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Hon. Frank Nweke
receiving award on behalf of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo
Oyiza Interviewing IOC Honorary President Juan Antonio
Samaranch
Oyiza Adaba Interviewing Nigeria's Hon. Frank
Nweke
Liberia's
Acting Ambassador to Italy Musu Ruhle with the award. She represented President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of
Liberia
Governor of Massachusetts Mitt
Romney
Peter
Tichansky President CEO BCIU
Hugh Dugan - Founder Truce Foundation of the USA & Hon. Frank
Nweke
Oyiza
Adaba reporting from Torino
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VENUE
The Royal Hunting Residence of Stupunigi
Award Presentation
to USOC Chairman Peter Ueberroth
IOC Honorary President Juan Antonio Samaranch & Greek Minister for Culture Fanny Palli
Petria
Oyiza
with Guests at the event
Guests
Interacting
US
Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth and wife
Oyiza
Adaba at the Sports Village
Spectators at U.S-Latvia Hockey
Match
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REPORT BY Oyiza Adaba, Continued
President Obasnajo’s effort on brokering peace on the African continent had not gone unnoticed. His achievements as Chairman of the Africa Union include keeping peace talks in Dafur prominent in the world’s agenda, quelling an attempted coup in Togo, the resolution of the Liberian Civil War, as well as his tireless campaign for Africa’s debt relief. On the home front, Obasanjo is credited for economic and government reforms, while also fighting corruption.
Peter Ueberroth received the ‘Mitt Romney Truce Ideal Award’ for his exemplary leadership of the U.S. Olympic Committee. As president of the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Ueberroth revived the Olympic spirit while also creating a financially successful competition that resulted in a $250 million surplus.
The other award handed out was the ‘Open Fields Awards’ to the people of Italy. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini received this on behalf of his government.
Founded by American Hugh Dugan, and inspired by the Olympic Truce, the Truce Foundation has made it a mission to teach the world about overcoming international conflicts, setting societal and personal ideals as well as making the world and the Olympics games safer.
In the true Olympic spirit came a show of support from individuals and representatives of various governments and businesses such as co-sponsors Irwin Belk, Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), Coltrin & Associates, The Lugano Group, as well as the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO).
Featured prominently at the ceremony were Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts who was the first recipient of the Truce Ideal Award in 2004, IOC Honorary President Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Greek Minister for Culture Fanny Palli Petria, Pfizer European VP & Chairman BCIU Michael Hodin, official sculptor of the USOC Jon Hair and Sports Artist Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki whose ‘Olympic Truce’ painting adorned the palace.
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