Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards

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.