Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya or the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University

Brahma Kumaris and the United Nations The Brahma Kumaris are associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) as a non-governmental organization, since 1980. They also have a consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as well as with UNICEF. The organization has participated in various UN meets and conferences in places like Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Copenhagen etc. In 1986, which was the UN’s International Year of Peace, the Brahma Kumaris launched The Million Minutes of Peace Appeal. This peace appeal reached millions of people across 88 counties and won support from hundreds of companies and organizations. The project collected contributions of over one billion minutes of peace in the form of prayer, meditation and positive thoughts. Thanks to the success of this Peace Appeal, the Brahma Kumaris received seven UN Peace Messenger Awards. Inspired by the success of this initiative another such project called the first International Peace Messenger Initiative, dedicated to the UN Global Co-operation for a Better World, was launched. This project was even more successful and collected hopes and visions for a better world from thousands of people across 129 countries. It concluded with an international conference at the Brahma Kumaris headquarters in Mount Abu. On this occasion, a document titled Mount Abu Declaration was adopted, which was later put on the Agenda of the General Assembly of the UN and officially adopted.