Dear Journalists,
The Commonwealth and Zayed Award are pleased to invite you to virtually attend the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity press conference announcing the 2025 honorees – from Barbados, Ethiopia, Spain, and the United States – in the presence of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland KC – a 2025 judging committee member – and His Excellency Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, Secretary-General of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity and member of the judging committee.
Ahead of the much-anticipated 6th edition of the award ceremony on February 4 – the UN-recognized International Day of Human Fraternity – the 2025 honorees will be present at this press conference to address your inquiries during an interactive Q&A session, which will showcase their work addressing the most pressing challenges of our time including hunger and food security, healthcare access, peacebuilding, and climate change.
To join the press conference virtually, please refer to the below:
- Date: Friday January 31, 2025
- Time: 10 AM UAE time, 7 AM Geneva, 2 AM Barbados, 1 AM EST
- Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82509760759
- Meeting ID: 825 0976 0759
The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity is an annual independent and international award that recognizes people and entities anywhere in the world who are working selflessly and tirelessly across divides to advance the timeless values of solidarity, integrity, fairness, and optimism, and create breakthroughs towards peaceful coexistence.
Previous honorees include UN-Secretary-General António Guterres, world-renowned cardiac surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub, Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, as well as grassroots activists Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil of Kenya and Sister Nelly Leon Correa of Chile, and honorary recipients His Holiness Pope Francis and His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb.
If you wish to learn more about the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, please visit: https://zayedaward.org.
We look forward to your virtual participation and please let us know via email ZAHF@sevenmedia.ae if you plan to attend.
Kind regards,
Zayed Award for Human Fraternity Secretariat