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Peace Related Awards granted to Mayors for Peace
including the president and other representatives
Peace Related Awards granted to Mayors for Peace
| 2011 XXXII Prize for Peace >> Read more |
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| Presented by: |
the United Nations Association of Spain |
| Date: |
October 24, 2011 |
| Recipient and Venue: |
On November 9, Mayor Matsui, Mayor of Granollers, participants of the Executive
Conference and mayors of neighboring member cities attended the Awards
Ceremony of the“XXXII Prize for Peace”at Diputacio de Barcelona (Barcelona
Prefectural Hall) and received the award certificate and the list of extra
prize money totaling 18,000 Euro (About 1,900,000 yen). |
| Outline of the Award: |
On October 24, commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the United
Nations, the prize was established in 1979 and has been conferred every
year to recognize an individual or collective work, a personal career or
an organization that spread praise and purposes contained in the Charter
of the United Nations. |
| The Awards Gernika for Peace and Reconciliation 2010 >> Read more |
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| Presented by: |
the Town Hall of Gernika-Lumo (Spain), the city of Pforzheim (Germany),
Gernika Gogoratuz Foundation, Gernika Peace Museum and the Culture House
of Gernika-Lumo. |
| Date: |
April 25, 2010 |
| Recipient and Venue: |
On behalf of the president of Mayors for Peace, Mayor Josep Mayoral i Angtigas
of Granollers (Spain), Vice President of Mayors for Peace, attended the
awards ceremony and received the award in Gernika-Lumo, Basque Country,
Spain. |
| Outline of the Award: |
Established in 2005, every year, the prizes presented to the work of people
working towards peace, and to great leaders, personalities or institutions
which have worked to transform conflict and lay the cornerstones of future
reconciliation processes. |
| The 2007 Nuclear - Free Future Award >> Read more |
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| Presented by: |
Franz-Moll Foundation (headquarters: Munich, Germany) |
| Date: |
October 18, 2007 |
| Recipient and Venue: |
Mayors for Peace and its president, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, were
presented with the awards. The awards ceremony was held in the City of
Salzburg in Austria and co-hosted by the Salzburg Provincial Government. |
| Outline of the Award: |
The Nuclear-Free Future Award was established in 1998 to honor individuals
and groups working towards the realization of a world rid of nuclear weapons
and nuclear energy, and making notable contributions in the categories
of 1) Solutions, 2) Education, and 3) Resistance, as well as an honorary
Lifetime Achievement award to those who have worked in this field for a
long time. Mayors for Peace received the award for Solutions. |
| 2006 The IPB Sean MacBride Award >> Read more |
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| Presented by: |
International Peace Bureau (IPB) (headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland) |
| Date: |
September 8, 2006 |
| Recipient and Venue: |
Mayor of Hiroshima received the award on behalf of Mayors for Peace at
a ceremony during an IPB General Assembly in Helsinki. The same medal was
given to the mayor of Nagasaki at the Global Citizens' Assembly in Nagasaki
in October. |
| Outline of the Award: |
Commemorating the achievements of Sean MacBride, the distinguished Irish
statesman who was Chairman of IPB from 1968-74 and President from 1974-1985,
this prize, established in 1992, is given every year to a group or individual
who makes a conspicuous contribution to peace, disarmament and/or human
rights. |
| 2004 World Citizenship Award >> Read more |
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| Presented by: |
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (headquarters: Santa Barbara, California;
founded in 1998). |
| Date: |
October 8, 2004 |
| Recipient and Venue: |
The Mayor of Hiroshima received the award on behalf of Mayors for Peace
at a ceremony in Hiroshima. |
| Outline of the Award: |
The award is presented every year to individuals or groups that have made
excellent contributions to world peace and human development. |
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