In honour of the United Nations Congress, the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation and other organizations produced a film featuring a piano concert by Natalia Rehling. Natalia Rehling is a distinguished pianist based in Vienna, renowned for her performances as both a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Asia, and the United States. She has appeared at prestigious concert venues such as the Musikverein and Hofburg in Vienna. She is praised for her interpretations on both modern grand pianos and historical fortepianos. As a laureate at several international competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Rehling has established herself as a versatile artist committed to the classical repertoire. In 2020, she was invited to perform at the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, highlighting her international recognition and the cultural significance of her artistry on global platforms.

The film features her concert set against the Austrian-Polish historical and cultural context, highlighting Ludwig van Beethoven’s and Frédéric Chopin’s music as symbols of the fight for freedom by the United Nations. Both composers are renowned for their passionate natures. Inspired by this, as well as supernatural influences, they expressed their emotions and intuition, their liberating worldviews, and a determined resolve to become pioneers and advocates of their people’s freedom.

In 1949, Trygve Lee, the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, marked the first anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by celebrating in the General Assembly hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The following year, on the anniversary of Frédéric Chopin’s death, the UN Secretary-General held a commemorative concert in New York, OPIN PREDERIC, and UNESCO declared it Chopin Year. Since then, a great Austrian and a great Pole, both artistic geniuses who called for greater freedom, have inspired the spirit of the United Nations and alleviated its deep anguish when the Rule of Law is at risk. May this contribution from the ACPF and other members of civil society serve as a beacon of inspiration for the United Nations.