HRH Premier to hand over top award to Ban Ki-moon

At a ceremony to be held on Sunday at the Gudaibiya Palace, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will hand over the “Khalifa bin Salman Award for Sustainable Development” to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Mr Ban has been selected for the 2018 award, in recognition of his efforts in serving humanity, promoting peace –and- security and achieving sustainable development goals.

Chairman of HRH Khalifa Bin Salman Al KhalifaAward for Sustainable Development, Shaikh Hussam bin Isa Al Khalifa, had named the award winner in September this year. The announcement was made during the “Bahrain Forum: Shared Visions for a Successful Future” organized by the Kingdom on the sidelines of the last UN General Assembly in New York.

Anna Tibaijuka, former Minister of Land, Housing and Human Communities of the Republic of Tanzania, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), was the winner of the previous version of the 2016 Award.

The first award was delivered in 2008 to the “Green Brigade Project” from the Republic of Burkina Faso, during the fourth session of the Fourth World Urban Forum held in Nanjing, China.