Sri Chinmoy:
The Peace Meditation at the United Nations

OAS-1988-02                                                         28 September 1988 Contents: PEACE WALK: PRAYERFUL PRELUDE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY  PEACE LIFTS – Executive Director of UNICEF, Ambassadors and others UN CELEBRATES AFRICAN SPIRIT LUNCHTIME   –  Music and Art FALL MUSICALE IN THE PLAZA PAINTING DISPLAY AND STAFF RECEPTION About:  ONENESS-ARRIVAL-SHORE PEACE WALK: PRAYERFUL PRELUDE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY If peace is to be … Read more →

Peace I have come to you today as a seeker-brother, a lover of humanity. We are all seekers here; we are all aspiring for the highest Truth. You are aspiring and I also am aspiring. Aspiration is the climbing flame within us and, at the same time, a connecting link between you and me, between … Read more →

Concert for UNDP / OPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35 About 50 staff members from the Office of Programme Services of the United Nations Development Programme took a lunchtime break on 10 July 1991 to attend a concert of meditative music … Read more →

See Associated Press article toward end of post below   Some Highlights of AP Article: Secretary-General Message, The General Assembly Delegations observed the day by [passing 2 resolutions: : Continue efforts beyond year of Peace (1986); +  other delegations : “right of People to peace” Meanwhile  a group of about 100 U.N. staff and delegates … Read more →

To Join Humanity in Peace WHAT IS IT? Seven Minutes of World Peace is a global observance of peace that will join together simultaneously individuals, groups and organizations around the world for seven minutes of silence. This year, Seven Minutes of World Peace will be held from 1:00-1:07 pm Eastern Standard Time on United Nations … Read more →

In June 1982 the meditation group held three programmes on the occasion of the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament. The first was a meditation in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on 7 June, the opening day of the Session, where delegates and staff joined to pray and meditate for the success of the Session. … Read more →

Contents – Summary UN peace-keepers win Nobel Peace Prize “In awarding their Peace Prize to the peace-keeping forces of the United Nations today, the Nobel Committee recognizes that the quest for peace is a universal undertaking involving all the nations and peoples of the world,” stated the Secretary-General in his address to the General Assembly … Read more →

Contents – Summary THE INTERNATIONAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DECADE: A success story of the United Nations system and the international community at large Often, perhaps too often, the United Nations is criticized for perceived failure, without an understanding of the complexity of the many factors affecting the outcome of its efforts. Seldom, much … Read more →

Contents – Summary MANY WAYS TO HONOUR UN DAY The world is gearing up for UN Day, and some groups are planning to spread their celebrations over several days. At UN Headquarters, a peace walk, a one-mile run, two concerts, a reading from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seven minutes of silence devoted … Read more →

Contents – Summary SANDY DAVIDSON: ABOVE AND BEYOND The 1988 New York City Marathon is just around the comer, and every one of the 20,000 runners probably has an interesting tale to tell about his or her sports career. Few, though, could match that of Alexander (Sandy) Davidson, a Principal Technical Adviser with UNDP. This … Read more →

Very appreciative messages were received after the first issuances of Oneness-Arrival- Shore see two below: Kofi A. Annan, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management (future Secretary -General of UN) Iobal Haji ,Principal Officer ,Office of the Director General, DIEC   UNITED NATIONS           NATIONS UNIES 10 October1988 Dear Ms. Hein, I acknowledge with thanks your transmittal … Read more →

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