Tony De Brum - 2012 Honoree

Tony De Brum was honored on October 21, 2012 for his tireless work for peace and justice on behalf of the Marshall Islands, devoting his life to a distinguished career in government and public service. He and his fellow Marshall Islanders seek a peaceful world, free of nuclear weapons.

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Tadatoshi Akiba - 2011 Honoree

Tadatoshi Akiba was honored for his lifelong commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons and his service as Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace.

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Rev. James Lawson - 2010 Honoree

Rev. James Lawson was honored for his lifelong commitment to nonviolence education and action.

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Prof. Glenn Paige - 2010 Honoree

Prof. Glenn Paige was honored for his personal transformation and leadership for a nonkilling global society.

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Riane Eisler - 2009 Honoree

Riane Eisler was recognized for showing how women's rights (and therefore human rights) are the building blocks of world peace.

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Rev. George Regas - 2008 Honoree

Rev. George Regas was recognized for his interfaith leadership for peace, justice and nuclear disarmament.

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Judge C.G. Weeramantry - 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award

Judge C.G. Weeramantry was recognized for his seminal World Court opinion on the illegality of nuclear weapons and his further contributions to strengthening international law.

Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers - 2007 Honorees

Singers, songwriters, activists: for being powerful voices for peace, individually and collectively; for creating lasting songs of conscience; and for using their talents to promote social change.

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Blasé Bonpane - 2006 Honoree

Co-founder of the Office of the Americas: for being a persistent and eloquent voice for peace and justice.

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Daniel Ellsberg - 2005 Honoree

On October 29th, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation honored Daniel Ellsberg for his strong and courageous stances against war, militarism and nuclear weapons.

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Walter Cronkite - 2004 Honoree

On October 23rd, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation honored Walter Cronkite for his "uncompromising integrity" in reporting the news and for his commitment to building a more peaceful world.

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Jonathan Schell, 2003 Honoree

Jonathan Schell recieved the Foundation's 2003 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award in recognition of his clear, intelligent and tireless voice for ending the nuclear weapons threat to humanity. He is the Pultzer Prize -- nominee author of the seminal book, The Fate of the Earth, and numerous other books. He lectures widely and has taught at Yale, Harvard and other top universities.

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> Biography

President Arthur N.R. Robinson & Dr. Robert Woetzel, 2002 Honoree

His Excellency Arthur N.R. Robinson, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, received the Foundation’s Distinguished Peace Leadership Award for his key role in the creation of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC). Dr. Robert Woetzel was honored posthumously for dedicating his life to the establishment of an International Criminal Court.

> Biography of President Arthur N.R. Robinson
> Biography of Dr. Robert Woetzel

Craig Kielburger & Hafsat Abiola, 2001 Honorees

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Annual Dinner on November 9th honored two extraordinary young peace leaders, Hafsat Abiola and Craig Kielburger. Hafsat, 27, is the founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Democracy, an organization that works for the rights of women and children in Nigeria and throughout Africa. Craig founded Free the Children at the age of 12. It is now the largest organization of children helping children in the world with over 100,000 members. Some 450 people attended the event, and over half of these were high school and college students. It was a magical evening with an overpowering spirit of possibility, hope and love.

> Hafsat Abiola's Acceptance Speech
> Craig Kielburger's Acceptance Speech

King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan, 2000 Honoree

A great leader who spent his whole life as a warrior for peace, the late, courageous King Hussein guided Jordan to become an oasis of peace, stability and moderation in the Middle East. A steadfast and outspoken advocate for peace, critically ill King Hussein left his sickbed to encourage the participants of the Wye River Peace Discussions to come to agreement and establish a lasting peace in the Middle East. Her Majesty Queen Noor al Hussein accepted the award on behalf of her late husband.

> Acceptance Speech by Queen Noor

General Lee Butler, 1999 Honoree

A former Commander-in-Chief of the United States Strategic Command, General Butler has become a passionate voice for nuclear weapons abolition, concerned that the people of the world have not "grasped the elemental truths and the acute penalties" of nuclear war.

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Jody Williams, 1998 Honoree

Founding Coordinator of the International Campaign to ban land mines, a leader in achieving the 1997 international treaty to ban landmines.

Lord Yehudi Menuhin, 1997 Honoree

Violin virtuoso and conductor, was honored for his humanitarian efforts for children and outspoken advocacy of human dignity.

Anne and Paul Ehrlich, 1996 Honorees

Stanford University scientists, were honored for their work on population control, resource conservation biodiversity, and environmental consequences of nuclear war.

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Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, 1995 Honoree

President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, was recognized for his distinguished service to humanity on nearly all major social issues of the Nuclear Age.

Helen Caldicott, 1994 Honoree

Australian pediatrician and founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, was honored for her courageous and inspirational efforts to end the nuclear arms race and to save the planet.

Dr. Carl Sagan, 1993 Honore

Astronomer and pulitzer prize-winning author, was recognized for his outspoken advocacy of peace and nuclear disarmament.

> Acceptance Speech

Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 1992 Honoree

Co-founder of the Community of the Peace People in Norther Ireland, was chosen for her moral leadership and steadfast commitment to social justice and nonviolence.

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His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1991 Honoree

Spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, was selected for his advocacy of universal responsibility and a non-violent solution to restoring the independence of Tibet.

> Acceptance Speech

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1990 Honoree

Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, was recognized for his leadership in the non-violent struggle against apartheid.

> Acceptance Speech

Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1989 Honoree

World renowned explorer and environmentalist, was honored for his devotion to the protection of life and the survival of the planet for future generations.

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Right Honorable David Russell Lange, 1988 Honoree

Then Prime Minister of New Zealand, and the people of New Zealand were recognized for creating and protecting New Zealand's nuclear-free status.

R.E. "Ted" Turner, 1987 Honoree

Chairman and President of Turner Broadcasting System, was honored for innovative efforts in initiating the Goodwill Games and founding the Better World Society. In 1998 Ted Turner, by then the founder of CNN and Time-Warner Vice Chairman, was awarded the foundation's World Citizenship Award.

Dr. Rodrigo Carazo, 1986 Honoree

Former president of Costa Rica, was honored for his role in founding the U.N. University for Peace located in Escazu, Costa Rica.

Admiral Gene R. LaRocque, 1985 Honoree

Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocque (US Navy, Ret.) is acclaimed for his courage in proposing alternatives to nuclear weapons in US defense and security policies in the Nuclear Age, and for his founding of the Center for Defense Information.

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Claiborne Pell, 1984 Honoree

Then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) was recognized for his direct dialogue with the Soviet Leader Andropov at a time when communications were not otherwise open between the U.S. government and former Soviet Union