Winners of the 2018 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize to A Canadian filmmaker & the Kenyan NGO
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16th November 2009
2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence award ceremony
The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence was awarded to this year’s two laureates - François Houtart, Belgian sociologist and theologian, and Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist – at a ceremony at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters on 16 November - International Day for Tolerance.
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UNESCO, Paris -
13th November 2009
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UNESCO, Paris -
10th November 2009
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5th November 2009
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27th October 2009
Laureates of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize 2009
I am pleased to inform you that the Director-General of UNESCO Mr Koïchiro Matsuura has decided, following the unanimous recommendation of the International Jury, to award the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence 2009.
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Times of India -
27th October 2009
Belgian, Pakistani bag UN prize for promoting Gandhian ideals
A Belgian human rights activist and a Pakistani philanthropist have bagged a coveted United Nations prize which draws its inspiration from apostle of peace Mahatma Gandhi's life.
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Paris, France -
1st October 2009
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence Jury Meeting
The meeting will take place in Room XIV on minus 2 floor at the UNESCO Bonvin building -1, rue Miollis, 75015 Paris.
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SHSVIEWS -
4th September 2009
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30th July 2009
The UNESCO Director-General has designated Dr. Kamal Hossain, as a jury member of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
The UNESCO Director-General Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura has designated Dr. Kamal Hossain, Chairman, SAF-Bangladesh chapter, as a jury member of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
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26th May 2008
Inauguration of the Institute for Kashmir Studies by Her Excellency H.E. Shrimati Praibha Patil, President of India
UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for Kashmir studies (UMIKS) has been established under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 21st August 2007, between SAF and the University of Kashmir. It is the latest of the eight institutions of excellence which SAF is in the process of establishing in SAARC countries. In addition to group scholarships, it will offer fellowships to academics and professionals to undertake research, publish books, journals, working papers and bulletins, as well as organize national and international conferences, seminars of “Kashmiriyat” in a broader historical and worldwide context