http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=44,5983,0,0,1,0
2008 winner of the Niwano Peace Prize
Other accomplishments:
(As found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hassan_bin_Talal)
Member of the:
- Advisory Board of think tank Gold Mercury International, London, UK
- Board of Directors of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, DC (2002)
- Executive Committee of the International Crisis Group
- Informal Advisory Group to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- International Board of the Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator of the:
- World Conference of Religions for Peace
Chairman of the:
- Policy Advisory Commission for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (1999–2002)
- Co-Chair of the Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues
- Co-Chair of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (ICIHI)
President of the:
- Club of Rome 1999-2007
- Arab Thought Forum since 1981
- Board of Directors for the Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at OU
Established the:
- Al al-Bait University in Mafraq
- Hashemite Aid and Relief Agency
- Islamic Scientific Academy
- Triannual Conferences on the History and Archaeology of Jordan
- The Amman Baccalaureate School
- The Al-Hassan Youth Award
Founded the:
- Royal Scientific Society (1970)
- Annual Bilad Al-Sham Conference (1978)
- Al al-Bait Foundation (1980)
- Arab Youth Forum (1988)
The Abraham Geiger Award 2008 is conferred upon HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan as a voice for global sustainability, reconciliation and interreligious understanding. HRH will receive the 2008 Abraham Geiger Award in commemoration of the great liberal thinker of Judaism, Abraham Geiger (1810-1874). The award ceremony will be held in Berlin on March 4, 2008. Prince Hassan follows in the footsteps of Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Alfred Grosser, Emil Fackenheim and Susannah Heschel, past recipients of the Award.
Honouring the President Emeritus of the World Conference of Religions for Peace underlines Prince Hassan's courage in defending pluralism, promoting understanding among different cultures and enhancing dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians. The Prince's efforts to promote understanding between the Islamic and Western Worlds are crucial at a time when we seem to be drifting apart, with perceived differences appearing to overwhelm the many things we have in common, both culturally and religiously.
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