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Bust of Mahatma Gandhi to be unveiled at headquarters of UNO on 14 Dec
way2barak, Nov.27: A bust of Mahatma Gandhi will be inaugurated as a gift from India to the United Nations (at New York) during India’s Presidency of the Security Council next month, the first sculpture of the Mahatma to be installed at the world body’s headquarters here.
The bust, made by renowned Indian sculptor Padma Shree awardee Ram Sutar, who has also designed the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat, will be inaugurated on December 14 during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to the UN for India’s Presidency of the Council for the month.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj told PTI in an exclusive interview here that the bust will be placed in the expansive North Lawns of the UN headquarters at New York in USA.
The bust will be inaugurated on the morning of December 14 and the ceremony is expected to be attended by all 15 Security Council members as well as the incoming five new members who will take their seats on the Council beginning January 1, 2023. UN Secretary General AntonIo Guterres and President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi could also be present on the occasion.
