The Hon. Mia MottleyPrime Minister of Barbados and Forest WhitakerFounder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative among 2022 honorees
NEW YORK, November 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The United Nations Foundation today announced the recipients of its annual Global Leadership Awards, which recognize exceptional individuals and organizations whose work embodies the UN’s values and goals: a safer, healthier and more just world for people create everyone, everywhere.
The 2022 award winners are: The Hon. Mia Amor MottleyPrime Minister of Barbados and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates Group; Forest Whitaker, Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative and SDG advocate; Mia Kami, artist, storyteller and climate justice activist; the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and peace intentionally | lululemon.
“As we gather this year in the midst of a series of complex global crises, I am reminded of an unassailable truth: our progress is a choice,” he said Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation. “The leaders, change-makers and organizations we honor tonight choose to make progress every day and remind us that there is power in working together. It is with great honor that we pay tribute to them tonight and celebrate their tireless efforts to build a better and fairer world for all.”
The award ceremony took place on We the peoples a signature event, named after the inspirational opening words of the UN Charter, taking place in Gotham…
