We the Peoples 2024

The UN Foundation will host its annual Global Leadership Awards on November 21, 2024 to recognize extraordinary individuals and organizations whose work embodies the values and purposes of the UN — to create a safer, healthier, and fairer world for everyone, everywhere. That work has always been invaluable. Today, it’s indispensable.

The founders of the United Nations, uniting after years of great strife and suffering, believed in the power of cooperation to create a better world. They made a promise to future generations. And they saw limitless possibilities if ‘We the Peoples’ work together with common purpose.

Inspired by that faith, we celebrate remarkable leaders who are making a difference.

PREVIOUS HONOREES have included government and world leaders, human rights champions, artists and activists, corporate leaders and innovators.

The We the Peoples Awards is an opportunity to hear from the world’s leading changemakers, connect with the UN, and explore the frontiers of global impact. The awards support the UN Foundation’s work to accelerate the SDGs, raise climate ambition, and reimagine multilateral cooperation for a better and fairer future.

In 2024, UN Foundation will present the following awards:

• The Champion for Global Change Award to recognize enlightened leadership in working towards a more prosperous and equitable world for us all.
• The UN Heroes Award to honor the extraordinary compassion, courage, and determination of UN frontline workers.
• The SDG Vanguard Award to recognize leaders whose work and impact reflects the urgency of the SDG agenda and the imperative to leave no one behind.
• The Goal 17 Innovation in Partnership Award to recognize the impact of strategic partnership toward achieving the Goals.
• The Unite Our Strength Award to recognize those individuals who have used their voices and platforms to create connection and unity.

Learn more about We the Peoples.