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November 18, 2002
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER HONORS U2 LEAD SINGER BONO WITH HUMANITARIAN LAUREATE AWARD
The Simon Wiesenthal Center honored Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, with the Center?s highest honor, its Humanitarian Laureate Award, at its annual dinner on Monday, November 18, 2002 in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies was Elizabeth Vargas of ABC News.
Bono came to the world stage in 1980 as the lead singer for the Irish rock group U2. Since that time the band has sold over 100 million records and have received the highest accolades from the recording industry. However, his international presence does not end there. Since 1998, Bono has been an active supporter of the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign, which campaigned for the unpayable debts of the world?s poorest countries to be written off. He has met with the world?s most powerful leaders and politicians to discuss the issues of poverty and AIDS in Africa. A champion of the people of Africa, Bono recently spent two weeks there with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O?Neill to make the case for more money for fighting AIDS and poverty on that continent. Bono is now in the process of setting up a network called DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target wealthy governments to increase resources and improve their policies toward African countries.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center said, ?Bono is to be congratulated for his tireless work on behalf of many humanitarian causes, from fighting to alleviate famine and poverty, the scourge of AIDS in Africa, and for using his talent and influence to fulfill the prophetic vision of Tikkun Olam, of helping to mend and repair the world.?
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and to fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center, along with its Museum of Tolerance, confronts important contemporary issues, including bigotry, racism, antisemitism, terrorism and genocide.
For more information, contact the Center?s Communications Department, 310-553-9036.
November 18, 2002
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER HONORS U2 LEAD SINGER BONO WITH HUMANITARIAN LAUREATE AWARD
The Simon Wiesenthal Center honored Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, with the Center?s highest honor, its Humanitarian Laureate Award, at its annual dinner on Monday, November 18, 2002 in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies was Elizabeth Vargas of ABC News.
Bono came to the world stage in 1980 as the lead singer for the Irish rock group U2. Since that time the band has sold over 100 million records and have received the highest accolades from the recording industry. However, his international presence does not end there. Since 1998, Bono has been an active supporter of the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign, which campaigned for the unpayable debts of the world?s poorest countries to be written off. He has met with the world?s most powerful leaders and politicians to discuss the issues of poverty and AIDS in Africa. A champion of the people of Africa, Bono recently spent two weeks there with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O?Neill to make the case for more money for fighting AIDS and poverty on that continent. Bono is now in the process of setting up a network called DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target wealthy governments to increase resources and improve their policies toward African countries.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center said, ?Bono is to be congratulated for his tireless work on behalf of many humanitarian causes, from fighting to alleviate famine and poverty, the scourge of AIDS in Africa, and for using his talent and influence to fulfill the prophetic vision of Tikkun Olam, of helping to mend and repair the world.?
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and to fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center, along with its Museum of Tolerance, confronts important contemporary issues, including bigotry, racism, antisemitism, terrorism and genocide.
For more information, contact the Center?s Communications Department, 310-553-9036.
