World Citizenship Award
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| World Citizenship Award | |||
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| Owner | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Created | 1996 | ||
| Awarded for | An outstanding contribution to the building of a better world | ||
| Recipients | 13 | ||
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The World Citizenship Award is an award of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Launched in 1996, the award is given to people outside the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting movement who have contributed to a better world in at least one of the following areas - peace, environment, education, food and nutrition, health, and culture and heritage.[1]
Recipients[edit]
As of 2012, the award has been presented to 13 recipients:[1]
- 1996 - Nelson Mandela
- 1997 - Mary Robinson
- 1999 - Mo Mowlam
- 1999 - Ian Kiernan
- 2001 - Corazon Aquino
- 2001 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- 2002 - Catherine Bertini
- 2002 - Dr Nafis Sadik
- 2004 - Stanislav Petrov
- 2005 - Princess Basma bint al-Talal of Jordan
- 2005 - Sadako Ogata
- 2007 - Stephen Lewis
- 2007 - Wangari Maathai
- 2008 - Graça Machel
References[edit]
- ^ a b "World Citizenship Award". World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 2012.