Man of Peace Award
Man of Peace Award
The Man of Peace is an award conceptualized in 1999 by the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome. The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals who "from personalities from the world of culture and entertainment who have stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world, made an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace". The award was an initiative by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, himself a winner of a Nobel Peace Prize. It is presented in Rome's Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill) by President Gorbachev, Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, and the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates attending the annual summit meeting. In its early years the award was referred to as both the "Man for Peace" in Europe and "Man of Peace" in the United States. In 2006 its title was officially changed to "Man of Peace", also "Peace Summit Award".
Sl | Name | Country | Flag | Year | Awarded For |
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1 | Roberto Benigni | Italy | 2002 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
2 | Italian National Singers' Football Team | Italy | 2003 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
3 | Cat Stevens | United Kingdom | 2004 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
4 | Bob Geldof | Ireland | 2005 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
The PeaceJam Foundation | United States | 2005 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | ||
5 | Peter Gabriel | United Kingdom | 2006 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
6 | Don Cheadle | United States | 2007 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
7 | George Clooney | United States | 2007 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
8 | Bono | Ireland | 2008 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
9 | Annie Lennox | Scotland | 2009 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
10 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | 2010 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
11 | Sean Penn | United States | 2011 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
12 | Sharon Stone | United States | 2012 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
13 | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy | 2013 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
14 | Rene Perez | Puerto Rico | 2014 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
15 | Richard Branson | United Kingdom | 2017 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. | |
16 | Ricky Martin | Puerto Rico | 2019 | stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. |
Man of Peace Award Laureates (2002 ~ 2020)
Ricky Martin
Man of Peace
The 2019 Peace Summit Award was presented to Puerto Rican-born global superstar Ricky Martin who has been a passionate philanthropist since he began his pop career aged 12. The winner of among others, the Hispanic Heritage Award in 2002 for his humanitarian work, he was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2003. His life-changing work continues with the Ricky Martin Foundation, which advocates for the wellbeing of children around the world.
Richard Branson
Man of Peace
The Peace Summit Award 2017 was presented on Saturday, February 4, by Colombian President and 2016 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos, joined by the 26 Nobel laureates and Nobel laureate groups attending the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
“One of the most important aspects of building peace in Colombia will be fostering entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for our young people,” said Santos. “Richard Branson is not only an internationally admired entrepreneur but has supported and encouraged young entrepreneurs and bright thinkers in Africa and other regions of the world where they can make real change. Through his work with his foundation, which has had global impact, he has also proven to be a true peace builder himself. “Richard sets an example for our young people not only as a very successful businessman, but as one who also uses that success for the good of others.”
Branson, who heads one of the world’s most respected and recognized brands in travel, mobile telephony, leisure living and more, founded Virgin Unite in 2004. The foundation has incubated programs and created networks to come up with entrepreneurial solutions to global issues including The Carbon War Room, The B Team, Ocean Unite, The Elders and the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, which trains and mentors entrepreneurs in Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Branson has been outspoken on the failed war on drugs, the fight for universal abolition of the death penalty, and his support of refugees caught in the current crisis.
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Rene Perez
Man of Peace
Rene Perez is the lead singer of Calle 13, winner of the urban hip hop and rap sound. They have won 19 Latin grammy in 2011 and 5 in 2014, the nobel of music. The most laureate urban band music. Born in Puerto Rico and based in New York they have campaign with Amnesty International and UNICEF. This very young band represent the youth of the Latin American continent that strive for a better world. They have campaign against the war in Afghanistan, Irak and Siria. They have defended Latin American unity against foreign intervention and they fight for soverignity, first and foremost of Puerto Rico. They have publicly denounced the coup d’etat in Honduras in 2009 and defended grassroots democratic movements. They keep alive the historic struggle of those who fight for a better world like the massacre of in the square of three cultures in mexico 1968. A very young urban band that sink its roots in the fight for democracy in latin america as well as social justice. They have plaid freely for the madres de la plaza de mayo in Argentina and they have openly campaign against demilitarisation and to stop arms trafficiking. This is only a short example of why the Laureates of the Nobel Peace Price want to thank Rene Perez of Calle 13, Residente of the barrio!
Bernardo Bertolucci
Man of Peace
Bernardo Bertolucci has been chosen as the Peace Summit Award 2014 Laureate recipient. Bernardo Bertolucci film director of dreams, memory, and beauty, won 9 academy awards for his masterpiece The Last Emperor. His work as in 1900 has kept the memory of our tragic modern history alive. His films have helped millions of viewers to discover the cultures and traditions of far away worlds: and while breaking down walls of ignorance and discrimination, and with an eye always attentive to human rights, his films have given to the story of the individual a universal resonance. In the process, he has illuminated the oppression of entire peoples. His work is characterized not only by its acknowledged beauty, but also by a constant civic commitment. He has continued this work in recent times by advocating for ways to make cities more livable and accessible to his fellow disable citizens
The Award ceremony was held in the Capitol Hill in Rome on December 15th with the presence of all the Laureates that were a part of the Summit.
