10/05/2009 - Sunday Island

 

 

Photo: Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda delivering the keynote address at the International Buddhist Conference in Thailand, recently. It was sponsored by United Nations to commemorate Vesak Day. Over 90 countries and more than 2,000 members of the Buddhist clergy participated in this three-day conference. Moragoda’s speech was based on the international crisis and solutions based on Buddhist vision.