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The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has announced to felicitate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the prestigious World Statesman Award for 2010.
John Negroponte, the former Deputy Secretary of State said that the award would be presented to the Prime Minister in September.
He announced that the PM had also accepted the award amiably.
The other recipients of the World Statesman Award include British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2009), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2008), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2007) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2006).
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation was founded by Rabbi Arthur Schneier in 1965. It has been active in the fields of religious freedom and human rights all over the world.
The foundation also mentioned that these leaders were the symbols of peace, tolerance and ethnic conflict resolution.
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation also provides a voice of conscience to protect minorities in various parts of the world.
