Tony Blairille rauhanpalkinto

Ei ole vitsi. Ja sitä paitsi palkinnon on voittanut Bill Clinton ja Hamid Karzaikin.

"Tony Blair wins 2010 Liberty Medal award for work on peace

Tony Blair awarded $100,000 Liberty Medal for "relentless pursuit" of peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East

Tony Blair, in his inevitable career progression from world leader to elder statesman, picks up another award, this time the 2010 Liberty Medal, a prize given annually by the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia.
In announcing the $100,000 prize, Philadelphia's mayor Michael Nutter praised Blair's "relentless pursuit of a long-elusive peace in Northern Ireland as British prime minister and his dedication to the Middle East peace process".

The former prime minister has announced that he will donate the prize money to two of his charities: the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative.

"It is an honour to receive the Liberty Medal," Blair said, in a statement. "I am deeply indebted to the National Constitution Centre for adding my name to such a distinguished list of recipients"

Blair will receive the medal from a previous winner, Bill Clinton, at a ceremony on Philadelphia's Independence Mall on 13 September. Other winners include Bono, Nelson Mandela, Hamid Karzai, CNN and – last year – director Steven Spielberg."

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