Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards
1 October 2015 | New York
Mr. Petru Schipor had the honor of attending the annual awards dinner of the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which convened an influential gathering of nearly five hundred top government, business, military, media, and civil society leaders from around the world.
The Atlantic Council presented its annual awards to four dynamic individuals whose exceptional and distinctive contributions have been instrumental in addressing some of today’s most pressing global challenges.
This year’s awardees were Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos; former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger; European Central Bank President Mario Draghi; and Maestro Yu Long, Music Director of the China Philharmonic. The star-studded lineup at the event included US Vice President Joe Biden and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Among this year’s keynote speakers were also Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and President and CEO Frederick Kempe, as well as World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.
The Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Awards dinner recognizes global leaders who have made exceptional and distinctive contributions toward strengthening the transatlantic relationship. Previous honorees include former Israeli President Shimon Peres; Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto; Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi; then-US Senator John Kerry; former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata; former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (posthumously); musician Quincy Jones; and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards
1 octombrie 2015 | New York
Dl. Petru Schipor a avut onoarea de a participa la dineul anual organizat de Atlantic Council in cadrul Global Citizen Awards, gazduit anul acesta de Muzeul American de Istorie Naturala din New York, eveniment ce a reunit aproape cinci sute de personalitati guvernamentale, de business, militare, si membri ai societatii civile din intreaga lume.
Atlantic Council a prezentat premiile anuale unui grup de patru personalitati ce au avut o contributie deosebita in incercarea de a rezolva unele din cele mai grave problem globale.
Acestia au fost presedintele Columbiei Juan Manuel Santos, fostul secretar de stat American si consilier pe probleme de securitate nationala Henry Kissinger, presedintele Bancii Centrale Europene Mario Draghi si Maestrul Yu Long, dirijor al Filarmonicii Chineze. Lista de personalitati care au introdus si inmanat premiile i-a inclus pe vicepresedintele Statelor Unite, Joe Biden, si directorul general al Fondului Monetar International, Christine Lagarde.
Printre vorbitorii de seama de la evenimentul din anul acesta s-au mai numarat si presedintele consiliului Atlantic Council, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., presedintele si CEO-ul Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe, dar si fondatorul si presedintele executive al World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab.
Dineul Global Citizen Awads organizat de Atlantic Council se doreste a fi o recunoastere a contributiilor extraordinare si deosebite in consolidarea partneriatului transatlantic. Printre castigatorii editiilor anterioare se numaa fostul presedinte israelian Shimon Perez, presedintele Mexicului Enrique Peña Nieto, liderul opozitiei din Mianmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, fostul senator American John Kerry, fostul comisar ONU pentru refugiati Sadako Ogata, fostul prim ministru libanez Rafik Hariri (postum), artistul Quincy Jones, Majestatea Sa Regina Rania Al Abdullah a Regatului Hasemit al Iordaniei.
