RENOWNED writer Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie is to be honoured
with the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award on November 20 in
New York.
A statement by the UN Foundation said she is being honoured
for “her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across
generations and cultures.”
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The award will be presented at the Foundation’s annual
Global Leadership Dinner.
The UN Foundation acts as a strategic partner to help the UN
mobilise the resources it needs to grow a diverse and durable constituency for
collective action.
Its annual Global Leadership Dinner honours individuals and
organizations who have shown ‘extraordinary leadership’. It is widely
recognised as a signature event for the UN community.
This year’s dinner, which takes place on the eve of the UN’s
75th Anniversary, is themed ‘We the Peoples’, to recall and honour the vision
of the founders of the UN: to save future generations from the scourge of war,
reaffirm faith in human rights and equal rights, ensure justice and
international law, and promote social progress and freedom.
Adichie’s work is being recognised as a shining example of
one that champions the values enshrined within the UN Charter.
Previous honourees include former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Muhammad Ali and Kofi Annan.
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