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Festival of Lights celebration

Thursday, November 12 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

You are warmly invited to celebrate Diwali, The Festival of Lights, co-hosted by the NGO community. The sacred festival holds deep significance for us, offering an opportunity to reflect on the many dimensions of light and our shared interdependence in advancing the interconnected pillars of People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships.

The event brings together members of the diplomatic corps, the UN Secretariat, government officials, civil society, and the private sector. The program will feature brief addresses, artistic expressions of light drawn from diverse cultures, and a period of meditation, celebrating the universal values of hope, harmony, unity, and peace.

Thursday, November 12

12noon – 2:00pm EST

Tillman Chapel

UN Church Center

777 E. 44th. Street, NY