the dinner program - Appeal of Conscience Foundation

2014 Annual Awards Dinner
in honor of
His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto
President of Mexico
Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
•
Mary T. Barra
Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company
Appeal of Conscience Award
•
Robert A. Iger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company
Appeal of Conscience Award
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Waldorf Astoria New York · Grand Ballroom
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United States Presidents’ messages to ACF
“Across culture and faith, region and generation, there is a common heartbeat to humanity. We are united by
innate liberties that are our shared birthright. These include the rights to assemble peacefully, to speak and
worship as we please, and to determine our own destinies.
Organizations like the Appeal of Conscience Foundation advance these universal rights, working to support
tolerance and promote peace around the world. By fostering open dialogue, these groups help move us closer to a
world that is more free, peaceful, and prosperous for all people.”
Pr e sident Barac k Obama
September 2012
“I applaud the Appeal of Conscience Foundation for your work with political and religious leaders across the
globe to advance religious tolerance and peace. These are values that honor the dignity of every life and set free
the creative energies that lead to progress.”
Pr e sident Geor g e W. Bush
September 2004
“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has been a powerful tool for progress in a changing world. From those
persecuted by Communist dictatorships in days gone by to those seeking to overcome ethnic, racial and religious
intolerance today, courageous people have found in the Appeal of Conscience Foundation a true source of hope,
help and inspiration.”
Pr e sident bil l Cl inton
September 2000
“The Foundation’s efforts to secure religious freedom throughout the word, particularly in Eastern Europe, the
Soviet Union, and China, are exemplary.”
Pr e sident Geor g e H.W. Bush
May 1989
“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has long been a leader in the struggle for religious freedom and human
rights around the world. Your ecumenical foundation has been especially vigilant in its fight for the right of
religious expression, and I’m proud to commend you.”
Pr e sident Ronal d Reagan
October 1987
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struction of places of worship and sacred religious
texts of any kind.
Common Declaration
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation and
the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), concerned about the persistent
violence, persecutions of Christian minorities
and other religious groups, calls upon the United
Nations to adopt a Resolution for the Protection
of Religious Minorities.
We condemn all acts or threats of violence,
destruction, damage or endangerment, directed
against religious minorities, including the de-
We call upon all states to prevent acts or threats
of violence, and invite relevant intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations to contribute to those efforts by developing appropriate
initiatives to advance mutual respect and recognition of religious minorities.
The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
and the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
encourage all states, intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations and the media
to promote through education a culture of
mutual respect and tolerance for the diversity of
religions, which represent an important aspect of
the collective heritage of mankind.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem,
Israel – At the invitation of
President Shimon Peres Rabbi Arthur
Schneier joined the welcome to Pope
Francis at the presidential residence.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – Pope
Francis welcomed by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the
Western Wall at the start of his historic visit.
May 27, 2014 – Jerusalem,
Israel – The Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew
during his historic visit with
Pope Francis, remembers the
victims of the Holocaust at the
Yad Vashem Memorial with
Rabbi Arthur Schneier and
Archbishop Demetrios, Primate,
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America, ACF Trustee.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – Cardinal
Pietro Parolin on his first visit as Secretary of State.
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THE APPEAL OF CONSCIENCE FOUNDATION (ACF), founded by Rabbi Arthur Schneier in
1965, has worked on behalf of religious freedom and
human rights throughout the world. This interfaith
coalition of business, religious and foreign policy
leaders promotes peace, tolerance and ethnic conflict
resolution. It also provides a voice of conscience to
protect minorities at a time of increasing ethnic conflict in many regions of the world.
As a member and ambassador of the United Nation’s
“Alliance of Civilizations” High Level Group, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier has extended the ACF’s work and
reputation through his own participation, forging
ties with political and religious leaders from Europe,
Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America – in
conferences in Spain, Qatar, Senegal, and Turkey.
To uphold the principle of “live and let live” is the
ACF’s continuing goal. The ACF believes that freedom, democracy and human rights are the fundamental values that give nations of the world their best hope
for peace, security and shared prosperity.
One of the primary ways in which the ACF carries out
its mission, and disseminates its message of peaceful
coexistence and religious freedom, is by bringing delegations of religious, business and government leaders
from all over the world to meet with their counterparts. ACF delegations have met with government
and religious
leaders
worldwide.
The ACF
also hosts
delegations
from abroad
to acquaint
them with
the diversity
of American
religious life
and its contribution to a
civil society.
