Recognizing yoga’s universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by General Assembly resolution 69/131. The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of...
An Exhibition of Paintings for Happiness was on display at the United Nations from 19 March-6 April 2018, kindly sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, in cooperation with the Jharna-Kala Art Foundation and the Sri Chinmoy...
On 21 February 2018, the Peace Meditation Choir was invited by H.E. Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, to perform at an International Mother Language Day celebration at UN Headquarters in New York. Held in Conference Room 4,...
Singers from Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations were invited to perform songs composed by Sri Chinmoy, dedicated to the UN and peace, for the 2017 Award Ceremony of the Institute of International Social Development (IISD), an NGO in special...
On 10 October 2017, Daw Aye Aye Thant, daughter of the third UN Secretary-General, U Thant, and President of the U Thant Institute, received the Sri Chinmoy Culture-Light Award. Also present were two special guests, who were both previous recipients of the...
The morning of 10 October 2017, local officials, former Olympians and community leaders participated in the 11th anniversary dedication of the Sri Chinmoy Street and Heart-Garden in Flushing Meadows Corona Park*, Ambassador Davidson Hepburn was the keynote speaker....
The UN International Day of Non-Violence was commemorated on 2 October 2017 at the the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, with support from the Cultural Diplomacy and Outreach Section...
The Peace Meditation Choir was honoured to offer songs of peace composed by Sri Chinmoy at the United Nations High-Level Forum on The Culture of Peace held in the UN General Assembly Hall the morning of 7 September 2017. The event was convened by the President of the...
Several hundred of Sri Chinmoy’s Paintings for World Peace and Harmony were on exhibit from 6 to 16 June 2017 at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva. The exhibit was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in Geneva, with...
In 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga. The 2017 main events at UN Headquarters in New York, held on 20 and 21 June, were organized by the Permanent Mission of India in association with the UN Department of Public Information...
