FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: DIANA TAKATA at 212-481-3569
May 15, 1997
THE DALAI LAMA SPEAKS IN NEW YORK CITY ON HARMONY IN DIVERSITY AND
JOINS NOBEL LAUREATES TO SIGN DECLARATION ON ENDING DEADLY ARMS TRADE
[New York City] -- On May 29, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama of
Tibet will join The Very Rev. Dr. Harry H. Pritchett, Jr. Dean of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New
York City in a talk at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at
7:00pm. The Dalai Lama will be addressing an audience of 4,000
speaking on Harmony in Diversity. This event will also be broadcast
live via satellite throughout North America.
The satellite test signal begins at 6:30pm EST and the program at
7:00pm EST, running time approximately one hour. For more
information on participating in the satellite broadcast, contact
Global Gatherings at 505-982-2060. The satellite coordinates are:
C BAND - "GE2" - transponder 21 - 85 degrees west - vertical down
4120 - horizontal up 6345
KU BAND - "SBS6" - transponder 8 - 74 degrees west - vertical down
11896.5
At 5:00pm, prior to the public talk, the Dalai Lama will join former
President of Costa Rica Dr. Oscar Arias, in an international press
conference, to mark the historic signing of a Nobel laureates'
International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers endorsed by over a
dozen Nobel Peace laureates around the world. Also taking part in
the signing ceremony will be fellow laureates Elie Wiesel, Jose
Ramos-Horta, Betty Williams, and representatives of the American
Friends Service Committee, and Amnesty International. The ceremony
will take place before an audience of over 500 distinguished leaders
and members of the press. The Commission of Nobel Peace laureates,
established by Dr. Arias in 1995, has drawn up a model International
Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers which would serve as the basis of
an international agreement outlining strict criteria to govern global
arms transfers.
Immediately following the press conference, leaders of Students for a
Free Tibet will be addressing the laureates and audience. Over 60
Students for a Free Tibet chapters will be in attendance at this
special event.
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PRESS CONFERENCE - By Reservation or Invitation Only
Location: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Synod Hall
110th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Date/Time: Thursday, May 29, 1997 at 5:00pm
Doors open at 3:30 to press and 4:00pm to the public
Doors will close promptly at 4:50pm
Press Credentials:
NYPD press credentials requested. All media should fax
requests to Diana Takata at 212-779-9245. Fax should
be on company letterhead, with name, address, phone,
fax and copy of press badge. Confirmation will be by
phone or fax. Press badge will be given during
press check-in
No parking is available at the Cathedral - Garage at 114th/Amsterdam
Ave. No large bags, backpacks, parcels, luggage, etc. will be allowed into
the Cathedral of Synod Hall
The following schools will be attending the press conference ...
1. Amherst
2. Amherst Regional High
3. Amherst Regional Jr. High
4. Ball State University
5. Baruch College
6. Brandeis College
7. Bronx Science
8. Brooklyn College
9. Brooklyn Technical High
10. Brown University
11. Canarsie High
12. Cardozo High
13. Choate Rosemary High
14. City College of NY
15. Clara Barton High
16. College of Staten Island
17. Columbia University
18. Connellsville High
19. Cornell
20. Connecticut Community
21. CUNY
22. Curtis High
23. Dickinson College
24. Dwight School
25. Emory University
26. Fordham University
27. Fort Hamilton High
28. George Mason University
29. George Washinton University
30. Harvard
31. Harvard Divinity
32. Harvard Law
33. Harvard-Radcliffe
34. Hasbrouck Heights School
35. Holyoke Community
36. Hunter College High
37. Ithaca College
38. Jackson Elementary
39. Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis High
40. Kent State University
41. Kenyon College
42. McKee High
43. Middlebury College
44. New Mexico State University
45. Northampton High
46. New York University
47. Oberlin College
48. Parish Hill High
49. Princeton University
50. Rockland Community
51. Sarah Lawrence College
52. Scarsdale High
53. Skidmore College
54. Smith College
56. Southampton College
57. Southampton High
58. St. Olaf College
59. Stanford
60. SUNY, New Paltz
61. SUNY, Stony Brook
62. Swarthmore College
63. Tenafly High
64. The New School
65. Thomas Jefferson High
66. Tufts University
67. University of Toronto
68. University of VA
69. University of WI, Madison
70. Vassar
71. Washington Irving High
72. Wesleyan
73. Williams Collge
74. Yeshiva University
DIRECTIONS ...
By Subway
#1 Train to 110th Street
By Bus
#4 to Amsterdam & 110th Street
#14 to Amsterdam & 112th Street
#104 to Broadway & 112th Street
