• A Moment’s Peace – Update -sample

    sample of Periodic short bulletin in electronic and paper format, of recent excerpts from this page and related sources  (e.g “quiet spaces…”)

  • 1994 U Thant Peace Award to James Grant, Exd. UNICEF. Sep 20 – SUMMARY

    1994 U Thant Peace Award to James Grant, Exd. UNICEF. Sep 20 – SUMMARY

    Mr. James Grant, Executive Director of UNICEF, receives the U Thant Peace Award from Sri Chinmoy as United Nations delegates and prayer leaders of various faiths look on. The presentation took place at an Interfaith Prayer Breakfast held at UNICEF House, New York, in conjunction with global Peace Walks on the International Day of Peace, … Read more

  • PEACE LIFTS – at UNICEF House, World with a Oneness Heart more PHOTOS -1988 sep 20

    PEACE LIFTS – at UNICEF House, World with a Oneness Heart more PHOTOS -1988 sep 20

    This post and Gallery below have More Photos from the Sept 1988 activity held in the park that is next to  UNICEF House in NY. For initial report of event and some photos see also:  PEACE LIFTS – James Grant, EXD UNICEF … SUMMARY – 1988 sep 20 During the event James Grant, Executive Director … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-05 Sep / Dec 1983

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-05 Sep / Dec 1983

    Content Highlights: On 28 October, Dr. Jorge Illueca, President of the General Assembly, delivered the address at the UN Day ceremony in celebration of the thirty-eighth birthday of the United Nations… DELEGATES’ PEACE MEDITATION – Delegates and their wives  invited to twice-weekly meditations at the UN and a short talk once a month . RUN … Read more

  • President John F. Kennedy Remembered, 21 Nov 1983

    President John F. Kennedy Remembered, 21 Nov 1983

    JFK REMEMBERED On 21 November, 1983 tributes were offered at the United Nations to John F. Kennedy at a ceremony sponsored by the Meditation Group marking the twentieth anniversary of his assassination. Note “Above Photo from White House provided to Meditation Group member Rituta Tooker and her students    Ambassador Sir John Thompson, United Kingdom: … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-04 Jul / Aug 1983

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-04 Jul / Aug 1983

    Content Highlights: NON-ALIGNED STRENGTH – Excerpt of  address of Secretary- General Perez de Cuellar to the Non-Aligned Summit Conference… Peace Walk for United Nations Charter Day  23-24 June in the UN North Garden, the commemorated the 38th anniversary of the signing of the Charter. Forty missions and over 200 staff and delegates, representing about 70 … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-03 May / Jun 1983

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-03 May / Jun 1983

    Content Highlights: New PERSPECTIVES – BIMILLENIUM CELEBRATION OF LIFE – excerpt from a book by Assistant-Secretary-General Mr. Robert Muller entitled New Genesis  (Doubleday, 1982). PEACE WALK FOR UNITED NATIONS CHARTER DAY – UN community will be participating in a silent walk on 23-24 June 1983 to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the U.N. … Read more

  • Fun Runs for the UN Community, 1983 May 20 & 22

    Fun Runs for the UN Community, 1983 May 20 & 22

    Friday and Sunday, 20 and 22  May 1983 , sponsored by the Peace Meditation Group  at the UN. Quote: Mr. Allan Robertson, Chief of the UN’s Commercial Management Service… Upon the conclusion of the ever-popular Fun Runs held on Friday and Sunday, 20 and 22  May, sponsored by the Meditation Group, Mr. Allan Robertson, Chief … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-02 Mar/Apr 1983

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-02 Mar/Apr 1983

    Content Highlights: International SECURITY AND THE THIRD WORLD Excerpts from an address to the Meditation Group by H.E. Mr. Birbhongse Kasemsri, Permanent Representative of ‘Thailand, on 25 February 1983: Development AND HUMAN RIGHTS – – Javier Perez de Cuellar, (Secretary-General)  “…without development there cannot be a full realization of human rights…” IN THE BEGINNING – … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-01 Jan / Feb 1983

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-01 Jan / Feb 1983

    Content Highlights: A MEETING OF IDEAS- – Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar met with Sri Chinmoy and members of the Meditation Group on 13 January 1983. COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT UNDP – Address by Mr. Erskine Childers, Director, Division of Information, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), at a special programme for UNDP sponsored by the … Read more

  • International Security and Third World – Amb. Kasemsri, Thailand,  1983 Feb 25

    International Security and Third World – Amb. Kasemsri, Thailand, 1983 Feb 25

    Excerpts from an address to the Meditation Group by H.E. Mr. Birbhongse Kasemsri, Permanent Representative of ‘Thailand, on 25 February 1983: “Whatever the perceptions of the major powers happen to be regarding the United Nations, and such perceptions have changed from time to time, the small countries or smaller nations look at the united Nations … Read more

  • ASG R.Muller discusses “New Genesis” book with Meditation Group Feb 1983

    ASG R.Muller discusses “New Genesis” book with Meditation Group Feb 1983

    4 February 1983.IN THE BEGINNING 1983-02-05-05-Sri Chinmoy-holds-ASG-Robert-Muller-Book-New-Genesis – Assistant-Secretary-General,  Robert Muller discussed his most recent book , New Genesis, at a meeting of the Meditation Group.  The book is a collection of essays on the author’s search for a new global spirituality. Excerpts from his talk follow. “My fascination, my enthusiasm, for the United Nations … Read more

  • Secretary General meets Sri Chinmoy and Meditation Group. 1983 Jan 13

    Secretary General meets Sri Chinmoy and Meditation Group. 1983 Jan 13

      Sri Chinmoy meditates with Javier Perez de Cuellar A MEETING OF IDEAS- – Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar met with Sri Chinmoy and members of the Meditation Group on 13 January 1983. Excerpts from the remarks of the Secretary-General follow: “l am indeed touched by your sincere expression of support for my efforts in … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-03 October 1982

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-03 October 1982

    Content Highlights: ROOM OF QUIET –   Dag Hammarskjold’s words  reprinted on 25th anniversary of the re-design of the U.N. Meditation Room – “This is a room devoted to peace and those who are giving their lives for peace. It is a room of quiet where only thoughts should speak….” U THANT ISLAND –  7 October … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-02 September 1982

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-02 September 1982

    Content Highlights: A MESSAGE FROM U THANT –  excerpt from the farewell address of the late Secretary-General U Thant. U THANT ISLAND  –  To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the naming of U Thant Island, a simple but striking arch has been placed on this small island U Thant Award Recipient –  given to an … Read more

  • A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-01 August 1982

    A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1982-01 August 1982

    WELCOME: This is the first issue of “A Moment’s Peace”, the monthly newsletter of Sri Chinmoy Meditation at the United Nations. Through selected interviews, articles and summaries of speeches, we hope to highlight many of the progressive viewpoints currently being discussed or considered at the United Nations. -Part of each issue will devoted to the … Read more