Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

Ambassador Ananda Guruge, UNESCO adviser, spoke and answered questions  –  1 January

Peace meditation in which Sri Chinmoy answered spiritual questions about the UN       –  22 February

Telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Nepal     –  2 March

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Svenn Kristiansen, Deputy Mayor of Oslo, Norway   – 27 March

Spring concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers, hosted by Mrs. Marcela Galušková, wife of H.E. Ambassador Vladimir Galuška, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN     –  7 April

Song composed by Sri Chinmoy in honour of the 30^th anniversary of the Peace Meditation group –   17 April

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy, who performed on 30 instruments in honour of the 30^th anniversary of the Peace Meditation group –  18 April

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, President of the 41^st Session of the General Assembly and Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament  –   8 May

U Thant Peace Award presented to Mr. Gary Ackerman, United States Congressman from New York    –  15 June

Peace Walk for United Nations Charter Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 11 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations    –  26 June

Peace meditation, with special guests Mrs. Kate Zuma, wife of the Deputy President of South Africa Mr. Jacob Zuma, and her  children   –  11 July

Exhibition of 70,000 Peace-Bird Drawings by Sri Chinmoy on display in the UN Secretariat Lobby, dedicated to the Millennium General Assembly   –   17-28 July

Special reception to “Meet the Artist” at the Peace-Bird Drawings exhibition at the UN,

• with remarks by Ms. Ranjana Ghose, curator of Sri Chinmoy’s artwork    –    20 July

United Nations Radio interviewed Sri Chinmoy in conjunction with his art exhibition    –    28 July

Inspirational talk by Ambassador Ananda Guruge of Sri Lanka, special advisor to UNESCO  –  30 July

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 –  5 August

Peace meditation, with reminiscences by Sri Chinmoy about his youth in Pondicherry,  which had just joined the Sri Chinmoy Peaace-Blossoms programme    –   8 August

Concert by the Sri Chinmoy Bhajan Singers, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Lamuel A. Stanislaus, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the UN, in honour of the 55^th Session of the UN General Assembly   –  23 August

U Thant Peace Award presented to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder and publisher of Hinduism Today magazine and international Hindu leader   –    25 August

UN Radio programme featuring Sri Chinmoy aired worldwide in conjunction with the UN Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders  –  28-29 August

Dinner and function in honour of Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament     –    1 September

Peace Walk for the UN International Day of Peace held at UN Headquarters in conjunction with Peace Walks around the world     –  5 September

Meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev and his daughter, Irina, at the NY Hilton Hotel –  6 September

Peace meditation, with the performance of the song dedicated to the Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossoms-Nations and the reading of some new proclamations        –  12 September

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast commemorating the UN Millennium General Assembly, hosted by H.E. Mr. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN    –  26 September

Peace Concert by Sri Chinmoy in honour of the UN Millennium General Assembly, with a dedication to Mrs. Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev   –   27 September

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

Peace meditation, with a short talk read by Sri Chinmoy, “Only Prayer Can Make the UN Strong” –  6 October

Dinner for Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and his wife, Mira, at the Maharaja Restaurant  –   19 October

Peace Walk for United Nations Day, held in the United Nations Garden, cosponsored by 12 Ambassadors and  Permanent Representatives to the United Nations    – 24 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

Meeting with Mr. Geir Sjoberg, representative of the Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN serving on the Security Council     –   28 October

UNSRC Society of Writers featured in its literary journey Reflections poems by Sri Chinmoy entitled “Three Prayers for the Millennium, ” illustrated with a selection of “Dream-Freedom-Peace-Bird” drawings from the artist’s exhibit in the UN Secretariat     –  Fall issue

Sri Chinmoy offered a moment of silence for peace at the opening ceremony of the 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 song dedicated to marathon world record holder Mr. Khalid Khannouchi    –  4 November

Sri Chinmoy gave the opening dedication at a classical music celebration in honour of the UN Millennium Assembly and the International Year for the Culture of Peace, hosted by Mrs. Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, Chairperson of the Third Committee and Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN    –    20 November