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Foundation ad in New York Times
“A crime committed
in the name of religion
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achieved by encouraging open
dialogue and mutual understanding.
The ACF is dedicated in reaching
this endeavor by rallying religious
leaders worldwide to take a stand,
using their influence to halt
violence and terrorism.
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ACF Highlights
March 5, 2014 – Washington, DC – The
July 29, 2014 – Prague, Czech Republic
– President Milos Zeman discussed with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and the AIPAC delegation measures
to stem the spread of nationalism, intolerance and
anti-Semitism in parts of Europe.
November 22, 2013 – New York – Vice Premier Liu Yandong of the People’s Republic of China
and Rabbi Arthur Schneier exchange views on
strengthening China-US people to people relations.
2014 Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
to President Enrique Peña Nieto was announced
by ACF leaders, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Cardinal
Theodore E. McCarrick and Hon. John D. Negroponte at a luncheon hosted by Ambassador Eduardo
Medina Mora of Mexico to the United States and
Hon. Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State
of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
July 28, 2014 – Prague, Czech Republic
– Cooperation with Czech religious communities
– Rabbi Arthur Schneier with Cardinal Dominic
Duka, Archbishop of Prague at the residence of U.S.
Ambassador Norman Eisen. Not shown: Reverend
Joel Ruml, Synod Senior, Evangelical Church of
Czech Brethren, Ecumenical Council of Churches;
Rabbi David Peter, Chief Rabbi of Prague; Rabbi
Manis Barash, Chabad Prague; Bishop Jachym,
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia;
and Imam Samer Shehadeh, Imam of the Prague
Muslim Community.
May 8, 2013 - New York – Ambassador Cui
Tiankai of the People’s Republic of China to the
United States discusses the state of Sino-American
relations with Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
January 29, 2014 – New York – Dialogue
between the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and
McCain Institute’s Next Generations Leaders on
the “Leadership Role of Religious Communities and
Protection of Minorities in Strengthening Civil
Society”.
March 11, 2014 – New York – Ms. Irina
Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and her
colleagues with Rabbi Arthur Schneier at Park East
Synagogue, a historic landmark.
May 8, 2014 – New York – Ambassador Jorge
Montaño, Permanent Representative of Mexico to
the UN and Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain,
Consul General of Mexico in New York hosted a
luncheon in honor of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
L to R: Ambassador John D. Negroponte, former Deputy
Secretary of State and ACF Trustee, Ambassador Jorge
Montaño, Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain and Rabbi
Arthur Schneier.
June 9, 2014 – New York – Preparations
for the presentation of the ACF World Statesman
Award to President Peña Nieto, were discussed by
Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
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ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance
VIENNA 2011 – Inter-religious Conference on Family.
L to R: President Heinz Fischer of Austria, Cardinal Dr. Christoph
Schönborn, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
and Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt of Moscow.
ISTANBUL 2005 – 10th Anniversary of Peace and Tolerance Conference sponsored by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I –
L to R: Mrs. Marietta Giannakou, Minister of Education and
Religious Affairs of Greece; Professor Dr. Ali Bardakoglu, President,
Office of Religious Affairs of Turkey; Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation; The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I; Walter Cardinal Kasper, President, Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity; His Beatitude Theodoros,
Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, met to further peaceful coexistence and mutual acceptance through inter-religious dialogue.
2003 – ACF in cooperation with the late President Boris Trajkovski
of Macedonia and UNESCO, co-sponsored a “Regional Forum on
Dialogue Among Civilizations” in Orhid, Macedonia, which brought
together ten heads of state from the region and prominent leaders of
business, religion and culture to help further security and stability in
South East Europe.
Washington, DC 2005 – 10th Anniversary of the signing of
the Dayton Peace Accords – At the request of Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas
Burns, ACF invited religious leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina
to participate in a roundtable discussion at the State Department,
“Interfaith cooperation in building a civil society in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
2002 – ACF supported a conference on “The Role of Religion and
Belief in a Democratic Society: Searching for Ways to Combat
Terrorism and Extremism” in Azerbaijan. ACF also co-sponsored
the “World Council of Religious Leaders Conference” in Bangkok,
Thailand, to energize Asian religious leaders to promote tolerance.
2001 – ACF supported the “Interfaith Meeting Towards Peaceful
Co-existence Among the Three Monotheistic Religions: Judaism,
Christianity and Islam” conference organized under the auspices of
the European Commission and The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Brussels.
