On January 16, 2019, Ms. Miriam Belov, founder of “Wellness Agenda” and “Creative Concentration”, gave a presentation on “Mindfulness, diplomacy, meditation: exploring ways to reduce stress, overcome helplessness and find calm” within the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco to the UN, in New York.

A graduate of Brown University, Miriam Belov has worked for 35 years in the field of health and well-being. She has collaborated with prestigious beauty brands such as Estée Lauder and Shiseido USA, and has contributed to television and radio shows on NBC, News 12 and Lifetime.

After the broadcast of an audio clip of Princess Grace reciting William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 54, and having been enlightened on the four great causes of modern stress (personal, professional, technological and environmental), the guests followed a meditation session. .

Permanent Representatives, journalists accredited to the United Nations, as well as members of the Hospitality Committee for the United Nations and friends of Monaco participated in this presentation.

These included the PRs of Albania, Andorra, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Rwanda Slovenia and Turkmenistan; the wives of the PRs of Israel, Tunisia, and Ukraine, a representative of the OIF, the President and Vice-President of the Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists, and Mrs. Miriam Belov.