18 July 2017, 05:30 am
Commemoration Service
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
From 10:30 to 11:00 at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration Service 
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
 
Procession from Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza to C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium 
 
11:15 to 12:30 in C.D.Deshmukh Auditorium 
Mandela Katha Mala 
Message from the UN Secretary-General to be read by Shri Rajiv Chandran, National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan 
 
Speakers: H.E. Mr  France Morule, High Commissioner of South Africa; Shri Virendra Gupta, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa and  Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
 
Madiba and His Struggle 
An exhibition of paintings by children of Bluebells School International
 
On view in the Foyer outside C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium 
 
Organised as part of Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development
 
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Baradari, United Nations Information Centre & Working Group on Alternative Strategies)