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Remarks by Her Excellency Judge Rosalyn Higgins
President of the international court of justice,  Peace Palace
The Hague Kingdom of Netherlands

Royal Gift of the Tipitaka
12 October 2007

Ārambhakathā

The Royal Preface of the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka.



King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao of Siam,
Patron of the world's first printed Tipiṭaka

Royal Message

Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vaddhana
Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra of Thailand

Royal Tipiṭaka Patron
and
Honorary President for the Roman-script Tipiṭaka Presentation Worldwide

Graciously delivered in Bangkok, Colombo, and Uppsala
B.E. 2548 (2005)

Statement of
Emeritus Professor Lily de Silva

Delivered at the end of

Tipitaka Lecture
The World Tipiṭaka Project by Dhamma Society Thailand

The Sri Lanka International Conference for Pāḷi & Buddhist Studies
Le Kandyan Hotel, Kandy,
Sri Lanka
15-16 November B.E. 2546 (2003)