U Thant Peace Award

U Thant Peace Award

The U Thant Peace Award was created by Sri Chinmoy, after U Thant's death. 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.

It has not much connection with U Thant himself, none with the United Nations and was a means for Chinmoy Kumar Ghose to put himself forward on various events and meet famous people.

Recipients

It had been bestowed by Sri Chinmoy upon Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Dada J.P. Vaswani.


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