The U Thant Peace Award was created by Sri Chinmoy's peace meditations at the United Nations, after U Thant's death.[1] First offered in 1982, the award is given to individuals and organizations who have exemplified the lofty spiritual ideals of the late United Nations Secretary-General U Thant and implemented those ideals in the tireless pursuit of world peace.[2]
The U Thant Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum through which eminent thinkers and world leaders speak on the role of the United Nations in addressing the challenges facing the world's peoples and nations in the 21st century. The lecture series is co-organized by the United Nations University and the Science Council of Japan.
The UNU has a tradition of inviting world leaders and renowned individuals to Tokyo to explore the role of the United Nations in a rapidly changing world. The U Thant Distinguished Lecture Series builds upon this tradition by providing an opportunity for Nobel laureates and heads of state, current and former, to share their insights and experiences with scholars, policymakers, business leaders and the public.
On April 8, 2006, the Award was offered to Kofi Annan, who refused it. Similarly in 2007, Ban Ki-moon declined the Award.
^srichinmoy-reflections.com "Ravi Shankar Gets U Thant Peace Award". December 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
External linksedit
U Thant Peace Award at Sri Chinmoy.org
Video: Award for Mother Teresa
U Thant Peace Award at au.sri.chinmoy.life
January 01, 1970
thant, peace, award, created, chinmoy, peace, meditations, united, nations, after, thant, death, first, offered, 1982, award, given, individuals, organizations, have, exemplified, lofty, spiritual, ideals, late, united, nations, secretary, general, thant, impl. The U Thant Peace Award was created by Sri Chinmoy s peace meditations at the United Nations after U Thant s death 1 First offered in 1982 the award is given to individuals and organizations who have exemplified the lofty spiritual ideals of the late United Nations Secretary General U Thant and implemented those ideals in the tireless pursuit of world peace 2 Sri Chinmoy and U Thant 1972 Contents 1 Recipients 2 Recipients of the U Thant Peace award 3 References 4 External linksRecipients editIt had been bestowed by The Peace Meditation at the United Nations upon Mahathir Mohamad Nelson Mandela Mikhail Gorbachev Pope John Paul II Mother Teresa Javier Perez de Cuellar Kurt Waldheim the Dalai Lama Desmond Tutu Dada Vaswani Swami Satchidananda and U Thant s daughter Daw Aye Aye Thant 3 The U Thant Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum through which eminent thinkers and world leaders speak on the role of the United Nations in addressing the challenges facing the world s peoples and nations in the 21st century The lecture series is co organized by the United Nations University and the Science Council of Japan The UNU has a tradition of inviting world leaders and renowned individuals to Tokyo to explore the role of the United Nations in a rapidly changing world The U Thant Distinguished Lecture Series builds upon this tradition by providing an opportunity for Nobel laureates and heads of state current and former to share their insights and experiences with scholars policymakers business leaders and the public On April 8 2006 the Award was offered to Kofi Annan who refused it Similarly in 2007 Ban Ki moon declined the Award Recipients of the U Thant Peace award editYear Recipient Country 1982 Zenon Rossides nbsp Cyprus 1983 Jorge Illueca nbsp Panama 1986 Javier Perez de Cuellar nbsp Peru Russell Barber nbsp United States 1991 Vilayat Khan nbsp India Guido de Marco nbsp Malta 1993 Ganesh Man Singh nbsp Nepal Siddhartha Shankar Ray nbsp India Chidambaram Subramaniam nbsp India 1994 James P Grant nbsp United States Mother Teresa 1 2 nbsp India Mikhail Gorbachev 1 2 nbsp Russia 1995 Laxmi Mall Singhvi nbsp India Rafael Hernandez Colon nbsp Puerto Rico Desmond Tutu nbsp South Africa 1996 Nelson Mandela 1 2 nbsp South Africa Robert Mugabe nbsp Zimbabwe Maurice Strong nbsp Canada Chakravarthi V Narasimhan nbsp India 1997 Ananda Guruge nbsp Sri Lanka Vladimir Petrovsky nbsp Russia Carl Lewis nbsp United States 14th Dalai Lama nbsp China Inder Kumar Gujral nbsp India 1998 Dada Vaswani nbsp India Pope John Paul II 1 2 nbsp Poland Claiborne Pell nbsp United States Ja afar of Negeri Sembilan nbsp Malaysia 1999 Mahathir Mohamad 4 nbsp Malaysia Girija Prasad Koirala nbsp Nepal Krishna Prasad Bhattarai nbsp Nepal Ted Turner nbsp United States Anwarul Karim Chowdhury nbsp Bangladesh 2000 Svenn Kristiansen nbsp Norway Humayun Rashid Choudhury nbsp Bangladesh Gary Ackerman nbsp United States Sivaya Subramuniyaswami 5 nbsp United States 2001 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2 nbsp India James Parks Morton nbsp United States 2002 Satchidananda Saraswati 6 nbsp India Daw Aye Aye Thant 7 nbsp Myanmar Ravi Shankar 8 nbsp India 2004 Kurt Waldheim nbsp Austria 2007 Ibrahim Gambari nbsp Nigeria Bill Pearl nbsp United States Pascal Alan Nazareth nbsp IndiaReferences edit a b c d e New Straits Times King presented with U Thant Peace award 1998 12 31 Retrieved 2012 12 01 a b c d e f Hinduism Today Sri Chinmoy Presents U Thant Award 2001 02 04 Retrieved 2013 03 26 srichinmoy org The U Thant Peace Award 2010 Retrieved 2013 03 26 Dr M gets peace award New Straits Times 1999 01 05 Hinduism Today Our Publisher Honored November 2000 Retrieved 2013 03 26 poetseers org Swami Satchidananda Retrieved 2013 03 26 srichinmoybio co uk Daw Aye Aye Thant Retrieved 2013 03 26 srichinmoy reflections com Ravi Shankar Gets U Thant Peace Award December 2010 Retrieved 2013 03 26 External links editU Thant Peace Award at Sri Chinmoy org Video Award for Mother Teresa U Thant Peace Award at au sri chinmoy life Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title U Thant Peace Award amp oldid 1203318484, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
