29 June 2001
Highly esteemed Secretary-General,I wish to congratulate you wholeheartedly on being unanimously appointed today by the General Assembly to your second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations. You have already achieved so many most remarkable and most significant things, not only for the betterment of the United Nations, but for the whole world… I am sure that this coming five years your wisdom-light will continue to illumine the darkness of this troubled world of ours.
Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy, Kofi Annan: Cynosure-Eyes, Agni Press, 2002