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World Citizenship Award

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Country
  
Worldwide

Recipients
  
13

Created
  
1996

Owner
  
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Awarded for
  
An outstanding contribution to the building of a better world

The World Citizenship Award is an award of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Launched in 1996, the award is given to people outside the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting movement who have contributed to a better world in at least one of the following areas - peace, environment, education, food and nutrition, health, and culture and heritage.

Recipients

As of 2012, the award has been presented to 13 recipients:

  • 1996 - Nelson Mandela
  • 1997 - Mary Robinson
  • 1999 - Mo Mowlam
  • 1999 - Ian Kiernan
  • 2001 - Corazon Aquino
  • 2001 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  • 2002 - Catherine Bertini
  • 2002 - Dr Nafis Sadik
  • 2005 - Princess Basma bint al-Talal of Jordan
  • 2005 - Sadako Ogata
  • 2007 - Stephen Lewis
  • 2007 - Wangari Maathai
  • 2008 - Graça Machel
  • References

    World Citizenship Award Wikipedia