2015_INTERNATIONAL VESAK CELEBRATIONS _01 Inaugural Session
INTERNATIONAL VESAK CELEBRATIONS
27-29 May 2015
“Fostering World Peace through Cultural Education”
UNESCO HEAD QUARTERS, PARIS, FRANCE
27TH MAY 2015 – HALL 1
INAUGURAL CEREMONY
09.00 Arrival of Participants
09.15 Arrival of Honourable Guests
• Venerable Master Chin Kung, Founder and Head of Pure Land Learning College, Australia
• Ven. Bodagama Chandima, Head Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Manelwatta, Kelaniya
• H.E Mr. Fatmir Besimi, Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia
• Hon. Karu Jayasuriya Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Hon Akila Viraj Kariyawasam , Minister of Education of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka /Head of the Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to UNESCO
• Madagascar representative ( minister level)
• H E Mrs Irina BOKOVA , Director General of UNESCO or Representative
• H.E Mr Agron Budjaku, Ambassador /Permanent Delegate of Macedonia
• Mrs Shobini Gunasekera, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Sri Lanka and Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to UNESCO
• Mr Andriamanjato Ny Toky, Chargé d’Affaires Permanent Delegation of Madagascar to UNESCO
9.20 – 9.50 Religious Observances
• Theravada Tradition (led by Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero)
• Mahayana Tradition (led by Ven. Wu Shin)
• Hindu (led by Mr. Swami Samachittananda)
• Christian ( led by Rev. Father Nimantha Peiris,)
• Islam (led by Syed Ahmad Bin Syed Hassan Al-Attas)
• To be announced
9.50 – 9.55 Lighting of the Oil Lamp
27-29 May 2015
“Fostering World Peace through Cultural Education”
UNESCO HEAD QUARTERS, PARIS, FRANCE
27TH MAY 2015 – HALL 1
INAUGURAL CEREMONY
09.00 Arrival of Participants
09.15 Arrival of Honourable Guests
• Venerable Master Chin Kung, Founder and Head of Pure Land Learning College, Australia
• Ven. Bodagama Chandima, Head Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Manelwatta, Kelaniya
• H.E Mr. Fatmir Besimi, Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia
• Hon. Karu Jayasuriya Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration, Local Government and Democratic Governance of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Hon Akila Viraj Kariyawasam , Minister of Education of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka /Head of the Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to UNESCO
• Madagascar representative ( minister level)
• H E Mrs Irina BOKOVA , Director General of UNESCO or Representative
• H.E Mr Agron Budjaku, Ambassador /Permanent Delegate of Macedonia
• Mrs Shobini Gunasekera, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Sri Lanka and Permanent Delegation of Sri Lanka to UNESCO
• Mr Andriamanjato Ny Toky, Chargé d’Affaires Permanent Delegation of Madagascar to UNESCO
9.20 – 9.50 Religious Observances
• Theravada Tradition (led by Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero)
• Mahayana Tradition (led by Ven. Wu Shin)
• Hindu (led by Mr. Swami Samachittananda)
• Christian ( led by Rev. Father Nimantha Peiris,)
• Islam (led by Syed Ahmad Bin Syed Hassan Al-Attas)
• To be announced
9.50 – 9.55 Lighting of the Oil Lamp
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