Sharon Stone
Man of Peace
Sharon Stone has been chosen as the Peace Summit Award 2013 Laureate recipient. The Award is bestowed for her activities that brought solidarity and new hope to the millions of people who have fought and are fighting against the tragedy of HIV / AIDS. She stressed that AIDs remains a vast challenge across the globe.
“I can tell you that now that we have drugs, we have still lost 40 million people to AIDS. There were times when the burden of that felt like It was going to fall on the floor and never get up again.. ..I can tell you how much good work we have done. We have changed the face of AIDS, but still one child dies every other minute. I want you to think about how many children have died since we came here this morning, and I want you to feel the weight of that upon you. Because until we a raise every border of prejudice, every border of inconsideration and until we use every bid of who you are and who you are meant to be, until you stretch yourself out to the fondness of greatness of your own perfection the puzzle peace of humanity won’t fit together perfectly and there won’t be an end to hatred and to disease.I ask you stretch yourself, stretch yourself completely and end the pain. Thank you so much for acknowledge me today i cannot tell you how proud i am.”
Sharon Stone
In her acceptance, Sharon Stone writes to the Nobel Laureates: “Thank you for this extraordinary honor, the consideration of Which alone is life changing. I accept with joy, your nomination and gladly declare my intention to attend the Awards Ceremony. It will be my pleasure to attend the XIII World Summit of Nobel Pece Laureates and my honor to Represent you all with integrity and grace”.
The Award ceremony was held in the National Opera in Warsaw on October 23rd with the presence of all the Laureates that will be a part of the Summit : HH The Dalai Lama, Lech Wałęsa , Frederick Willem De Klerk ,Mikhail Gorbachev, Muhammad Yunus , Mairead Corrigan Maguire , Betty Williams, Shirin Ebadi and the leaders of the most important Nobel organizations.
Sean Penn
Man of Peace
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn gave an emotional speech urging the world community to help Haiti as he accepted an award from a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates for his humanitarian work in the earthquake-ravaged country.
“It’s an overused phrase I know, but I trust you know its genuine today, I am humbled. I’m trembling and I like it,” Penn said after accepting the 2012 Peace Summit Award from former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who was joined on stage by the Dalai Lama and former Polish President Lech Walesa.
Penn has become a major player in efforts to rebuild Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the island nation, flattening thousands of buildings, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving at least 1.5 million homeless.
He used his speech at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to urge the world community to remember Haiti and invest in the country’s future and President Michel Martelly, who took office in May 2011. “We have a very short window to support this team of the Haitian people’s choosing,” Penn said. Papers in Penn’s hands shook and he became emotional at times during his speech as he described conditions in Haitian refugee camps or told the story of a Haitian police officer who lost his family in the earthquake. Penn also warned that if Haiti fails it could become a harbor for narcotics trafficking and terrorism near the United States.
Penn is the first non-Haitian to be designated an ambassador-at-large for Martelly. The actor is CEO of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization, a rapidly growing and increasingly prominent aid group. The organization manages two camps that are home to about 18,000 people. Penn spends at least half his time in Haiti. “He actually exchanged his home in Malibu for a tent,” Udo Janz, United Nations high Commissioner for Refugees, said when he introduced Penn to accept the award. “Think of it as the Oscar for your humanitarian commitment Sean.”
Roberto Baggio
Man of Peace
One of the leading activists for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – received Peace Summit Award 2010, in Hiroshima on 14 November, during the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Roberto Baggio was chosen for his support to several important activities in favor of Hospitals, Foundations and Charities in many countries of the world – raising funds for the earthquake that occurred in Haiti, providing financial support to projects to help the island recover, calling to save the lives of people affected by the Nargis Cyclone in Burma and in support of the fight against bird flu, which has sparked a dangerous and deadly epidemic in Laos.
Bono
Man of Peace
Bono, lead singer of U2, received the Peace Summit Award 2008, in Paris on 12 December, during the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Bono was chosen by the Nobel Peace Laureates for his long-lasting engagement in the campaign for debt cancellation in third world Countries and for his efforts to raise public awareness of the Millennium Development Goals.
George Clooney
Man of Peace
On the occasion of the 8th World Summit held in Rome on 13 December the Peace Nobel Laureate selected Mr George Clooney as man of peace for 2007. The appointees were officially praised for “their strong engagement in favour of pacification in the tortured Darfour region, for having contributed to saving human lives and to alleviating the suffering of the civil populations victims of the war”.
Don Cheadle
Man of Peace
On the occasion of the 8th World Summit held in Rome on 13 December the Peace Nobel Laureate selected Mr Don Cheadle as man of peace for 2007. The appointees were officially praised for “their strong engagement in favour of pacification in the tortured Darfour region, for having contributed to saving human lives and to alleviating the suffering of the civil populations victims of the war”.