U Thant Peace Award to President Mikhail Gorbachev, Oct 1994

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16 Oct 1994, U Thant Peace Award presented to President Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1990 and President of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), New York Palace Hotel .

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16 October 1994 President Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Maximovna meet with Sri Chinmoy on in New York.

On 15 August 2001, President Gorbachev wrote to Sri Chinmoy: “Your enormous and significant activities are helping people to live better lives in peace, friendship and love… Everyone knows and highly appreciates your work at the United Nations. Indeed, you are connected with the whole world, and your work is to foster peace-making efforts and the spiritual development of humanity… Whatever you dedicate yourself to – art, music, poetry, drawing – all this is connected with peace, peace amongst people and peace amongst nations.”