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ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance
2000 – ACF co-sponsored the Millennium World Peace Summit at
the U.N. and organized a session on conflict transformation in the
Balkans, Russia and Central Asia.
1994 – ACF organized, in cooperation with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul, which
brought together government and religious leaders from the Balkans,
the Caucasus and Central Asia. The conference adopted the Bosphorus Declaration.
1992 – ACF called for worldwide prayer at the United Nations for
peace in Bosnia.
At the start of the conflict in former Yugoslavia and Kosovo, ACF
appealed to the government and religious leaders to halt the bloodshed. It convened in Berne, Switzerland, the first religious summit
with leaders of the Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish
communities in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, to further reconciliation
and coexistence in those strife-torn countries and to prevent ethnic
conflicts from growing into religious confrontations and issued the
Berne Declaration, that called for an end to the conflict.
1999 – ACF organized the historic Kosovo Conference on Peace and
Tolerance II which brought together for the first time the leadership
of the Catholic, Muslim and Serbian Orthodox Communities of
Kosovo and has since encouraged healing and conciliation.
1995 – ACF initiated the Conflict Resolution Conference in Vienna,
Austria as a follow up to the Peace and Tolerance Conference.
The conference adopted the Vienna Declaration I and theACF
delegation held meetings with the Presidents of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia. ACF, through the media,
called for people of all faiths to pray for the success of the Balkan
peace talks in Dayton, Ohio.
“The Talmud says, “He who saves one life, saves the world.” In the Koran
it says. “Who did harm on earth without justice, did harm to all people on
earth.” In Corinthians it is written that, “God is Spirit. Wherever there is
God’s spirit, there is freedom.” We continue to demand that hostilities cease
immediately in order to alleviate the suffering in the war zones in Chechyna, Armenia, Azerbaijan and in Nagorno-Karabakh; That humanitarian
aid flow freely to all in need, regardless of faith and that religious authorities
cooperate in the vital and life saving humanitarian work in the conflict
zones.”
The Vienna Declaration, 1995
ACF Conflict Resolution Conference on The Caucasus and Central Asia
Vienna, Austria
BERNE 1992 – Signing of the “ACF for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina” – L to R: Reverend Vinko Puljic, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Sarajevo; Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox
Church; Rais Ulema Jakob efendi Selimoski of Sarajevo; Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Rene Felber, former President of Switzerland.
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Hon. Madeleine K. Albright
Hon. James A. Baker III
Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
Gen. Colin L. Powell
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Hon. George P. Shultz
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
H.E. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Rep. Eliot L. Engel
Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson
H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
Gov. Christopher J.Christie
Sen. Robert Menendez
H.E. Archbishop Demetrios
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
H.E. Eduardo Medina-Mora
Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
H.E. Jorge Montaño
Hon. David N. Dinkins
Hon. John D. Negroponte
Gov. George E. Pataki
Rep. Charles B. Rangel
Bishop Robert A. Rimbo
Rep. Edward R. Royce
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
Hon. E. Anthony Wayne
Hon. John C. Whitehead
Board of Trustees and Trustees Advisory Council
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
President
H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
Vice Presidents
Steven J. Dorn
Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson
Giampiero Auletta Armenise
Dr. John Brademas
Hon. R. Nicholas Burns
John A. Catsimatidis
H.E. Archbishop Demetrios
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
Hon. Robin Chandler Duke
H.E. Cardinal Péter Erdõ
Rev. Dr. Carl E. Flemister
Paul J. Fribourg
Martin J.G. Glynn
Sylvia Hassenfeld
Imam Yahya Hendi
John M. Hennessy
Muhtar Kent
Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
Hon. Ronald S. Lauder
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Hon. Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
William F. McSweeny
Thomas Middelhoff
Hon. John D. Negroponte
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Hon. Thomas R. Pickering
Anthony J. Pratt
Rev. Dr. David James Randolph
Hon. Rozanne L. Ridgway
Jack Rosen
Isabelle R. Leeds
Peter Thomas Roth
Hon. Earle I. Mack
Daniel L. Vasella, MD
Jeffrey A. Marcus
Hon. John C. Whitehead
Hon.William H. Luers
H.E. Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn
Enrico Mandel-Mantello
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
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His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
The Constitutional President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, was born on
20 July 1966.
He holds a BA in Law from the
Universidad Panamericana and a MA
in Business Administration from the
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
Enrique Peña Nieto joined public service at an early age, occupying several
positions in the government of the
State of Mexico. From 2000 to 2002,
he was Secretary of Administration
and from 2003 to 2004, he was elected
Representative of the 13th District in
the 65th Session of the State of Mexico, where he was Coordinator of the
Parliamentary Group of the Institu-
tional Revolutionary Party.
