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Maurice F. Strong and Jim MacNeill to Receive Candlelight Annual Award From U.N. Secretary General Kofi A. Annan |
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -/E-Wire/-- Theodore W. Kheel, President of the Carriage House Center on Global Issues, announced today that the Center's prestigious Candlelight Award will be presented by United Nations Secretary General Kofi A. Annan to both Maurice F. Strong and Jim MacNeill at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in September.
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The Candlelight Award is based on words spoken by Adlai Stevenson about Eleanor Roosevelt, "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness." The award is being presented to Mr. Strong and Mr. MacNeill, Mr. Kheel said, for their distinguished service to the United Nations and their key roles in promoting and advancing sustainable development.
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Mr. Strong was Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Conference, referred to as the Earth Summit, attracted the heads of virtually every nation in the world. Under Strong's leadership, Agenda 21, a global blueprint for sustainability in the 21st century, was unanimously adopted by the participating nations. Mr. Strong was also the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June of 1972. That conference, together with Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring," aroused the world's awareness of the wanton destruction inflicted on the environment through indiscriminate development.
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Mr. Strong, a Canadian, is currently Chancellor of the University of Peace in Costa Rica, and an adviser to Secretary General Annan.
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Mr. MacNeill, also a Canadian, was the Secretary General of the World Commission on the Environment and Development, named after its chairperson, former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway and frequently referred to as the Brundtland Commission. He was a prime author of the Commission's world-acclaimed report, "Our Common Future," in which the Commission defined sustainable development as "satisfying present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Mr. MacNeill was also, until recently, Inspector General of the World Bank.
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The Candlelight Award was presented last year by Secretary General Kofi Annan to Klaus Schwab, President of the World Economic Forum, on September 10, 2001 at the inauguration of the Carriage House Center. The award presentation was described by Mr. Annan as "a welcome next step in the process of encouraging dialogue between the public and private sectors."
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Other award winners have included Robert Allen, former President of AT&T; Henry Schact, then chairman of Lucent Technologies; Morton Bahr, President of the Communication Workers of America; and Jack Barry, President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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Mr. Kheel also announced that a reception in honor of the award winners will be held at the Carriage House shortly after the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Mr. Kheel is an eminent lawyer and mediator who has advised virtually every American president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is also the founder of the Earth Times Magazine and newspaper.
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The Carriage House Center on Global Issues |
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Mr. Theodore W. Kheel, THE CARRIAGE HOUSE CENTER ON GLOBAL ISSUES, 149 East 38th Street, New York, NY, 10016, Tel: (212) 318-6747, Fax: (212) 318-6021 1-212-318-6747, E-mail: tedkheel@aol.com |
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