Welcome to the 1st Program of the 5th Anniversary Celebrations of Light Millennium:
Reflections from Sri Lanka & Tsunami
Date: Monday, May 2, 2005 Time: 7:00 PM
-- Please note: The date has changed from April 28 to May 2.

Guest Speaker:
Ambassador R. JAYASINGHE for Sri Lanka &
Deputy Permanent Representative for the United Nations

A Power Point Presentation Produced by:
Bircan ÜNVER

Date: Monday, May 2, 2005 Time: 7:00 Registration & welcoming Starts: 7:30 PM Venue: #821 United Nations Plaza, Turkish House, 2nd Floor (Between 46 St. & 1st Avenue) New York City, New York Organized by: Light Millennium More more information: contact@lightmillennium.org Language: English -- Suggested donation: $5 -- Open to ALL

You are cordially invited to the first program of the Light Millennium's Fifth Anniversary Celebration event series, "Reflections from Sri Lanka & Tsunami," A Power Point Presentation. This is a presentation in conjunction with a talk by Ambassador R. Jayasinghe.

Ambassador Jayasinghe for Sri Lanka and Deputy Permanent Representative for United Nations will be the honorary guest and speaker of the evening. Ambassador Jayasinghe will give an update about Sri Lanka and the aftereffect of Tsunami as well as the ongoing rehabilitation-reconstruction process and developments in the country since December 26, 2004. In addition, Ambassador Jayasinghe will give an overview of the "Peace Process of Sri Lanka."

The presentation will contain selected photographs from Sri Lanka, which were taken during Bircan Ünver's trip to Sri Lanka between January 15-February 9, 2005. The photographs will reflect general scenes from Colombo, Moratowa, Negombo parallel to Sarvodaya Organization's Tsunami Relief Efforts from Galle, Ampara, Kalmunai and Killinochichi.About Ambassador R. Jayasinghe:

Ambassador R. Jayasinghe was born in January 1943. Prior to his current mission, he served as Director-General, Political Affairs (East), Director Economic Affairs and Human Rights, Acting High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to South Africa; Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Katmandu, Nepal; Director for Overseas Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka; Counselor, Sri Lanka Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; First Secretary, Sri Lanka Embassy in Stockholm Sweden and hold many other diplomatic positions in Sri Lanka and outside of Sri Lanka for his country. Ambassador Jayasinghe is married and has two daughters.

-- Special Thanks to: Sir Arthur C. Clarke & His staff: Nalaka Günawardene, Rohan De Silva, Dottie Weerasooriya; and Sarvodaya Organization, Dr. Ariyarathne & His entire staff (sarvodaya.org) who made Sri Lanka a new home for me. B.Ü.


Bircan Ünver's airfare provided by:
ALP Travel (NY - Ist - NY) &
Gülcan ÜNVER (Ist. - Colombo - Ist.)

Projection provided by:
Beyhan Karahan & Associates, Architects


Sponsorships:

-- Light Millennium seeks your sponsorships for ongoing e-publications, documentary ("Peace Process of Sri Lanka & Tsunami") and television programs, scheduled and planned projects ("A Cultural Journey to Five City in Turkey") of the organization. Based on your sponsorship, the organization plans to publish hard-copy books in Turkish and English. Overall, Light Millennium invites you to be part of the organization in any way you may wish.

Detailed information for sponsorship:
http://www.lightmillennium.org/sponsorship/concept_platforms.html
E-mail: contact@lightmillennium.org

About Light Millennium's 5th Anniversary Events:
http://www.lightmillennium.org/events/2005_list.html

For more information about the Light Millennium:
http://www.lightmillennium.org/about%20lm/list.html

About Bircan Ünver:
http://www.lightmillennium.org/biographies/bu_profile.html

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The Light Millennium, Inc., is a charitable - public benefit organization, and was incorporated on July 17, 2001 with tax exempt status #501 ( c ) (3), and introduced on the web in 1999 based in New York. http://www.lightmillennium.org/