In 2005, Enrique Peña Nieto ran for
the governorship of the State of Mexico. During his campaign, he toured the
state, listening to people and signing
commitments before a notary, ranging
from remodeling clinics and schools to
building roads and hospitals.
After a successful campaign, he was
elected governor of the State of Mexico, during the period from 16 September 2005 to 15 September 2011.
During his term as governor, Enrique Peña Nieto achieved significant
progress in infrastructure and public
services, particularly in health. He
restructured finances in the State
of Mexico, reducing public debt and
increasing expenditure targeting works
and programs, without the need to
increase taxes.
In 2011, at the end of his term as
governor, Enrique Peña Nieto expressed his hopes of running for the
presidency. After an intense electoral
campaign, characterized by the signing
of national and state commitments, he
won the elections on 1 July 2012.
As of 1 December, Enrique Peña Nieto is President of Mexico. The main
objective of his government will ensure
that the rights that the Constitution
confers on Mexicans move from paper
into practice.
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Mary T. Barra
Chief Executive Officer
General Motors Company
Mary Barra was named Chief Executive Officer of General Motors effective
January 15, 2014. In this role, she leads
the company’s overall efforts to strengthen GM globally as an industry leader in
automotive design and technology, product quality, customer care and business
results. She is also a member of the GM
Board of Directors.
Prior to her current position, Barra served
as Executive Vice President, Global
Product Development, Purchasing &
Supply Chain since August 2013, and as
Senior Vice President, Global Product
Development since February 2011. In
these roles, she was responsible for the
design, engineering, program management
and quality of GM vehicles around the
world. She was also a member of the GM
Executive Operations Committee and the
Adam Opel AG Supervisory Board.
Appeal of Conscience Award
Previously, Barra served as GM Vice
President, Global Human Resources;
Vice President, Global Manufacturing
Engineering; Plant Manager, Detroit
Hamtramck Assembly; Executive Director of Competitive Operations Engineering; and in several engineering and staff
positions.
In 1990, Barra graduated with a Master’s
in Business Administration from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business
after receiving a GM fellowship in 1988.
Barra began her career with GM in 1980
as a General Motors Institute (Kettering
University) co-op student at the Pontiac
Motor Division. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering.
Barra serves on the General Dynamics
and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer In-
stitute Board of Directors. She is a member of the Kettering University Board
of Trustees and is GM’s Key Executive
for Stanford University and University
of California-Berkeley. She has been
elected to the Stanford Graduate School
of Business Advisory Council beginning
May 2014.
In 2012, Barra and her husband, Tony,
chaired the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s 30th annual dinner, which
raised nearly $1.7 million for cancer
research.
In 2013, Fortune magazine named Barra
one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in
Business”; Forbes magazine named her
one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful
Women.”
Barra was born December 24, 1961.
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Robert A. Iger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger
is the steward of the world’s largest media
company and some of the most respected and
beloved brands around the globe. Focusing on
creativity, innovative technology, and global
growth, Mr. Iger has led the company to
record performance and shareholder value.
He’s also built on Disney’s rich legacy of
unforgettable storytelling with the successful
acquisition of Pixar in 2006; Marvel in 2009;
and most recently Lucasfilm and the incredible Star Wars franchise in 2012.
Under Mr. Iger’s leadership, Disney has
become an industry leader in offering creative
content across new platforms and has grown
its presence in several international markets.
The company has also been recognized as one
of the “Most Reputable Companies” in both
America and the world by Forbes magazine
(2006-2014); one of “America’s Most Admired
Companies” by Fortune magazine (20092014); one of the “World’s Most Respected
Companies” by Barron’s (2009-2014); one
of the “Best Places to Launch a Career” by
Appeal of Conscience Award
BusinessWeek magazine (2006-2010); and
as “Company of the Year” by Yahoo Finance
(2013).
Prior to his current role, Mr. Iger served
as Disney’s President and Chief Executive
Officer beginning October 2005 and President
and Chief Operating Officer from 2000-2005.
