Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Mahathir Mohammed, Prime Minister of Malaysia – 4 January

U Thant Peace Award presented to Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal    –   1 February

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy read excerpts from his book entitled The New Millennium  –  19 February

Peace meditation, with a poetry reading by Sri Chinmoy    –   12 March

Prayerful homage to the legendary Maestro Yehudi Menuhin,

• with violinist Ms. Edna Michell,the Maestro’s lifelong musical associate, and
•  performers from the Mannes College of Music      –  19 March

Programme to honour former Puerto Rican Governor and U Thant Peace Award recipient Mr. Raphael Hernandez-Colon and his wife, Lila   –   27 March

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy taught some of his songs on the New Millennium     –    30 March

Opening ceremony of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run 1999, held on the United Nations General Assembly Plaza, with participation of UN delegates , including

• Mr. Marcos Prado Troyjo, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN;
• Ms. Illunga Maryse Tupe-Muni, Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
• Mr. Vice Skra_i_, Permanent Mission of Croatia to the UN;
• H.E. Ambassador Haile Menkerios, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the UN;
• H.E. Ambassador Lamuel A. Stanislaus, Deputy Permanent Representative of Grenada;
• H.E. Ambassador Thorstein Ingólfsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the UN;
• Mr. Ko Ko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the UN;
• Mr. Gerhard Theron, Permanent Mission of Namibia to the UN;
• Mr. Paras Ghimire, Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN;
• Major Klaas Roos, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN;
• Ms. Elena Pechalova, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN       –     17 April

Dinner and function for Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and his wife, Mira     –   30 April

Special peace meditation for members of the Division for Public Economics and Public Administration, Department of Economic and Social Affairs  –  21 May

Peace Walk for United Nations Charter Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 16 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations  –  25 June

Classical piano recital by Mr. Surashri Paradis, staff member of the Department of Management, and member of the Peace Meditation group   – 8 July

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy read from his book My Morning Soul-Body Prayers  –  13 July

A prayerful homage celebrating the life and work of John F. Kennedy, Jr.  –   27 July

The Peace Meditation choir invited to perform on the occasion of the retirement of Mrs. Neylan Bali, Director of the Security Council Affairs Division   –  30 July

Talk by Ambassador Ananda Guruge, UNESCO adviser  –  30 July

Lecture by Ambassador Ananda Guruge, UNESCO adviser, on spirituality and art    –  1 August

Meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev and his daughter, Irina, and grandchildren in Muenster, Germany   –    7 August

Closing ceremony of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, held on the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, with participation of UN delegates, including:

• Major Pol Vanden Berghe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN;
• Mr. Marcos Troyjo, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN;
• Mr. Shawki, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN;
• Mr. Tatang Razak, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN         –    14 August

Concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers hosted by Mrs. Enny Sekarwaty Wibisono, wife of H.E. Ambassador Makarim Wibisono, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN, in honour of the 54^th Session of the UN General Assembly     –  2 September

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast for the opening of the 54^th Session of the UN General Assembly, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Peter Tomka, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the UN    –    9 September

Peace Walk for the UN International Day of Peace held at UN Headquarters in conjunction with Peace Walks around the world    –   14 September

Sri Chinmoy offered a moment of silence at an Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to the Work of the UN, marking the opening of the 54^th Session of the UN General Assembly, with guests of honour Secretary-General Kofi Annan and GA President Theo-Ben Gurirab, held at St. Bartholomew’s Church  –  16 September

Meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, in which Sri Chinmoy presented her with a song he had composed in her honour – 17 September

Sri Chinmoy offered a moment of silence for peace at the opening of soccer tournament to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace, sponsored by several Ambassadors and NGOs in cooperation with Mr. Henry Stern, NYC Parks Department Commissioner    –   19 September

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    25 September

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal                29 September

A Prayerful Homage to Mrs. Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev, with a tribute by Mr. Vadim Perfiliev, Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs Division  –   1 October

Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers performed at a ceremony in honour of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, held at the Gandhi statue in Union Square for the international community  – 2 October

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Ted Turner, Founder of CNN, Time Warner Vice Chairman and Chairman of the United Nations Foundation    –   6 October

Peace meditation, with special guest Mrs. Kate Zuma, wife of the Deputy President of South Africa; Sri Chinmoy composed a special song in her honour and taught it to the Peace Meditation choir  –  19 October

Peace Walk for United Nations Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 16 Ambassadors and  Permanent Representatives to the United Nations     –  22 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

Peace meditation, in which Sri Chinmoy taught songs to members of the audience    –  2 November

Dinner for Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the Maharaja restaurant   –     4 November

Sri Chinmoy offered a moment of silence for peace at the opening ceremony of the 21st annual International Friendship Run,

• held at the UN for 10,000 international runners, in conjunction with the NYC Marathon;
• the Peace Meditation choir also performed Sri Chinmoy’s songs for marathon champions Ms. Tegla Loroupe of Kenya and Ms. Grete Waitz of Norway    –  6 November

Celebration of Sri Chinmoy’s 14^th weightlifting anniversary; with members of the United Nations community honoured, including

• H.E. Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, and his wife, Mariam;
• H.E. Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria;
• Mrs. Shashi Tripathi, Consul General of India in New York;
• Mrs. Beatrice Warji, wife of the Deputy Consul General of India in New York;
• Mr. Hazairin Pohan, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Indonesia;
• H.E. Ambassador Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, Permanent Representative of Mongolia;
• Ambassador Ananda Guruge of Sri Lanka, UNESCO Special Adviser, and his wife, Darshanika;
• and Mr. Anselmo Evans, UN staff member       –   17 November

U Thant Peace Award presented to H.E. Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, at a Millennium Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy   –   23 November

Meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev and his daughter, Irina, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia    –   2 December

Talk by Ambassador Ananda Guruge, UNESCO adviser, on Russia     –   23 December

• Talk by Ambassador Ananda Guruge, UNESCO adviser, on Buddhism  –  24 December
• Remarks by Ambassador Ananda Guruge on Sri Chinmoy’s running one-mile  – 26 December
• Talk and question and answer session by Ambassador Ananda Guruge    –   28 December