13.12.07

GEORGE CLOONEY AND DON CHEADLE AWARDED AT THE 8TH NOBEL PEACE LAUREATS SUMMIT

On 13 December during the 8th World Peace Summit Mr George Clooney and Mr Don Cheadle have been awarded with the “Peace Summit Award 2007”, a very important recognition assigned every year by the Nobel Laureates to the men creating peace, personalities selected within the culture and entertainment business who have standed out in the defence of human rights and in the diffusion of the principles of Peace and solidarity in the world.
The appointees are officially awarded since “their strong engagement in favour of pacification in the tortured Dafour region, for having contributed to saving human lives and to alleviating the suffering of the civil populations victims of the war”.

The two actors’ social commitment has led to the foundation in co-partnership with Matt Damon Brad Pitt and Jerry Weintraub of the association “Not on our Watch” with the aim to draw world’s attention on the tragedy in Darfour. The Association has donated more than 5 million USD to Darfour this year.

The “Peace Summit Award 2007” is a copper sculpture created by the artist Oliviero Rainaldi especially for this occasion. The sculpture wants to symbolize humanity living a new dimension facing it with its head upwards, as if it was observing a hypothetical “sky”, and tearing apart the introflexed surface representing space and time. The central beam of light is obtained from the fading external side beams which emphasize the gold at the back, symbol of the majesty of humanity which has hopes and wishes for a better future.
Charter for a World without Violence