Mr. Iger officially joined the Disney senior
management team in 1996 as Chairman of the
Disney-owned ABC Group and in 1999 was
given the additional responsibility of President, Walt Disney International. As Chairman of the ABC Group, Mr. Iger oversaw
the broadcast television network and station
group, cable television properties, and radio
and publishing businesses and also guided the
complex merger between Capital Cities/ABC,
Inc. and The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Iger
began his career at ABC in 1974.
Mr. Iger has been named one of Fortune magazine’s “25 Most Powerful People in Business”
(2006, 2007); one of the “Top Gun CEOs”
by Forbes magazine (2009); one of the “Best
CEOs” by Institutional Investor magazine
(2008-2011); MarketWatch CEO of the
Year (2006); and “CEO of the Year” by Chief
Executive magazine (2014).
Mr. Iger joined the Apple board of directors in
November 2011 and became a board member
of the U.S.-China Business Council in June
2011. He also serves on the boards of the
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
Inc. In June 2010, President Barack Obama
appointed him to the President’s Export
Council, which advises the president on how
to promote U.S. exports, jobs and growth.
Mr. Iger is also a member of the Partnership
for a New American Economy, a coalition of
mayors and business leaders from across the
United States that supports comprehensive
immigration reform. In 2012, Mr. Iger became
a member of the Academy of Arts & Sciences,
one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary
societies, which recognizes some of the world’s
most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers,
artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic
leaders.
Mr. Iger is a graduate of Ithaca College.
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GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Carlos Slim Helú
DINNER CHAIRS
José Antonio Fernández C.
Manuel Medina-Mora
Samuel A. Neriya
Jerry I. Speyer
DINNER CO-CHAIRS
Isaac Assa
Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Manuel L. Barragán Morales
Robert E. Ferguson
Commissioner Roger Goodell
Taher Gozel
Alan F. Horn
Steve A. Kandarian
Martin Lipton
Hon. Earle I. Mack
Tomás Milmo Santos
Luis Peña
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Christopher Ruddy
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Commissioner Adam Silver
Eduardo Tricio
Dr. Marcos D. Katz
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Thomas S. Murphy
Salomón Achar
K. Rupert Murdoch
Dan and Ewa Abraham
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schlaff
Bernard J. Arnault
Steven R. Swartz
EXECUTIVE CO-CHAIRS
Gina Diez Barroso de Franklin
Len Blavatnik
Farhad Azima
Jacques Brand
Greg Brown
John A. Catsimatidis
Valerie Demont and Bal G. Das
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Harris Diamond
Jill and Jay Bernstein
Paul J. Fribourg
Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer
Jamie Dimon
Alex Gorsky
Marc-Antoine Jamet
Muhtar Kent
Klaus Kleinfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder
Steven T. Mnuchin
Ali Moshiri
Pauline Brown
Karen Dresbach
Jaime A. El Koury
Gabriel Erem
Ronnie and Martin Foont
Edward C. Forst
Martin J.G. Glynn
Zenia Mucha
Shanu S.P. Hinduja
Lewis and and Lynn Pell
Paul Kolaj
Dr. Sigmund A. Rolat
Jed Manocherian
Jim Palmer
Polly and Herman Hochberg
Anthony J. Pratt
Andrew N. Liveris
Noreen and Peter Thomas Roth
José A. Loret de Mola
Howard J. Rubenstein
Betty and Miguel Schwarz
Sir Martin Sorrell
EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRS
Alonso Ancira
Manuel Arroyo
Luis Robles Miaja
David Schneider
Elisabeth Schneier
Paul G. Stern
Rich Stoddart
Leonard Wilf
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UNDERWRITERS
Carlos Slim Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
FEMSA
General Motors Company
Samuel Neriya Foundation
Tishman Speyer
PATRONS
21st Century Fox
Aeromar
AKZA MEXICO
Arca Continental
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BlackRock
Grupo Televisa
Hearst Corporation
BENEFECTORS
AXTEL
Banco Nacional de México
Blackstone
Blavatnik Family Foundation
CEMEX
Citi
Fundación Grupo Lala
HSBC
MetLife
National Basketball Association
National Football League
Newsmax Media, Inc.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz
AMBASSADORS
Anonymous Donor
BGD Holdings, LLC
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Chevron
The Coca-Cola Company
Comcast NBCUniversal
Continental Grain Company
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deutsche Bank
Grupo Bal
Grupo Bimbo
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Johnson & Johnson
The Durst Organization
Karcsi Global, LLC
General Dynamics
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ronald S. Lauder Foundation
The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family
Foundation
Lowe Campbell Ewald
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Famous Famiglia
Goldman Sachs
GBM Grupo Bursatil Mexicano
Grupo Lauman
Hinduja Foundation, U.S.
