UNESCO Prizes in Social and Human Sciences

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Professor Renzong Qiu receives the 2009 Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science at UNESCO 2009-12-11 5:00 pm UNESCO
The Director-General of UNESCO has awarded the 2009 Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science to Professor Renzong Qiu (People’s Republic of China). The laureate was honoured formally by the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Marcio Barbosa, on behalf of the Director-General, at a ceremony that took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 18 December 2009.

Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence award ceremony on 16 November 2009-11-10 2:00 pm UNESCOPRESS
The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence was presented to this year’s two laureates - François Houtart, Belgian sociologist and theologian, and Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist – at a ceremony on Monday 16 November at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters on International Day for Tolerance.

Social scientist Atilio Alberto Borón (Argentina) wins UNESCO International José Martí Prize 2009-05-20 9:00 am UNESCOPRESS
Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, has awarded the 2009 UNESCO International José Martí Prize to Atilio Alberto Borón, former Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). The Prize will be presented during a ceremony in Havana (Cuba) on 17 July.

Stéphane Hessel receives the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights 2008-11-19 3:00 pm UNESCOPRESS
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today designated Frenchman, Stéphane Hessel, as laureate for the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights, on the recommendation of a jury that met in early November. The international movement, ATD Fourth World, received an honourable mention.

South Africa receives the UNESCO 2008 Prize for Peace Education 2008-10-02 4:00 pm UNESCO
On Thursday, 18 September 2008, Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, awarded the 25th UNESCO Prize for Peace Education to Fanie du Toit, Executive-Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Africa South.



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