PERMANENT MISSION OF INDIA
GENEVA

PRESS RELEASE

Flag-Hoisting Ceremony at India House on 15th August 2016

A flag-hoisting ceremony was organized at India House, Geneva on Monday, 15th August 2016 at 0930 hrs. About 200 Indian nationals hailing from different walks of life attended the ceremony.  These included Heads of some UN Organizations, including Amb. A. Gopinathan, Chairman Joint Inspection Unit, Shri Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), former Ambassador,Dr.Jaskaran Singh Teja,  Col. (Rtd) Birinder C Mehra,  President of Indian Association Geneva, Shri N R Venkatesh and others.

After the hoisting of the national flag and singing of the national anthem, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Amb. Ajit Kumar, read out the Hon’ble President’s Independence Day speech.

A short film entitled “70th Year of Independence 70 Initiatives by the Modi Government for people’s welfare” received wide appreciation for the people oriented policies and programmes of the Government.

Rendition of patriotic songs was presented on the occasion by the children from the Indian Association of Geneva along with children of Officials from the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva.

The flag-hoisting ceremony ended with interaction amongst visitors over some light refreshments.

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