Her Majesty Queen Noor to Award 7th King Hussein Leadership Prize

NEW YORK — Her Majesty Queen Noor will chair the King Hussein Foundation International annual Peace-Builders Dinner and the prize ceremony for the 7th King Hussein Leadership Prize on November 2, 2006 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The formal evening will feature a dialogue among notable voices from the Middle East. The event will highlight the mission and work of the King Hussein Foundation (KHF), established in 1999 as a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization to serve as an enduring commitment to King Hussein’s humanitarian vision and legacy.

The KHF promotes cross-cultural dialogue and understanding and advances social, economic, and political opportunity in the Arab and Muslim world through its pioneering development programs in the fields of democracy, education, leadership, health, and the environment.

The King Hussein Leadership Prize recognizes individuals, groups, or institutions that demonstrate inspiring and courageous leadership in their efforts to promote sustainable development, human rights, tolerance, equity, and peace. A prize of $50,000 accompanies the award.

The dinner dialogue is one of the activities of the KHF programs that promote cross cultural understanding. Previous participants and guests include H.E. Kofi Annan, President Bill Clinton, Professor Akbar Ahmed, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Charlie Rose, Steve Case, Sting, Trudie Styler, and Meg Ryan.

Previous prize winners include Muhammad Yunus, recipient of this year’s Noble Peace Prize; Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, for her efforts as an advocate for human rights; the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), for its more than fifty years of service to millions of Palestinian refugees; Medecins Sans Frontieres, for providing humanitarian and medical assistance to people in distress around the world; the Jordan Hashemite Charity, for its outstanding relief work; The Arab Human Development Report, for its courageous and groundbreaking analysis and reports on the conditions and challenges facing the Arab world today; Dr. Rola Dashti, for her leadership of the women’s suffrage movement in Kuwait; Saliha Djuderija, for her leadership in promoting post conflict reconciliation among the different ethnic groups in Bosnia Herzegovina; and OneVoice, a movement that strives to empower the moderate majority of Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving the conflict.

Source: King Hussein Foundation International

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