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Source: TibetNet Please address all inquiries concerning Tibet to: rutgets!rubbs!107!535!Indira.Singh Thank You. PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS SANCHEZ WILL RECEIVE ALBERT SCHWEITZER HUMANITARIAN AWARD ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989 AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT HOHN THE DIVINE. AWARD TO BE PRESENTED BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA XIV OF TIBET. BOTH LEADERS WILL DELIVER WORLD MESSAGES. President Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of the Republic of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner will receive the 1989 Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award of the Human Behavior Foundation in a ceremony bosted by The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. It will be President Arias' first U.S. address since he and four other heads of state made public their recommendation for a Contra cease-fire in the interests of Peace. The public is welcome. Admission is free. His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV of Tibet, who received the Award in 1987, will present this year's Award to President Arias, and His Holiness will also deliver a World Message. It will be His Holiness' only public appearance during this New York trip. The Right Reverend Desmond M. Tutu Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa, who received the Award in 1988, will send his special World Message through his daughter, Mpho Tutu, of the Tutu Scholarship Fund. Rhena Schweitzer Miller and David C. Miller, who won the Award in 1986, will open the Ceremony. This Award is presented to individuals whose life work exemplifies a dedication to the principles of the Foundation--Human Betterment and Human Understanding--carried out within the framework of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's philosophy--Reverence for Life. An overwhelming number of requests to attend this Ecumenical event to recognize man's highest strivings have been received. Four of the worlds' greatest humanitarians are represented at this year's ceremony and each represents crucial areas and interests in the world--President Arias, the Latin and Catholic world; His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Eastern and Buddhist World and the hopes for justice in Tibet; Rhena Schweitzer Miller, the international world, cultural and medical and philosophical, influenced by the great work of Dr. Schweitzer, and; Mpho Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglo Catholic and Third World, especially in its struggle for human rights against Apartheid. Archbishop Tutu is also an honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, where this year's ceremony is being held. Three Nobel Peace Laureates (Schweitzer '52, Tutu '84, Arias '87) and one Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (His Holiness the Dalai Lama '89) are represented by! these four individuals. The Award includes an honorarium, a contribution to the recipient's favorite charity, and a gold plaque, sculpted in the likeness of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, by internationally acclaimed sculptor Lloyd Glasson. The Human Behavior Foundation was founded in 1968 by Albert Crum, M.D., through the inspiration and funding of the founder's mother. Dr. Crum is Medical Director of Psychiatric Services International, Clinical Professor of Behavioral Sciences, New York University; and Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons in Psychiatry. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | FAX: 212-787-1726 patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | BBS: 201-795-0733 patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | (3/12/24/9600 Baud) -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-