McCann Worldgroup
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Pratt Industries
Red Apple Group
Mexicans and Americans Thinking
Together Foundation
SPONSORS
RBC Capital Markets
Motorola Solutions
WPP
ALCOA Foundation
BBVA Bancomer
CICLO
Leo Burnett Detroit
Park Tower Group
Peter Thomas Roth Labs
The Starr Foundation
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Walton Street Capital, LLC
Colgate-Palmolive
The Wilf Family Foundation
Cushman & Wakefield
DIRECTV
We gratefully acknowledge
Lambertz Chocolates
for providing this evening’s gifts.
The Dow Chemical Company
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Making a Difference
VATICAN 2013
– Pope Francis I.
greets Cardinal
Theodore E.
McCarrick at the
inaugural ceremony
of the Pontiff on
March 19, 2013.
NEW YORK 2010 –
Bartholomew I and
The Ecumenical
Patriarchate,
along with ACF,
have taken many
joint initiatives
to further peace,
tolerance and interreligious dialogue.
VATICAN 1985 –
Pope John Paul II and
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
discussed ways to
strengthen oppressed
religious communities.
Moscow 2006 - At
NEW YORK 2008 – Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to
Park East Synagogue, meeting with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and
the ACF delegation in New York. This marked the first visit of a
Pope to an American Synagogue and signified a reaffirmation of
his outreach and commitment to inter-religious dialogue.
the World Summit
of Religious Leaders
Conference in
Moscow, Patriarch
Aleksy II, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier and
the ACF discuss joint
initiatives to promote
peace and interreligious cooperation.
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Making a Difference
MOSCOW 2009 – President Dmitry A. Medvedev of the Russian Federation met
with UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
and All Russia, Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshakur
Pashazade of Azerbaijan and Rabbi Arthur Schneier and called for the
engagement of religious leaders in advancing tolerance and mutual understanding.
SAUDI ARABIA 2008
– King Abdullah of
Saudi Arabia convened
the Inter-Religious
conference held in
Madrid. In his keynote,
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
addressed Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu,
Jewish, Muslim,
and Taoist faiths on
broadening interreligious dialogue to
ease world tensions.
NEW YORK 2001 – “UN
Resolution for the Protection
of Religious Sites” initiated by
ACF to protect churches, mosques,
synagogues and temples was
adopted unanimously by the UN
General Assembly at the office
of Secretary General Kofi Annan.
“With an unwavering commitment to religious freedom
and human rights, as well as
wideranging programmes to
promote mutual understanding
and conflict resolution, the Appeal
of Conscience Foundation’s work
complements that of the United
Nations. I would like to thank you
for your efforts to build a safer,
more humane world.”
Kofi A. Annan
Secretary General, United
Nations,
September 2004
NEW YORK 2007 – ACF
delegation: Cardinal Theodore
E. McCarrick, Rabbi Arthur
Schneier and Archbishop
Khajag Barsamian, Primate
of the Armenian Church of
America, met with Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon
to discuss human rights,
humanitarian issues and on
the dire situation in Darfur.
“This is a critical moment for the international community, requiring decisive movement on many fronts and a renewed multilateralism that delivers for real people in real
time. Human rights and conflict resolution, so central to your work, are key components
of this endeavor, especially given the potential of the global economic downturn to foster
social unrest. The efforts of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation to counter rising tensions and promote mutual understanding will continue to provide valuable support to
the United Nations as we work for a sustainable recovery that benefits all people.”
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General, United Nations, September 2009
WASHINGTON DC 2007
– Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All
Armenians, Karekin
II, Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian, ACF vice
president, and Rabbi
Arthur Schneier exchange
views on the ACF’s role
in reconciliation talks
between Armenia and
Turkey.
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Making a Difference
Strengthening
people to
people
relations
BEIJING 2010
WASHINGTON, DC 2011 – Luncheon
with President Hu Jintao of China.
New York 2012 - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
and Ambassador Zhang Yesui discuss China-US relations
with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Michael A. Peterson.
