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David Hamburg to Head United Nations Genocide Prevention Advisory
group
New York, NY—May 11, 2006. Carnegie Corporation president
emeritus David Hamburg has been appointed by Secretary-General Kofi
Annan to chair the newly formed United Nations Advisory Committee
on Genocide Prevention. The committee will provide guidance and
support to the work of the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser
on the Prevention of Genocide, Juan E. Méndez, and contribute
to the broader efforts of the UN to avert massive crimes against
humanity. Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South
Africa; Roméo Dallaire of Canada, former Force Commander
of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda; Sadako Ogata of Japan,
former High Commissioner for Refugees, and other distinguished advisors
in the areas of human rights, peacekeeping and diplomacy have also
been appointed to the committee.
“David
Hamburg is a wise and tireless activist in the cause of peace,”
says Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New
York. “His history of leadership in the fields of research
and public policy, and his preventive orientation to serious global
problems make him the ideal choice for this prestigious appointment.
I congratulate him on this highly deserved honor.”
A
psychiatrist with a history of leadership in the fields of public
policy, research and behavioral science, Hamburg has long brought
his preventive orientation to bear on serious global problems.
It
was during his tenure as president, from 1982 to 1997, that the
Corporation embarked on an intense pursuit of peace in potential
conflict situations. The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly
Conflict (CCPDC), which Hamburg co-chaired with Cyrus Vance, endorsed
a three-part strategy of prevention—early response; counteracting
of risk factors and resolution of fundamental causes of violence.
Through its reports, analyses and conferences, CCPDC helped to make
the prevention of deadly conflict a priority concern for the United
Nations as well as the wider global community. Today, the Corporation
continues to focus on the challenges of achieving international
peace and ensuring global security.
Andrew
Carnegie created Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911 to promote
"the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding."
As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks to carry out
Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim "to
do real and permanent good in the world." The Corporation's
capital fund, originally donated at a value of about $135 million,
had a market value of $2.2 billion on September 30, 2005. The Corporation
awards grants totaling more than $80 million a year in the areas
of education, international peace and security, international development
and strengthening U.S. democracy.
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