3rd Meeting, United and Present - Global Solutions…

Morning Session, 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 - 11:40 | Panel Discussion: Advancing World Meditation Day
This dialogue celebrates meditation as an everyday essential for peace, reflection, and connection across traditions - reminding us that human rights are lived and breathed through our shared humanity.
Opening remarks and musical interpretation of the UN General Assembly Resolution on World Meditation Day (A/RES/79/137) (10 mins) UN Music Club members: Dr. Luis De La Calle (flutes) and Mr. Michael Wiener (piano)
Presentations:

• Meditation and Science: An Overview - Professor Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford (15 mins) 
• World Meditation Day Resolution - Dr. Myriam Oehri, OHCHR Consultant; Former Deputy Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York (10 mins)

Panelists:

• Sister Chan Dinh Nghiem, Plum Village Buddhist Tradition
• Father Cyprian Consiglio, Camaldolese monk, musician and interfaith teacher (Vatican)
• Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung, Abbot, Yungdrung Bon Tradition
• Chief Rabbi, Eric Ackerman, Geneva Jewish Community
• Swami Vedanishthananda ji, Spiritual Head and Director, Vedantic Centre Geneva.
• Aïcha Redouane, Singer and interpreter of Arabic Sufi poetry

Moderator: Professor Mark Williams (University of Oxford)

11:40 - 12:00 | Break

12:00 - 12:30 | Experiential Practice Session (Facilitators TBD)

12:30 - 13:00 | Closing Remarks & the Way Forward