Global Humanitarian
Jet, Oct 18, 2004
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Caption: GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN: Oprah Winfrey celebrates with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan after the talk show mogul received the 2004 Global Humanitarian Action Award at the WaldorfAstoria in New York. More than 800 guests attended the annual Global Leadership Award dinner, hosted by the United Nations Association of the USA and the Business Council for the United Nations (UNA-USA/BCUN). Winfrey was lauded for her commitment to empowering individuals and communities through education through her Oprah Winfrey Foundation and the forthcoming Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls South Africa. Other honorees were Joan Ganz Cooney, co-founder of Sesame Workshop and originator of the preschool educational series "Sesame Street," and Peter G. Peterson, chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Institute for International Economics. Cooney and Peterson both received the 2004 Global Leadership Award. The UNA-USA/BCU-N awards recognize outstanding leadership in furthering the purposes of the United Nations.
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