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Un Lifetime Award For Tutu

South African Embassy, BerlinRef: https://www.suedafrika.org/en/news-archive/newsarchive-details/datum/2009/03/20/un-lifetime-award-for-tutu.html

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What this means

This document is a South African Embassy (Berlin) news article dated 20 March 2009 about Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu receiving a UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Lifetime Achievement Award. It states that guests gathered at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 March 2009 for the global launch of the MDG Awards programme, which was broadcast via live webcast. The article also describes the MDG categories and includes quotes from Tutu criticizing arms spending and the “war against terror,” and mentions a separate upcoming “Spiritual Leadership” award from Humanity’s Team in April 2009 at Freedom Park in Pretoria.

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Places

City of Tshwane, Gauteng

Reference

https://www.suedafrika.org/en/news-archive/newsarchive-details/datum/2009/03/20/un-lifetime-award-for-tutu.html

Key Takeaways

  • Subject: UN Millennium Development Goals Lifetime Achievement Award for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
  • Event location: United Nations headquarters, General Assembly hall, New York
  • Event date: 17 March 2009
  • Article date: 20 March 2009
  • Broadcast: live webcast to viewers worldwide
  • Hosts: Vanessa Redgrave CBE and Armand Assante
  • First MDG Lifetime Achievement Award recipients: Desmond Tutu and Dr Kevin Cahill
  • MDG target year: 2015 (poverty to be halved)
  • MDG categories listed: eight areas including poverty/hunger, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, global partnership
  • Tutu quotes: criticism of arms spending and “war against terror” priorities
  • Additional award mentioned: Humanity’s Team “Spiritual Leadership” award in April 2009 at Freedom Park, Pretoria
  • Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
  • United Nations
  • United Nations General Assembly
  • Vanessa Redgrave CBE
  • Armand Assante
  • Dr Kevin Cahill
  • Fordham University
  • New York Police Department
  • Mother Teresa
  • Humanity's Team
  • Steve Farrell
  • Freedom Park (Pretoria)
  • Humanitad Global Impact Forum
  • MediaClubSouthAfrica
  • Janine Erasmus
  • South African Embassy (Berlin)