ABU DHABI, twenty fifth August, 2022 (WAM) — The newly shaped judging committee of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2023 held an introductory assembly on Wednesday, following the opening of nominations for the fourth cycle of the unbiased world award.
The six judging committee members – who hail from Central America, Europe, North Africa, the Center East, and Asia – mentioned the way to proceed the award’s empowerment of leaders and grassroot actions in driving transformative change to attain one of many world’s biggest challenges: peaceable coexistence.
Through the digital assembly, Secretary-Normal Choose Mohamed Abdelsalam welcomed his fellow judging committee members, particularly, United Nations Underneath-Secretary-Normal and Excessive Consultant for the Alliance of Civilisations Miguel Ángel Moratinos; former Vice President of Costa Rica Dr. Epsy Campbell Barr; Professional-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization on the Holy See His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle; 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate and baby rights activist Kailash Satyarthi; and 2015 Nobel Peace Laureate and entrepreneur Dr. Ouided Bouchamaoui.
Choose Abdelsalam mentioned the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity continues to encourage many individuals across the globe and has turn out to be a beacon of hope – significantly as a result of extraordinary assist of His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Professor Ahmed Al-Tayeb, His Holiness Pope Francis, and President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and patron of human fraternity.
For his half, Miguel Ángel Moratinos expressed the United Nations’ steady assist for the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. “Greater than ever, this human fraternity mission has the duty to save lots of humanity,” mentioned Moratinos.
His Eminence Cardinal Tagle described the award as “an indication of hope” that needs to be promoted in all societies and expressed his anticipation for the assessment of nominations and the chance to turn out to be conversant in individuals and establishments making a distinction around the globe and selling concord and friendship.
Although the judging committee is a small group, mentioned Kailash Satyarthi, it has the facility to make an incredible impression by recognizing and supporting these people and entities fostering human fraternity at a time when a number of crises threaten completely different elements of the world.
Dr. Ouided Bouchamaoui mentioned, “Our world is filled with battle, which makes the spreading of a tradition of compassion and human fraternity, via initiatives just like the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, that rather more pressing.”
“Guided by our information and hearts, we’ll search for crucial people who find themselves main actions of human fraternity,” mentioned Dr. Campbell Barr, including that the award’s spectacular historical past makes being a judging committee member very thrilling.
The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity was launched in 2019 after His Holiness Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, and His Eminence Professor Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, co-signed the historic Doc on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi beneath the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Earlier award honorees embody Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Professor Ahmed Al-Tayeb (honorary recipients); United Nations Secretary-Normal António Guterres; Moroccan-French activist in opposition to extremism Latifa Ibn Ziaten; His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and his spouse, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah; and Haitian humanitarian group the Basis for Data and Liberty (FOKAL).
The nominations course of for the 2023 award opened on July 1, 2022, and can shut on October 31, 2022. The recipient(s) will probably be introduced in February 2023.
Nominations might be made by certified nominators via the official web site of the Zayed Award of Human Fraternity: https://zayedaward.org/.
Certified nominators embody members of governments; present and former heads of states; members of parliaments; heads of supreme courts; senior executives of the United Nations; heads of worldwide NGOs; college presidents; influencers, leaders, thinkers; and former honorees of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.