Lakshmi Puri among six diplomats felicitated with ‘Power of One’
December 12th, 2017
Six top diplomats including one Indian were felicitated with the inaugural Diwali ‘Power of One’ award at the UN headquarters in New York for their contribution to help form a more perfect, peaceful and secure world. The awards were presented on the occasion of the first anniversary of the issuance of a ‘forever Diwali stamp’ by the US Postal Services.
List of Awardees:
- Matthew Rycroft: The outgoing British Ambassador to the UN
- Nawaf Salam: The Lebanese Ambassador to the UN. He was also elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2017.
- Lakshmi Puri: She is the Indian head of the UN Women.
- Maged Abdelaziz: The former Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN.
- Ion Botnaru: The former Permanent Representative of Moldova to the UN.
- Yuriy Sergeyev: The former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN.