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05/09/22 06:12 AM IST

Unesco Peace Prize 2022

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  • Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the Unesco Peace Prize 2022 for “her efforts to welcome refugees”.
  • In the summer of 2015, as refugees were streaming into Europe, Merkel opened her country’s borders and famously declared to Germans “Wir schaffen das”, “We can do this.”
About Angela Merkel
  • German politician and scientist Angela Dorothea Merkel was Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
  • She was born on July 17, 1954. She previously held the positions of Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018.
  • She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel was Germany’s first female Chancellor.
  • Merkel was regularly referred to as the most powerful woman in the world and the de facto Leader of the European Union (EU) during her time as Chancellor.
About the Unesco Peace Prize
  • The honour, which is officially called Felix Houphouet-Boigny-Unesco Peace Prize, is named after the former president of Ivory Coast.
  • It has been awarded each year since 1989 to individuals, organisations or institutions that have made a special effort to promote, research or secure peace.
  • It is awarded annually.
  • The prize includes a cheque of USD 150,000, a gold medal and a peace diploma.
  • If there are multiple recipients, the cheque is shared equally.
  • UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945;
  • UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France;
  • UNESCO Members: 193 countries;
  • UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay.
Source- The Hindu

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