Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening dedication at an Interfaith Programme to commemorate the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary held at the UN, with special guests: The Honourable Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, and his wife,   Matilda  –       29 January

“Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” programme and dinner honouring

• Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; and
• Mr. Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN      –   4 February

Celebration of the National Day of Sri Lanka, with H.E. Ambassador Stanley Kalpage, Permanent  Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, at the Sri Lankan Mission  –   5 February

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy answered questions about the UN; with special guest Mr. Gary Fannelli, world class marathoner  –   7 February

Announcement about the appointment of Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, celebrated with special prasad at Aspiration-Ground  –  9 February

Luncheon for Ambassador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, and his wife, Valentina  –  12 February

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy answered questions about the UN   –  14 February

Meeting with Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN –   14 February

Meeting with President Gorbachev’s daughter, Irina , at the New York Hyatt Hotel     –  14 February

Meeting with President Gorbachev’s daughter, Irina, at JFK airport   –   15 February

Meeting with Mr. Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit), and his wife, Hanne  –    25 February

Observance of the anniversary of  Sri Chinmoy’s meeting with Secretary-General U Thant, held at the UN   –  28 February

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy dedicated to Secretary-General U Thant, held in Queens      –      29 February

Peace meditation, with special guest Mrs. Hanne Strong       –    3 March

Meeting with H.E. Ambassador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, and Mrs. Mira Petrovsky at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN   –  5 March

Dinner and programme to welcome Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, on the occasion of his appointment as UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and his wife, Mira  –  17 March

“Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” programme honouring Mrs. Mira Petrovsky, following  the welcome programme  – 17 March

Meeting with the President Arpad Goncz of Hungary at the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the UN     –   18 March

Presentation of a signed book by Mr. Üner Kirdar, Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme  –   27 March

Dinner for Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, International Organisations Directorate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  –   3 April

Peace Run for the United Nations, an 18-mile commemorative relay run from the site of the first UN Headquarters in Lake Success, Long Island, to New York Headquarters   –  4 April

“Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” programme honouring Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, International Organisations Directorate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs   –   4 April

Meeting with Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, International Organisations Directorate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs    –      5 April

Spring Concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers, hosted by Mrs. Usha Acharya, wife of  H.E. Ambassador Jayaraj Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN   –   7 April

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy and cultural programme in honour of Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, at PS 86   –     8 April

Dinner for Mrs. Mira Petrovsky in honour of her birthday, held at Hunan Balcony  –  11 April

Mrs. Mira Petrovsky was special guest at a parade in honour of Sri Chinmoy’s anniversary of coming to the West  –   12 April

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy for the 22^nd anniversary of the Peace Meditation at the UN   –    24 April

Publication of a book of comments from the UN community on Peace Concerts offered by Sri Chinmoy at the UN on 24 April 1991 and 24 April 1992 –    May

Dinner for Ambassador Aleksandr Razvin. Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, and his wife,  Valentina,          1 May

Reception for UN delegates and staff at the Jharna-Kala Art Gallery in Manhattan displaying Sri Chinmoy’s “Paintings for Peace,” with UN Ambassadors and Representatives including:

• H.E. Ambassador Mulugeta Eteffa, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia;
• H.E. Ambassador Lamuel Stanislaus, Permanent Representative of Grenada (spoke);
• H.E. Ambassador Noumou Diakite, Permanent Representative of Mali;
• H.E. Ambassador Jayaraj Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal (spoke);
• H.E. Ambassador Kriesnadath Nandoe, Permanent Representative of Suriname;
• H.E. Ambassador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the  Russian Federation, and his wife, Valentina, (the Ambassador spoke);
• Mrs. Mira Petrovsky, wife of UN Under-Secretary-General Mr. Vladimir Petrovaky (spoke);
• Mrs. Nana Apeadu, President, Pan-African Human Rights Association (spoke)           –       7 May

Private meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa Maximovna, and their daughter, Irina, followed by a visit to the Jharna-Kala Art Gallery by

• Raisa Maximovna and
• her daughter Irina; with special guests from the UN community including
• H.E. Ambssador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN; and
• Mrs. Mira Petrovsky       –    12 May

Sri Chinmoy offered a moment of silence for peace at the opening ceremony of the New York Games  and offered the gold medal in the long jump to champion Carl Lewis; members of the Peace  Meditation group assisted with the track and field events    –     24 May

Dinner in honour of Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky’s appointment on 1 May 1992 as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and also on the occasion of Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky’s birthday, with his wife, Mira, at a Chinese  Restaurant   –  30 May

Meeting with Mr. Lakhan Mehrotra, Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs      –     2 June

Lecture on “Music and Meditation” by Mr. Kalatit Baker, contemporary composer    –  4 June

Sri Chinmoy Tennis Classic for the UN community      –    6-7 June, 27-28 June and 3 July

