Hillary Clinton nominated for Tipperary International Peace Award December 10, 2012 - 10:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has been nominated for a peace award, Belfast Telegraph reported. A short list of five people have been released for the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award. Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai who was shot earlier this year, president of the Indian National Congress Sonia Ghandi, former Kenyan journalist John Githongo and Pax Christi International, a non-profit Catholic peace movement, have also made the list. The award winner will be announced on January 1. Previous recipients include former South African president Nelson Mandela, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, former US president Bill Clinton and last year's recipients former president of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese and her husband Senator Martin McAleese. Peace Convention secretary Martin Quinn said Mrs Clinton joined the US State Department in 2009, after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, first lady, and senator. "Throughout her tenure she has looked towards "smart power" as the strategy for asserting US leadership and values, combining military strength with US capacities in global economics, development aid, and technology," he said.   Top stories In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Across a swathe of southern Turkey, people sought temporary shelter and food in freezing winter weather. The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. The Prosecutor’s Office has released surveillance footage and said that one of the detainees in the case, Iveri Melashvili.   Partner news |  Latest news USAID Administrator, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary arrive in Armenia  Power and Kim arrived in Armenia to affirm U.S. support for Armenia’s sovereignty, independence.Karabakh death toll climbs above 300 as more bodies recovered A total of 105 bodies have been recovered from different regions of Nagorno-Karabakh since September 21.Ucom Director General Ralph Yirikian delivered lecture at Leadership School Ucom Director General Ralph Yirikian recently delivered a special lecture on leadership at the Leadership School.Lemkin Institute says won't let world leaders forget complicity in Karabakh The Institute says there’s no “genocide prevention” in the US, the EU, NATO, or the UN. |
