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11 April 2001
Dear Mr. Sinha,
I write in reply to your recent letter to the Secretary-General informing him that the OISCA Foundation has decided to present him with the OISCA-Award, and asking him when you could present it.
On behalf of the Secretary-General, I would like to thank you for the kind words you have addressed to him, and for your decision to honour him with an award. I trust that you will understand, however, that as a general rule the Secretary-General does not accept awards in absentia, particularly when the decision is made without prior consultation to determine if he is in a position to accept. I must therefore inform you that the Secretary-General respectfully declines your kind offer.
Your expression of support for his work is a source of encouragement for which I would like to convey his gratitude. i Yours sincerely
';"? Gillian Martin Sorensen Assistant Secretary-General } 'J for External Relations
Mr. D. N. Sinha President OISCA Foundation of India New Dehli .Q -o TELEX 31--63Q45- .u> Fax 011-3343421 Cable BOLT, NEW DELHI Tel. 3733175,3732730 CO OISCA FOUNDATION OF INDIA OISCA LAUREATES Registration No. 2051 ^ Gate No. 4, Gr. Floor, Mrs. Indira Gandhi r •,• 5/125, Jeevantara Prime Minister ol India E e B a i? IE Parliament Street Dr. Yoshiko Y Nakano New Delhi - 110 001 President, OlSCA-lnternational. Tokyo Mr. Gerath Price Chief of BBC Wales Mr. Dumitriu Niculescu March 15,2001 Mr. A.K. Verma i EXECUTIVEXECUTI E OFFICE Chief of Asia Division of BBC Wales Dear Excellency Mr .KcU^y"SECRETARY-GENERAg L His Royal Highness Charles Prince ol Wales Mr. George Thomas Speaker. House of Commons. U.K. On behalf of our Members and the Freedom Fighters of Giani Zail Singh President ol India India, we warmly welcome Your Excellency on your visit Mr. Tadashi Watanabe to India today. OlSCA's Contributor on Green Revolution India Dr. B.S. Rana Surgeon. Dr. RML Hospital Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland i After hearing your his-hoj-in address at the UN Prime Minister of Norway Millennium Session onr^ugust 2p laying out the policy Mr.T. Kaifu Prime Minister of Japan for the NGOs, our delegates Governor B.S. Reddy, Swami Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharmd Sarvanand Saraswati, R.C.Srivastava and myself had the President of India honour of meeting you with your priest from Ghana to Sir C.P. Srivastava Secretary General. IMCO congratulate you on your illuminating address to drive Mr. Maurice Strong the world towards Peace and Development. Secretary General. UNCED Prof. N.G. Ranga, M P. Mr. Indrajit, MR We appreciate your sentiments and contribution you Padmashri Mrs. Shovna Narain IAAS have made. Mr. S. Shamim Kazim Managing Director. BMCB Ltd Dr. B. Satyanarayana Reddy Governor of Onssa & U.P I value the Ghana Walking stick that I received. Mr. B.B. Nagpal Mr. Krishna Kanf Ch. Ranbir Singh Former Minister & lit has, therefore, unanimously been agreed by our Member of Constituent Assembly / Board of Trustees headed by our World President Pt. Sheelbhadra Yajee / Dr.Yoshiko Y. Nakano to present to Your Excellency the President. AIFFO Dr. K.B. Lai, ICS ' OISCA-AWARD to felicitate you as the custodian of Former Ambassador and Social Worker Peace, Harmony and Development. Mr. Govind Narain, ICS Former Governor Mr B.N.Tandon, IAS Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister We shall appreciate your advice for the place, date His Royal Serene Highness and time for the ceremony to be performed at your Prince Hans Adams II. Leichtenstein convenience. Mr. B.B. Lai, ICS Former Governor Dr. Dharma Vira, ICS Former Governor With kindest regards, Mr. H.M.S. Bhatnagar Labour Secretary to the Government ol India Mr. Frans Von Den Bossche Yours->,s incer e ly, Philanthropist and Social Worker His Holiness Dalai Lama Padmashri Dr. Anil Kohli Dental Surgeon Dr. Ajit Saxena Urologist-Surgeon President Mr. R. P. Goenka His Excellency Mr Kofi Annan Industrialist Dr. Harsh Mahajan Secretary General Radiologist United Nations Mr. Yogendra Narain. IAS New Delhi Chief Secretary. Government U.P. Mr. N. Vittal, :AS "ORGANISATION FOP INDUSTRIAL SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT-INTERNATIONAL : TOKYO Chief Vigilence Commissioner of India UN Status-Category I NGO Prof. Ram Lai Parikh BRANCHES IN 24 COUNTRIES Chancellor, Gu/rat Vidyapeeth WHQ. TOKYO-168