Classical piano recital by Mr. Surashri Paradis, staff member of the Department of Administration and Management and member of the Peace Meditation group   –  18 June

Lecture on “Peace, Power and Energy” by Mr. Ashrita Furman, holder of the most Guinness world records   –    25 June

Peace Walk for United Nations Charter Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 10 Ambassadors and  Permanent Representatives to the United Nations –   26 June

H.E. Ambassador Jayaraj Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, special guest at a performance of the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers in honour of Kali Puja –  27 June

Dinner for Ambassador and Mrs. Aleksandr Razvin, in honour of Mrs. Valentina Razvin’s birthday –  29 June

Peace Meditation, with special guest Mrs. Mira Petrovsky, wife of Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, held at PS 86 –  8 July

Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, International Organisations Directorate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is special guest at the Sri Chinmoy Masters Games –  11 July

Recital by pianist and composer Mr. Craig Urquhart, former musical assistant of Maestro Leonard Bernstein  –   15 July

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy performed and taught songs to the audience   –  21 July

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy performed and taught songs to the audience  –  24 July

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy performed and taught songs to the audience, with special guest Mrs. Mira Petrovsky –   31 July

Birthday dinner for Sri Chinmoy given by Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Petrovsky at a Chinese restaurant  –    7 August

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy, with special guests

• H.E. Ambassador Tudor Pantiru,, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the UN, and his wife, Frania; and
• Mrs. Mira Petrovsky  –    22 August

Function, with Mrs. Mira Petrovsky as special guest     –    23 August

Dinner for H.E. Ambassador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, in which the Ambassador paid tribute to Sri Chinmoy’s Peace Concerts at the UN –  28 August

Programme in honour of Mrs. Irina Malikova of the Gorbachev Foundation, with performances of traditional Russian music  –   31 August

Concert by a Siberian Children’s Choir from Omsk, performing traditional Russian folk songs and spiritual music composed by Sri Chinmoy;

• also with music by the London-based music ensemble “Temple-Song-Hearts,” drawing on their repertoire from a 1991 good-will tour of Russia and the Ukraine; with special guests
• Ambassador Alexsandr Razvin of the Russian Federation and his wife, Valentina, and
• Mrs. Frania Pantiru, wife of the Ambassador of Moldova    –  3 September

Meeting with Mr. Alexandre Gorelik, International Organisations Directorate, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  – 11 September

Peace Walk for the UN International Day of Peace held at UN Headquarters in conjunction with Peace Walks around the world  –  15 September

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast for the opening of the 48^th Session of the UN General Assembly, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Jayaraj Acharya, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN  –  15 September

Meeting with H.E. Ambassador Jonathan Moore, US representative on the UN Economic and Social Council,and his wife, Katherine  –   15 September

Sri Chinmoy offered the opening meditation at a programme for the 123^rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, held at the Gandhi statue in Union Square, for the UN and diplomatic community  –   2 October

Meeting with the President of the 47^th Session of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria  –   5 October

Slide presentation by Sister Eileen Storey, Chaplain at Marymount Manhattan College, on her peace work for the children of Iraq  –   14 October

Meeting with H. E. Ambassador — , Permanent Representative of of Viet Nam to the UN   –  15 October

Peace Walk for United Nations Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 7 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations  –   23 October

Seven Minutes for World Peace observed at UN Headquarters and around the world   – 24 October

Sri Chinmoy Peace Race for the United Nations: Two-mile races held in over 140 cities around the globe to promote United Nations Day   –   October

Dedication of the Presidential yacht “Honey Fitz” as a Sri Chinmoy Peace Yacht, with remarks by

• H.E. Ambssador Aleksandr Razvin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN;
• H.E. Ambassador Krishnadath Nandoe, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the UN; and with special guests
• Mr. Edward Marks, Deputy Representative of the United States on the UN Economic and Social Council, and his wife  –    25 October

Concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers to celebrate the Festival of Divali  –    27 October

Sri Chinmoy’s paintings exhibited at UNESCO, hosted by the Delegation of Sri Lanka to UNESCO   –  9-13 November

Dinner in honour of  UN Security Officers and their families     – 14 November

Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Petrovsky and daughter and son-in-law    –    16 November

“Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart” programme honouring the Petrovskys’ daughter, Yelena, while Mrs. Mira Petrovsky and Yelena were guests at Annam Brahma restaurant   –  19 November

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy and luncheon as a Thanksgiving offering to UN delegates and staff    –   24 November

Meeting with Mr. Sharma, UNESCO    –     29 November

UNSRC Society of Writers included in its literary journey Reflections an account of the programme  celebrating the release of Poems of Sri Chinmoy in Hindi and English  –    December

Concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok  –    15 December