His Excellency Heraldo Muñoz ’72 is helping give peace a chance with a commemorative edition of the John Lennon song “Give Peace a Chance.”

Lennon’s family announced in November they would donate net profits from a 40th anniversary single to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. Muñoz, the Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, heads the Peacebuilding Commission.

“I am delighted to see that a song so closely identified with the pursuit of peace will shine a light on the United Nations’ peacebuilding efforts,” Muñoz said. "I would like to convoke all my fellow alumni to contribute to the UN efforts to achieve peace by downloading from iTunes John Lennon’s fine song."

The song, written during John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 honeymoon “bed-in” Vietnam War protest, will be sold exclusively on iTunes through Dec. 31. It was most notably sung by about a half-million protesters Nov. 15, 1969, in Washington, D.C.

An activist for social justice as a student at Oswego and in his native Chile, Muñoz has risen through the diplomatic ranks to become a UN ambassador.

“As a student at SUNY Oswego, I engaged in protests for peace in the midst of the Vietnam War, both on campus, in front of Culkin Hall, and in town, even if this meant putting my foreign student visa at risk," Muñoz said. "Today, my commitment to peace continues and is being realized through my role as chairman of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission."

The Peacebuilding Commission brings together international leaders, banks and donors to assist in countries emerging from conflict. The Peacebuilding Fund supports programs and projects designed to prevent violence in those areas.



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