ON THE EVE OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, the UN Foundation will host its Global Leadership Awards 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.
Hon. Mia Mottley, SC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados on stage with with Emcee Femi Oke.
Honorees, speakers, and guests on stage at We the Peoples on November 3, 2022, in New York.
Esther Speck and Nikki Neuburger, lululemon, on stage with Baroness Valerie Amos.
UN Foundation Board member Hans Vestberg with Khadija Mayman, Youth Peacemaker for the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative.
Mia Kami on stage at We the Peoples.
Dr. Natalia Kanem, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, on stage.
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.
Each year we present the following awards:
And this year, we also inaugurate a new Goal 17 Innovation in Partnership Award to recognize the impact of strategic partnership toward achieving the Goals.
Learn more about We the Peoples and see the exceptional honorees we are celebrating in 2022 below.
Prime Minister of Barbados; Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates Group
Champion for Global Change Award
Artist, social activist, Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation and SDG Advocate
SDG Vanguard Award
Artist and Climate Justice Activist
SDG Vanguard Award
The UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide
United Nations Heroes Award
Goal 17 Innovation in Partnership Award
