Paintings for World Harmony, UN Secretariat Lobby 2006 Apr. 3 to 7

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MANY LUMINARIES COME TO UN ART EXHIBIT

UNITED NATIONS – A five-day exhibit of Sri Chinmoy’s “Paintings for World Harmony” opened April 3
in the lobby of the UN Secretariat.

Among those attending the opening reception were:

  • President of the UN General Assembly Jan Eliasson,
  • UN Under-Secretary-General Anwanul Chowdhury,
  • NYC Marathon champion Tegla Laroupe,
  • representatives from art galleries and curators from several museums, including The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Singer Addwitiya Roberta Flack and Ranjana Ghose, curator of the Jharna-Kala Art Foundation, spoke
    at the event.

 

  • At the opening reception of an exhibition at the UN of Sri Chinmoy’s “Paintings for World Harmony” on 3 April 2006, Sri Chinmoy greets Jan Eliasson, President of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly (and later UN Deputy Secretary-General, 2012-2016). After receiving an award from Sri Chinmoy on 17 May 2006, Jan Eliasson said, “You have played an important role already, and you are going to play an important role because the values for which you stand and the message for which you stand are timeless and will go beyond the present….I want to pay my respects to you and assure you that your message is extremely powerful and that it will continue to last in this world. We need this message. We need to work for peace. We need to work for development, and we need to work for a life in dignity for all.”

 

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