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Article: Secretary-General, in message on Buddhism's Day of Vesak, calls for sustained campaign to rebuild trust between different faiths, cultures.
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- June 2, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2004-UN: Secretary-General, in message on Buddhism's Day of Vesak, calls for sustained campaign to rebuild trust between different faiths, cultures(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the "International Recognition of the Day of Vesak Ceremony" in New York:
It gives me great pleasure to send my warmest greetings to this international observance of the Day of Vesak.
Every year on this day, we mark the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha some 2,500 years ago, and pay tribute to the contributions that Buddhism has made ...