In Support of 41st Anniversary on UN Day 1986 – Oct 24
Filed under media coverage Text & Photos | Peace walk/run for UN | UN AnniversariesA number of friends and relatives of members of the Peace Meditation at the United Nations cooperated with other organizations to support various events around the world to call attention to the Forty First Anniversary of the United Nations on October 24th 1986.
UN Day had special importance for many participants this year because 1986 had been proclaimed as the International year of Peace.
Sample of Press coverage
in San Jose California:
Contemplation on the run
Saturday, October 25, 1986, . • San· Jose Mercury News
Contemplation the run: Firibar DeAngel. Pujari Scheaffer. Bansidhar Medeiros and Venu Rizzio jog up to . Sunnyvale City Hall
to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the United Nations in a 41- : mile relay run for world peace.
The runners are members of the Bay Area Sri Chinmoy Marathon Relay team. Chinmoy is an Indian philosopher who urges his disciples to a transcendence of self that include:; physical feats such as Friday’s marathon.
Other examples to be added as available
See also : Event at UN headquarters covered by Associated Press:
And: a very long run across the USA that finished earlier in year at the United Nations in N.Y.
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