Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

The Meditation Group at the UN cooperated with UN Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) to organise a U.N. Day Celebration on 23 October 1977 on the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The U.N . Day Fair included performances by folk dance troupes from the Philippines, Turkey and India. There were also booths selling food and crafts from different nations. Media coverage included NY times (see photo excerpt below)

Following are excerpts from several talks given that day by speakers from the U.N. community.

Mr. Martin Beyer of UNICEF: The support from our fellow citizens is very important, both for the International Year of the Child and for the day-to-day work of UNICEF. Now what can we as private citizens do for the children of the world through UNICEF? I would suggest that you go over to the booth here on the Plaza and start buying the UNICEF greeting cards for this year.This is not a charity of the conventional kind. It is to help people in developing countries to help themselves. It means that you help them get a water pump in Bangladesh, inoculations for tuberculosis in Bolivia. The money raised by your buying these cards is directly for the children. In buying these, you show that the greatest city in the world has an equally great heart. And by buying these cards, you show that you are concerned about the future of the world, our children’s world, which is also our own.

Mr. Jeff Kamen, U.N . Correspondent for WPIX-TV:   The U.N. is just so many buildings to those of us who live in the materialistic age. We tend to think of it as a place where international policy is debated and no results are produced. We don’t usually think of the U.N. as doing any life-saving. It is imperfect, like most of us, like any other institution. It is loaded with political exaggerations. But the good story about the U.N., the one written between the lines, is how it day and night benefits humanity. I want to thank you for being so kind and patient. Thank you.

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Mr. David Dull. Representative of UNA-USA:
There has been a very strong resident support of the United Nations in this country since 1945 and it continues today. Because of this support, the Carter Administration has decided to make a commitment to the United Nations in a way we haven’ t seen in several previous administrations.

Carter has decided that the forum of the U.N. is a means by which the United States can take constructive measures towards world peace. We in UNA are very happy to be part of that process.

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NY times Photo coverage 24 Oct 1977

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Dancers from different countries in National Dress

See also information on : UN Day Activities around the world & Sri Chinmoy’s support honored

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Gallery: Report in Meditation at the UN 1997 Nov 27, Periodic Bulletin, Page Images: