SMP Labschool Kebayoran, Yati Suwartini, M.Pd., this LICD activity intends to promote tolerance and understanding of cultural diversity among nations. This program can be said to be right on target because it provides real experience to students students in terms of understanding international cultural diversity. So, it is expected to grow and developing an attitude of tolerance in an effort to strengthen unity.

Representatives of these countries enter the classroom and become a speaker giving material about culture his country. While in the classroom, the Ambassadors and representatives of the countries attendees feel at home because the students have decorated the classes accordingly with the country that is their guest. Not only equipped with the attributes that characterizing the country, students also entertain country representatives with dishes typical of their respective countries//VOI