The U Thant Peace Award was created by

Sri Chinmoy Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.U Thant Thant (; ; January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held t ...

's death. First offered in 1982, the award is given to individuals and organizations who have exemplified the lofty spiritual ideals of the late

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U Thant and implemented those ideals in the tireless pursuit of world peace.

Recipients

It had been bestowed by The Peace Meditation at the United Nations upon

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Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was bo ...

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the

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, Dada J.P. Vaswani,

Swami Satchidananda Satchidananda Saraswati (; 22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002), born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder and usually known as Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian yoga guru Modern yoga gurus are people widely acknowledged to be gurus of modern yoga in a ...

and U Thant’s daughter, Daw Aye Aye Thant. 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

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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

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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.

Recipients of the U Thant Peace award

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External links

U Thant Peace Award
at Sri Chinmoy.org
Video: Award for Mother Teresa
Awards established in 1982 Peace awards Sri Chinmoy