Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Angela Merkel chosen for Nehru Award


German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on 9 May 2011 was chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009 for her enormous efforts toward sustainable and equitable development. The External Affairs Ministry release revealed that that the jury chaired by Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, has decided to confer the award for 2009 on Dr. Merkel.

The German leader, Merkel is known for her efforts for good governance and understanding and for the creation of a world better positioned to handle the emerging challenges of the 21st century. She has been sympathetic to developing countries and led the search for a balanced solution based on principles of equity and sensitivity to the interests of the developing world.

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding founded in 1965 is an international award presented by the Government of India. The award is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world. The award carries prize money of Rs.1 crore besides a trophy and citation.

Recipients

  1. U Thant - 1965
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1966
  3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - 1967
  4. Yehudi Menuhin - 1968
  5. Mother Teresa - 1969
  6. Kenneth Kaunda - 1970
  7. Josip Broz Tito - 1971
  8. André Malraux - 1972
  9. Julius Nyerere - 1973
  10. Raul Prebisch - 1974
  11. Jonas Salk - 1975
  12. Giuseppe Tucci - 1976
  13. Tulsi Meherji Shrestha - 1977
  14. Nichidatsu Fujii - 1978
  15. Nelson Mandela - 1980
  16. Barbara Ward - 1981
  17. Alva and Gunnar Myrdal - 1982
  18. Leopold Sedar Senghor - 1983
  19. Bruno Kreisky - 1984
  20. Indira Gandhi - 1985 (posthumous)
  21. Olof Palme - 1986 (posthumous)
  22. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar - 1987
  23. Yasser Arafat - 1988
  24. Robert Gabriel Mugabe - 1989
  25. Helmut Kohl - 1990
  26. Aruna Asaf Ali - 1991
  27. Maurice Strong - 1992
  28. Aung San Suu Kyi - 1993
  29. Mahathir Bin Mohamad - 1994
  30. Hosni Mubarak - 1995
  31. Goh Chok Tong - 2003
  32. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said - 2004 (yet to be presented)
  33. Wangari Maathai - 2005
  34. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - 2006
  35. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson - 2007
  36. Angela Merkel - 2009
  • Prize not awarded in 1986 & from 1996 to 2002.

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