Freedom Award

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The Freedom Award is presented by the International Rescue Committee for exceptional contributions to the concerns of refugees and freedom .

The first Freedom Award was given to Willy Brandt in 1957 . Since then there have been 45 awardees, including 23 Americans; most of the recipients are politicians.

It was most recently awarded to human rights workers in 2014.

Award winners

year image receiver nationality receipt
1957 A smiling, older man in a dark suit with a narrow-striped shirt and wide-stripped tie. He has receding but long, wavy hair. Willy Brandt GermanyGermany
1958 Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg Winston Churchill United KingdomUnited Kingdom
1959 William Donovan.jpg William Joseph Donovan United StatesUnited States
1960 Lt com re byrd.jpg Richard Evelyn Byrd United StatesUnited States
1965 George Meany.jpg George Meany United StatesUnited States
1966 David Dubinsky.jpg David Dubinsky RussiaRussia
1967 DavidSarnoff 1922.jpg David Sarnoff United StatesUnited States
1969 Lucius-d-clay-80-87.jpg Lucius D. Clay United StatesUnited States
1970 Jacob Javits.jpg Jacob K. Javits United StatesUnited States
1975 Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Bruno Kreisky AustriaAustria
1976 - Leo Cherne United StatesUnited States
1977 Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg Hubert Humphrey United StatesUnited States
1978 - Joseph Buttinger AustriaAustria
1979 - Mary Pillsbury Lord [A] United StatesUnited States
1981 Lkirkland.jpg Lane Kirkland
Irena Kirkland 		United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
1987 Elie Wiesel 2009.jpg Elie Wiesel RomaniaRomania
1987 - John C. Whitehead United StatesUnited States
1989 Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Sadruddin Aga Khan FranceFrance
IranIran
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
1989 Lech Walesa - 2009.jpg Lech Wałęsa PolandPoland
1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro NicaraguaNicaragua
1991 - Fang Lizhi
Li Shuxian 		China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.JPG Javier Pérez de Cuéllar PeruPeru
1992 CyrusVanceSoS.jpg Cyrus Vance United StatesUnited States
1993 George Soros - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg George Soros [B] HungaryHungary
1993 - Dwayne Andreas [C] United StatesUnited States
1994 - Theodore J. Forstmann [B] United StatesUnited States
1994 - Felix Rohatyn [C] AustriaAustria
1995 Aung San Suu Kyi [D] MyanmarMyanmar
1995 Sadako Ogata.jpg Sadako Ogata JapanJapan
1995 Holbrooke official photo 1-293x400.jpg Richard Holbrooke United StatesUnited States
1997 - Robert P. De Vecchi United StatesUnited States
1999 Albrightmadeleine.jpg Madeleine Albright United StatesUnited States
2001 John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg John McCain United StatesUnited States
2002 - Reynold Levy United StatesUnited States
2002 Hamid Karzai in February 2009.jpg Hamid Karzai AfghanistanAfghanistan
2003 Václav Havel.jpg Vaclav Havel Czech RepublicCzech Republic
2004 Darfur Rally 019.jpg Roméo Dallaire [B] CanadaCanada
2005 George HW Bush, President of the United States, 1989 official portrait (cropped 2) .jpg
Bill Clinton.jpg 		George HW Bush
Bill Clinton 		United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf detail 071024-D-9880W-027.jpg Ellen Johnson Sirleaf LiberiaLiberia
2007 António Guterres.jpg
Angelina Jolie at Davos crop.jpg 		António Guterres
Angelina Jolie 		PortugalPortugal
United StatesUnited States
2008 Kofi Annan.jpg Kofi Annan GhanaGhana
2011 Brokaw family
2012 John C. Whitehead
2013 George Soros

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rescue.org
  2. ^ A b Albin Krebs: Notes on people; Kirklands to Get Awards . In: The New York Times . April 7, 1981. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Give Churchill Freedom Award . In: Gettysburg Times . May 30, 1958. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l IRC Freedom Award . International Rescue Committee . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  5. ↑ a b c d Walesa says West to blame if Poland fails . In: Times-News (North Carolina) . November 17, 1989. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Madeleine Albright receives International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award . International Rescue Committee . November 10, 1999. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Austria's Kreisky Will Get Freedom Award . In: The Daytona Beach News-Journal . April 10, 1975. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ Press Release - SG / SM / 7625 . United Nations . November 15, 2000. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  9. ↑ Social Events . In: The New York Times . November 3, 1991. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  10. ↑ High Commissioner and Angelina Jolie to receive IRC Freedom Award . United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . November 6, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  11. ↑ a b Benefits . In: The New York Times . November 20, 1994. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  12. ↑ a b c d UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie receive Freedom Award . United Nations . November 8, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  13. ^ Remarks of Senator John McCain - The International Rescue Committee's 2001 Freedom Award Dinner . US Senator John McCain - Arizona. November 14, 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  14. ↑ 2008 UPS Lecture on Nonprofit Leadership, Governance and Economic Stewardship . Georgia State University . Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aysps.gsu.edu
  15. ↑ His Excellency President Hamed Karzai . The Embassy of Afghanistan - Tokyo. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  16. ↑ Samantha Power - IRC Freedom Award Dinner - November 10, 2004 (pdf; 12 kB) Harvard University . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  17. ↑ IRC Honors Former Presidents Bush and Clinton for Tsunami, Katrina Relief Efforts . International Rescue Committee . November 10, 2005. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  18. ^ Biographical Brief of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf . Government of the Republic of Liberia - Executive Mansion. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / emansion.gov.lr
  19. ↑ Stephen Lunn, Harris, Bret: Give 'til it hurts . In: The Australian . December 9, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  20. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rescue.org
  21. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/11/08/international-rescue-committee-honors-john-c-whitehead/
  22. ↑ http://www.rescue.org/blog/freedom-award-honoring-george-soros

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