Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

This list is indicative of the types of activities but not exhaustive of all participation or events. Some times a consolidated or partial list sorted by subject-category, date, person or country. To be reviewed and updated. Eventually to have embedded links to actual programmes or photos where they are available

 1986

1 January                  -Inauguration of a series of “peace swims” by members of the Peace Meditation to focus attention on the United Nations International Year of peace, held on Miya jima Island in Hiroshima, Japan
12 January                -Participation in reception held for Akishige Matsumoto, head of Japan Republic Association, with Sri Chinmoy as guest of honour
24 January               -Closing ceremony of 3,200-mile solo transcontinental peace run-first American sports event commemorating the United Nations International Year of Peace
6 February                 -Participation in National Prayer Breakfast along with United States President Reagan, Members of the Cabinet, Judiciary and Congress, and the Diplomatic Corps, with Sri Chinmoy as invited clergy
7 February                -Participation in programme for National Day of Grenada
7 March                        – Meeting with Dr. Matina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
15 March                   -Inauguration of first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile running course, established by the Greater London Council in Battersea Park, London, to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Peace
9 April                         -Meeting with Dr. Karan Singh, former Indian Cabinet Minister and founder of the Virat Hindu Samaj
14 April                      -Special meditation to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the Peace Meditation at the United Nations
6 May                           -Memorial prayer service held for New York Congressman Joseph P. Addabbo, one of the founders of the Peace Meditation at the U.S. Congress
3 June-                        Programme in tribute to Bangladesh
20 and 22 June           -One-mile peace runs for the U.N. community
7 June                          -Participation in the Oneness-World Peace-Family festival, celebrating the International Year of Peace, held in West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
14 June                       -Peace tree planted in Geneva’s Jardin Botanique
25 and 26 June        -Peace Walk for U.N. Charter Day and the International Year of Peace
25 and 26 June             -Two-day event honouring world-class athletes and former Olympians
29 June                     -“Peace Run for the United Nations”, l8-mile commemorative relay run from the site of the first U.N. headquarters in Lake Success, Long Island, to New York headquarters
11 July                          -Farewell tribute to U.N. Assistant-Secretary-General Dr. Robert Muller
12 and 13 July-           ‘Peace-Oneness-Run” for the International Year of Peace from U.N. Headquarters to Albany, and participation in the International Bazaar
13 July                            -First Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Award presented to “cardiac runner” Joe Michaels
4 August                         -Title of “Peace Ambassador in Puerto Rico” awarded to Sri Chinmoy by Governor Rafael Hernandez-Colon
5 September                   -Meeting with Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Director of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the U.N.
5 September                      -Programme honouring Mani Sankar Mukherji, well-known Bengali author and journalist
11 September                    -Meeting with Leonard Bernstein
13 September                   -Participation in programme held by Indian Consulate to welcome Consul General P. A. Nazareth
16 September                    -7-mile Peace Walk for the United Nations International Day of Peace starting and finishing at U.N. headquarters, held in conjunction with Peace Walks in over 50 cities around the world.
16 September                   -Prayer breakfast for the International Day of Peace and the opening of the 41st session of the General Assembly
27 September                       -Peace Concert for the opening of the 41st session of the General Assembly, held in the General Assembly Hall Lobby
17 and 19 October                  -One-mile peace runs for the U.N. community
23 and 24 October                -Peace Walk for United Nations Day held in the U.N. garden
24 October                               -Seven Minutes of World Peace observed at headquarters and around the world
28 October                             -Tennis tournament for priests
31 October                          -Programme to honour H. E. Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and President of the 41st session of the General Assembly
6 November                        -Presentation of the U Thant Peace Award to Dr. Russell Barber, highly respected religion editor at WNBCTV, in a ceremony on U Thant Island and at headquarters
13 November                          -Inauguration by Sri Chinmoy of a regular period of meditation at the Palace of Westminster for Members of the British Parliament
22 November                         -Opening meditation offered by Sri Chinmoy at the Canadian National Championship Show
25 November                        -Programme celebrating the International Day of Thanksgiving
2 December                          -End-of-the-year concert and Peace Meditation at Congress
3 December                          -Concert for peace and end-of-the-year luncheon for the U.N. community
8 December                         -First American Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile running course dedicated in Albany by Mayor Thomas Whelan
13 December                       -Participation in parade ceremony held in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
18 December-                  Peace Concert held at the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 December                   -Peace Concert held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile

Shows the scope of the activities – at United Nations headquarters and around the world – of Sri Chinmoy and members of the Peace Meditation group, in addition to twice-weekly meditations for peace at the United Nations