http://www.tutu.org The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre


We are having technical problems with the broadcast, we apologize for any inconvenience. The video will be available on www.dalailama.com after the event.

There will be a live webcast of the public ceremony welcoming Archbishop Desmond Tutu on his visit to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, on February 10th at 10:30-11:30 am Indian Standard Time.

The ceremony will be available for viewing and download after the event on http://www.dalailama.com (Russian translation available at http://dalailama.ru/top/974-dalai-lama.html)

For times in your region, 10:30am February 10th in Dharamsala, India, is the same as 9:00 pm February 9th in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He was the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa).

Tutu has been active in the defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. He has campaigned to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, homophobia, transphobia, poverty and racism. Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Pacem in Terris Award in 1987, the Sydney Peace Prize in 1999, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/Desmond_Tutu

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-lecture.html

 

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