Helmut Kohl receives the 2010 "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award", a prize endowed with one million euros
<h>The notable "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award", endowed with one million euros, is to be awarded this year to Dr. Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany. This was announced on Feb. 24, 2010 in Berlin by founder of the Roland Berger Foundation and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger. Federal President Horst Köhler will present the former German Chancellor with the award at a ceremony in Berlin on April 26.</h>
Helmut Kohl is receiving this prestigious honor "for his historic lifetime achievement in politics, a stellar career which reached its apex in the realization of European integration and the reunification of Germany, as well as its inclusion in a united Europe and Western alliances. Helmut Kohl seized the historic opportunity to make German unity a reality. For the nearly 17 million German citizens in the unjust GDR, this unity meant a life of freedom and human dignity. They now also come under the protection of Article 1 of Germany's Basic Law: 'Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.'"
This was the line of reasoning taken by the Awards Committee of the Roland Berger Foundation. Besides Roland Berger, the members of the Awards Committee are: former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Nobel Prize laureates Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Prof. Muhammad Yunus; physician and actress Dr. Maria Furtwängler; former German Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Joschka Fischer; and former State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President of Germany Dr. Gert Haller.
With a Ph.D. in history, Helmut Kohl – who will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 3 – has long been convinced that an integrated Europe depends on a unified Germany. The unjust regime of one part of Germany, in which state despotism and systematic repression were part of everyday life, stood in direct opposition to Kohl's basic understanding of Christianity, freedom and democracy. For this reason, October 3, 1990 – the date of German unification – was more than the culmination of Helmut Kohl's political career: 'For me, this is one of the happiest moments of my life.'
The vision of a united Europe drove the "Unity Chancellor" on to complete Germany's reunification after the fall of the Wall: "This year – the 20th year of a unified Germany – the unanimous vote of the Awards Committee honors the achievements of a great European," said Roland Berger.
In accordance with the principles and guidelines of the Roland Berger Foundation, Helmut Kohl will devote the full amount of the award's endowment toward promoting human dignity and human rights. He will speak more specifically about his plans at the award ceremony on April 26.
The Roland Berger Human Dignity Award is being given in 2010 for the third time. It honors personalities, institutions and communities that have rendered outstanding service as a successful role model in respecting, promoting and protecting human dignity and human rights and will continue to do so in the future. One previous honoree is Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman who fights against the sexual slavery of children and young women primarily in Asia. Other award winners include the international organization "Reporters Without Borders", which champions freedom of the press and the journalists and media that uphold it worldwide, as well as Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi.
The Roland Berger Foundation, headquartered in Munich, is an independent public foundation under German civil law. It was founded by Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger on March 27, 2008. The Roland Berger Foundation is endowed with a foundation capital of EUR 50 million and has an Executive Board and a Board of Trustees.
The Foundation's twofold mission is dedicated to human dignity. Every year, the Foundation presents the "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award", which, along with an endowment of one million euros, is intended to promote the respect, support and protection of human dignity and human rights around the world. Second, the Foundation's educational activities aim to provide talented and dedicated young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds with a top-notch education, thus enabling them to live a self-determined life in dignity.
More information can be found at: www.rolandbergerstiftung.org
If you have any questions, please contact:
Yana Malysheva
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Tel.: +7 (495) 287 9246
E-Mail: yana_malysheva@ru.rolandberger.com
Helmut Kohl is receiving this prestigious honor "for his historic lifetime achievement in politics, a stellar career which reached its apex in the realization of European integration and the reunification of Germany, as well as its inclusion in a united Europe and Western alliances. Helmut Kohl seized the historic opportunity to make German unity a reality. For the nearly 17 million German citizens in the unjust GDR, this unity meant a life of freedom and human dignity. They now also come under the protection of Article 1 of Germany's Basic Law: 'Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.'"
This was the line of reasoning taken by the Awards Committee of the Roland Berger Foundation. Besides Roland Berger, the members of the Awards Committee are: former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Nobel Prize laureates Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Prof. Muhammad Yunus; physician and actress Dr. Maria Furtwängler; former German Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Joschka Fischer; and former State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President of Germany Dr. Gert Haller.
With a Ph.D. in history, Helmut Kohl – who will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 3 – has long been convinced that an integrated Europe depends on a unified Germany. The unjust regime of one part of Germany, in which state despotism and systematic repression were part of everyday life, stood in direct opposition to Kohl's basic understanding of Christianity, freedom and democracy. For this reason, October 3, 1990 – the date of German unification – was more than the culmination of Helmut Kohl's political career: 'For me, this is one of the happiest moments of my life.'
The vision of a united Europe drove the "Unity Chancellor" on to complete Germany's reunification after the fall of the Wall: "This year – the 20th year of a unified Germany – the unanimous vote of the Awards Committee honors the achievements of a great European," said Roland Berger.
In accordance with the principles and guidelines of the Roland Berger Foundation, Helmut Kohl will devote the full amount of the award's endowment toward promoting human dignity and human rights. He will speak more specifically about his plans at the award ceremony on April 26.
The Roland Berger Human Dignity Award is being given in 2010 for the third time. It honors personalities, institutions and communities that have rendered outstanding service as a successful role model in respecting, promoting and protecting human dignity and human rights and will continue to do so in the future. One previous honoree is Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman who fights against the sexual slavery of children and young women primarily in Asia. Other award winners include the international organization "Reporters Without Borders", which champions freedom of the press and the journalists and media that uphold it worldwide, as well as Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi.
The Roland Berger Foundation, headquartered in Munich, is an independent public foundation under German civil law. It was founded by Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger on March 27, 2008. The Roland Berger Foundation is endowed with a foundation capital of EUR 50 million and has an Executive Board and a Board of Trustees.
The Foundation's twofold mission is dedicated to human dignity. Every year, the Foundation presents the "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award", which, along with an endowment of one million euros, is intended to promote the respect, support and protection of human dignity and human rights around the world. Second, the Foundation's educational activities aim to provide talented and dedicated young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds with a top-notch education, thus enabling them to live a self-determined life in dignity.
More information can be found at: www.rolandbergerstiftung.org
If you have any questions, please contact:
Yana Malysheva
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Tel.: +7 (495) 287 9246
E-Mail: yana_malysheva@ru.rolandberger.com
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