UNESCO presents tolerance award to Suu Kyi 10 years after selection
YANGON (Kyodo) -- The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization presented a UNESCO trophy and tolerance prize on Friday to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi that had been awarded to her 10 years ago.
Suu Kyi was chosen as the 2002 winner of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
Ryuhei Hosoya, executive director of the Office of the UNESCO Director General, presented the trophy and $100,000 prize to Suu Kyi at her home in Yangon.
Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace laureate, had been unable to receive the UNESCO award as she had been under house arrest on and off from 1989 to 2010.
Established in 1996 through the donation of Madanjeet Singh, an Indian artist, writer and former diplomat, the prize honors his commitment to the cause of peace and tolerance. Singh has served as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador since 2000.
Suu Kyi will spend the money on her social welfare projects in Myanmar, an official of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy said after the ceremony.
(Mainichi Japan) February 11, 2012
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