Award of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

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News UNESCO, Paris - 16th November 2009
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From left: H.E. Mr Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui, Minister, Alternate Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to UNESCO; Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi, Laureate of the 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize; H. E. Mrs Francine Chainaye, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium to UNESCO; Mr François Houtart, Laureate of the 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize; Mr Madanjeet Singh, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, founder of the Prize; Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, DDG ; Mr Mokhtar Taleb-Bendiab, Member of the International Jury, Director of the l’Institut du monde arabe in Paris; H. E. Mrs Eleonora Mitrofanova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO; Mr Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum of Liverpool, Honourable Mention of the 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize; H. E. Mr Peter Landymore, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to UNESCO; Ms Angela Melo, Director, Division of Human Rights and Philosophy, representing Mr Pierre Sané, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences.

 

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Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan), laureate of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence between Mr Marcio Barbosa Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and Mr H.E. Mr Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui, Minister, Alternate Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (on the right).

 

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Mr Francois Houtart (Belgium), 2009 laureate of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.		  
UNESCO Press Communiqué, address by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh, Founder of South Asia Foundation (SAF) at UNESCO Headquarters Paris, on the occasion of the award ceremony of 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.

Summary of the speeches made at the ceremony.