Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

The prayer breakfast,  included brief prayers and remarks by members of six religions.

Sri Chinmoy opened the event with a silent meditation.

The breakfast is held annually in conjunction with an early morning “Peace Walk through the streets of Manhattan by U.N. delegates and staff carrying their national flags.

The Peace Walk is one of more than 70 similar events held worldwide, coordinated in cooperation with the Meditation Croup, to commemorate the opening of the U.N. General Assembly.

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast held at UNICEF House, New York, in conjunction with global Peace Walks on the International Day of Peace, 20 September 1994.

The Prayer Breakfast was hosted by H.E. M. Jacques Louis Boisson, Permanent Representative of the Principality of Monaco to the United Nations.

It was attended by ambassadors and UN staff.

The Prayer Breakfast and New York Peace Walk were cosponsored by

• “Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations” in cooperation with

• the heads of Permanent Missions to the United Nations of

Bangladesh,

Bulgaria,

Grenada,

Moldova,

Namibia,

Nepal,

Sri Lanka and

Yugoslavia.

Attended by the ambassadors and UN staff members from many countries including:

• Russia,

• Germany,

• Italy,

• Sri Lanka.

• Nigeria,

• Chile and

• Yugoslavia,

The breakfast included brief remarks by representatives of different religions.

It followed a three-mile” Peace Walk” through the streets of Manhattan in the early hours of the morning by UN delegates and staff holding aloft their own national nags.

• The Peace Walk is annual event inaugurated in 1986 in honor of the International Year of Peace. It is an opportunity for people of all nations. cultures and religions to concentrate on the qualities within the human spirit which form the foundation upon which lasting peace can be built.

 

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 TO ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS / REPRESENTATIVES/NATIONAL COMMITTEES
HEREWITH (23 SEPTEMBER) NEWS FLASH 1994/41

ITEM 4: EXDIR RECEIVES U THANT PEACE AWARD
ExDir received U Thant Peace Award at interfaith prayer breakfast commemorating opening 49th session GA. Award
presented by Sri Chinmoy, cited ExDir’s lifetime of exceptional world service. Award, named after late SecGen, honours
individual or organization working for world peace in tradition reflecting U Thant’s lofty spiritual ideals. Event in UNICEF House (20 Sept) organized by Peace Meditation at UN and hosted by Monaco Perm Rep Jacques Boisson attended by ambassadors and UN staff.

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• 1994-09-Sep-20-U-Thant-Peace-Award- J-Grant-Exd-UNICEF-NEWS-FLASH

see also :

• 1994 U Thant Peace Award to James Grant, Exd. UNICEF. Sep 20 – SUMMARY

• 1994 U Thant Peace Award to James Grant, (Intro DETAILS)