BEIJING 1998 – Appointed by President Clinton
to start the first dialogue on religious freedom with
China, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, along with ACF
delegation: Dr. Don Argue and Cardinal Theodore
E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, met
with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
– Chinese Vice
Premier Hui
Liangyu and
his delegation
greets Rabbi
and Mrs.
Schneier.
WASHINGTON, DC 1998 – President
Bill Clinton, Secretary of State
Madeleine K. Albright and Samuel R.
Berger, U.S. National Security Advisor
met with Dr. Don Argue, Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier in the White House Oval office
prior to their mission to China.
NEW YORK 2008 – The Council
on Foreign Relations and ACF
co-sponsored a luncheon in honor of
President Abdullah Gül of Turkey,
who was accompanied by Foreign
Minister Ali Babacan. They were
welcomed by former U.S. Ambassador
to Turkey Marc Grossman, CFR
President Dr. Richard N. Haas and
Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
July 11, 2012 Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide - 8,000 Muslim
Bosniak killed on July 11, 1995. Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the invitation of
Grand Mufti Ceric was the first non-Muslim leader who addressed the 50,000
mourning family members, government and foreign leaders including a message
from President Barack Obama: “...We all desire continued reconciliation and
peaceful coexistence for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans.”
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Making a Difference
MOSCOW 1987
STRASBOURG
2007 –
– ACF met with
human rights
activist and 1975
Nobel Peace Prize
winner Andrei
WASHINGTON
Sakharov and
DC 1990 – ACF
his wife, Yelena presented Mikhael
Bonner.
S. Gorbachev
with the “Man of
History” Award
which included the
establishment of the
Gorbachev Scholar
Program to enable
Soviet graduate
students to study
at American
universities.
Parliamentary
Assembly of
the Council of
Europe (PACE)
– Rabbi Arthur
Schneier called
for strong
measures to stem
the rise of racism,
xenophobia,
anti-Semitism,
and Islamophobia
in Europe and
urged mutual
cooperation to
promote peace
and tolerance.
MOSCOW 2005 – Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov met with Rabbi
Arthur Schneier to discuss
strengthening people to
people relations between
Russia and the US.
POLAND 2009
MOROCCO
2010 – ACF
delegation paid
tribute to King
Mohammed
V at his
Mausoleum
and to the
memory of
King Hassan I .
– President
Lech Kaczynski
and First Lady
Maria Kaczynska
met with ACF
delegation: Dr.
Sigmund A. Rolat
and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier; and Mrs.
Ewa JunczykZiomecka, Minister
of State, during
Vice President Joe
Biden’s visit to
Warsaw.
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Past Annual Awards Dinners
NEW YORK – 2010 Dinner Co-Chairs Muhtar Kent, Chairman and
CEO of the Coca-Cola Company and Bernard Arnault, Chairman
and CEO of LVMH along with Rabbi Arthur Schneier present the
ACF Awards to The Honorable Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
of India, Stephen A. Schwarzman and John Elkann.
NEW YORK – 2001 In a solemn atmosphere, ACF held the first dinner
remembering the victims after 9/11 with a resolve to preserve freedom and
tolerance. L to R: Axel Springel, Mr. Han Seung-soo, President of 56th Session
of the United Nations General Assembly, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
NEW YORK – 2007 – L to R: Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York;
Dr. Henry Kissinger; Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of
Washington; Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany; Archbishop Khajag Barsamian,
Primate, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America; Rabbi Arthur Schneier; Peter
G. Peterson, Founder, The Blackstone Group and Archbishop Demetrios.
NEW YORK – 2008 – L to R: Archbishop Demetrios, Primate, Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America; Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company;
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Company; Serge Dassault,
Chairman & CEO, Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault S.A; Dr. Henry A. Kissinger,
Madam Sarkozy, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Rabbi Arthur Schneier
NEW YORK – 2011
The World Statesman
Award was presented
to President Lee
Myung-bak of the
Republic of Korea.
– L to R: UN
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon,
President Lee Myungbak, Rabbi Arthur
Schneier and Hon.
Paul A. Volcker.
NEW YORK – 2012 The World Statesman Award was presented to
The Right Honorable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.
Fellow honorees Virginia M. Rometty, President, Chairman and
CEO, IBM, and Vikram Pandit, former CEO of Citigroup with
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
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2013 Special Awards Dinner
H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, ACF Vice
President; Dr. Henry A. Kissinger; President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia; Rabbi
Arthur Schneier and Louis R. Chênevert.
