GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD 2013

The United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA celebrated the important work of the UN, the U.S.'s key support of the UN and the inspirational leaders who are working to advance peace, prosperity, and justice here in the United States and throughout the world at our annual Global Leadership Dinner on November 6, 2013 at Gotham Hall in New York.

Annually one of the most impactful events in New York, the Global Leadership Dinner brings together a distinguished audience like no other, including A-list attendance representing the highest levels of the diplomatic, business, government, philanthropic, media, celebrity, and social sectors.

This year’s honorees included:

• Malala Yousafzai, the courageous Pakistani teenager who has overcome enormous challenges to speak out for girls education;
• Senator Timothy E. Wirth, the UN Foundation’s Vice Chair and the person who turned Ted Turner’s vision for the UN Foundation into a reality;
• U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, who was honored for her fierce commitment to human rights;
• Martha Dodray - Front-line polio workers, who are performing heroic work in protecting children from this crippling disease;
• GE Africa, a leader in improving health care for women and children through the Secretary-General’s Every Woman Every Child movement; and
• 10x10, the filmmakers who created Girl Rising and are trailblazers in raising awareness of the importance of girls’ education.

A polio worker from Bihar has been honoured with a prestigious UN Foundation award for her work in protecting children from the disease.

Dodray, who hails from Darbhanga, said she was delighted and felt honoured to receive the award at such a global stage.

Speaking in Hindi, Dodray said she was humbled by the honour and had never thought that she would come to the US and meet global dignitaries who wouldappreciate her work.

Dodray was joined on stage by Ambassadors to the UN from Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha.

Leading Indian actress Priyanka Chopra also attended the event and presented the award to the Documentary Group and filmmakers '10x10' for creating'GirlRising', a feature film for girls' education.