September 29, 2012
Dr. Mahathir wins a Rafik Hariri Award for Leadership, Statesmanship, as well as Good Governance
by Bernama@www.nst.com.my
NEW YORK: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad received a 2012 Rafik Hariri United Nations (UN) Habitat Memorial Award during a rite hold during a New York Public Library here final night.
The endowment was presented by Hariri's widow, Nazek Rafk Hariri, who is additionally Rafik Hariri Foundation President. Dr Mahathir 87, was declared leader of a endowment in June, by a award's steering committee in recognition of his leadership, statesmanship as well as good governance.
The award, declared after a now-deceased Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, was established by a Hariri family, mutually with a UN-Habitat by a Rafik Hariri Foundation since March 2009.
Leadership, Statesmanship as well as Good Governance
It is since to individuals, organisations or institutions worldwide for poignant accomplishments in a areas of leadership, statesmanship as well as good governance, construction as well as reconstruction of settlements as well as communities, tellurian resource development, as well as good activities in fighting civic misery as well as a implementation of a Habitat Agenda.
Dr Mahathir is a second recipient after Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Dr Mahathir thanked a Foundation as well as a UN Habitat for consultation him a prestigious award, believ! ing a en dowment was for Malaysia, more than it was for him.
"I deem it a good honour, especially as this endowment is declared after a remarkable man whose care qualities as well as grant towards a reconstruction of a war-ravaged city of Beirut as well as Lebanon is incomparable.
"Without a enlightenment of pity between a multi-racial, multi-religious people of Malaysia, without their adore for assent as well as stability, Malaysia would not have been able to grow as it has done"
"I knew Rafik Hariri when he initial visited Malaysia. We immediately became tighten friends as well as you visited Lebanon during his invitation to see a damage wrought by a fratricidal war. Rafik promised he would reconstruct Beirut as it was before a war. And, he delivered upon his promise.
"I visited Beirut after a replacement as well as you felt sure which a good destiny awaits Lebanon underneath his leadership. In many ways, you was like him. you longed for to rise Malaysia only as he wished to rise Lebanon. But he was reduction fortunate because he did not have a fortitude of Malaysia. Nor, was he since a time," he noted.
Meanwhile, Nazek in her opening speech, pronounced Dr Mahathir was a purpose model, an inspiration to all as well as his resolve as well as prophesy proved which dreams could be turned into being as well as nations could earn, with conviction as well as hard work, a splendid future.
"Under your correct leadership, Malaysia has warranted a central purpose upon a universe map as well as The UN-Habitat as well as Rafik Hariri Foundation proudly recognise Malaysia's former Prime Minister as well as a Malaysian outstanding experience.
"The endowment rite is hold this year during a really critical time for our nation as well as for our region. As you sadly witness, in some partial of a Arab world, trusting blood is shed. This is a momen! t of goo d shortcoming indeed. The UN as well as a free universe are responsible more than any other time, for ending all acts of fight as well as violence," she said.
Meanwhile, UN Under-Secretary General as well as Executive Director of UN-Habitat Dr Joan Clos said, Dr Mahathir presided over an mercantile growth period which was remarkable for civic amicable as well as technological innovations.
"Dr Mahathir's life as well as work uncover extensive forward-looking policies. By categorically investing in physical, technological as well as knowledge infrastructure, he was additionally in many ways, forward of his time," he said.
Clos pronounced Dr Mahathir's efforts resulted in a fast programmed growth of pass Malaysian cities as well as transformed a nation from an agriculture-reliant manage to buy to an civic industry-focused one.
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