H.E. Jan Eliasson delivers UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message.
ACF World
Statesman Award
was presented to
President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono
by Dr. Henry A.
Kissinger, H.E.
Jan Elisasson, Hon.
John D. Negroponte
and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier.
Louis R. Chênevert, Chairman and CEO of United Technologies
Corporation, accepts the Appeal of Conscience Award.
Benediction by H.E. Archbishop Barsamian, Primate of the Armenian
Diocese and ACF Vice President and Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson,
Priest at Madison Presbyterian Church, ACF Trustee. Also Pictured,
Master of Ceremony Alina Cho.
David
Schneider,
Mrs. Elisabeth
Schneier, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier,
Rev. Dr. Fred
R. Anderson,
President Susilo
Bambang
Yudhoyono,
First Lady Ani
Yudhoyono,
Debra Chênevert
and Louis R.
Chênevert.
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The Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Founded in 1965 by Rabbi Arthur Schneier,the Appeal Of Conscience Foundation
has worked on behalf of religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.
This interfaith coalition of business, religious and foreign policy leaders promotes
mutual understanding, peace, tolerance and inter-religious dialogue and provides
a voice of conscience to protect minorities. To uphold the principle of “live and let
live” is the Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s continuing goal.
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation believes that freedom, democracy and
human rights are the fundamental values that give nations of the world their best
hope for peace, security and shared prosperity.
ACF Foreign Service Institute Seminar on Religion
1500 U.S. diplomats attended the ACF Seminar on Religion for the Foreign Service Institute prior to their assignment abroad.
Washington, DC 2012 - Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton was the keynote
speaker at the 31st ACF Annual Seminar.
Washington, DC 2013 - L to R: Dr. Victoria Kennick Urubshurow; Rabbi David Flatto; Imam Yahya M. Hendi; The Rev. Dr. Fred A. Anderson; H.E. Cardinal
Theodore E. McCarrick and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
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Past Award Recipients
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Giovanni Agnelli
Chingiz Aitmatov
H.H. Aleksy II
Robert O. Anderson
Bernard J. Arnault
Edwin L. Artzt
Brooke Astor
H.E. José María Aznar López
Percy Barnevik
Hon.Michael R. Bloomberg
J. P. Bolduc
Sir John Bond
Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr.
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP
The Lord Browne of Madingley
Hon. Herbert Brownwell
Barbara Bush
Nicholas T. Camicia
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain
H.E. Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
John A. Catsimatidis
Louis R. Chênevert
Hon. Dick Cheney
The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien
Hon. Angier Biddle Duke
John Elkann
Carleton S. Fiorina
Malcolm S. Forbes
Betty Ford
Michel Fribourg
H.E. Hans-Dietrich Genscher
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Tatsuro Goto
J. Peter Grace
Hon. Alan Greenspan
Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Dr. Armand Hammer
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
Hon.W. Averell Harriman
President Václav Havel
Harry B. Helmsley
Hon. Richard C. Holbrooke
Hon. John Howard
H.E. Archbishop Iakovos
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Muhtar Kent
President Kim Dae-jung
Coretta Scott King
Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
Mary Lasker
President Lee Myung-bak
H.E. László Cardinal Lékai
William J. Levitt
Gustav L. Levy
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
J.Willard Marriott, Jr.
Helmut O. Maucher
Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
President Carlos Saúl Menem
H.E. Angela Merkel
J. Irwin Miller
John Mosler
President K. R. Narayanan
Jorma Ollila
H.I.M. Farah Pahlavi
Vikram Pandit
H.E. Göran Persson
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Carroll and Milton Petrie
Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer
Jay A. Pritzker
H.E. Romano Prodi
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Virginia M. Rometty
Arthur Ross
Baron Guy de Rothschild
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
President Nicolas Sarkozy
William A. Schreyer
H.E. Gerhard Schröder
Stephen A. Schwarzman
The Hon. Dr.Manmohan Singh
John F. Smith, Jr.
Roger B. Smith
Axel Springer
Hon. Robert S. Strauss
The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Thatcher
Daniel L. Vasella, MD
H.H. Vasken I
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
Hon. Vernon A.Walters
H.E. Richard von Weizsaecker
Hon. John C.Whitehead
Kay R.Whitmore
Dr. Rong Yiren
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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