Buddha's teachings reflected in UN Charter - Nepali PM
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that the message of the
Buddha has also been reflected in the sprit of the UN Charter.
He made this remark in a message given on the occasion of the Vesak
festival observed in New York, the UN Headquarters on the Buddha Purnima
day.
In the message read out by Nepal's Permanent Representative to the
UN, Madhuraman Acharya, PM Koirala lauded the support of the Lumbini
Development International Committee in developing the Buddha's
birthplace as the city of world peace as per the Lumbini development
master plan.
The committee is represented by countries with Buddhist population.
This year the Vesak festival observed at the UN headquarters New York
each year was coordinated by Nepal. Acharya initiated the programme by
lighting a lamp at the Buddha's statue decorated on the stage.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon's representative and Under
Secretary General at the UN Information Department Kiyotaka Akasaka also
read out the message from the UN Secretary General. Permanent
representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Japan, Laos,
Mongolia, and Sri Lanka as well as representatives of Myanmar Thailand
and Vietnam also lit lamps.
Artists of Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Bangladesh
presented their cultural programmes.
The Sherpa and Tamang community people of Nepal in New York also
participated in the programme.
Food items from Nepal and various other countries were served at the
tea party which followed. Rising Nepal
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