FOREST WHITAKER UNESCO Special Envoy
Forest Whitaker is an artist and humanist. He is the founder and CEO of The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, co-founder and chair of the International Institute for Peace, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation and was recently appointed as UNESCO Special Envoy, in the development of peace and reconciliation in areas of conflit. Whitaker is also a talented, versatile performer and one of Hollywood’s most accomplished figures. He has received prestigious artistic distinctions including the 2007 Academy Award® for Best Actor for his performance in The Last King of Scotland as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. He has also received the BAFTA Award, SAG Award, and Golden Globe® for Best Actor. In addition, Whitaker received the Best Actor Palme d’or for Bird at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The Youth Peacemaker Network
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UNESCO pays tribute to late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
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UNESCO is helping to plant a seed that can move toward peace. We must plant the seed of hope. We must nurture the seed of peace. Together it’s possible
