Julio-Curie Peace Prize, First International Award of Bangladesh

  • 4 years ago
The World Peace Council awarded Julio Curie Peace Prize to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The world leaders of different countries attended the award ceremony and recalled the contribution of Father of the Nation, The founder of the Bengali nation-state and the architect of independence Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in realising rights of the deprived, terming Bangabandhu a “Friend of the World”.

To commemorate the contributions of world-renowned scientists Marie Curie and Pierre Curie to the struggle for world peace, the World Peace Council has been awarding Julio Curie Peace Prize to distinguished individuals and organizations since 1950 for outstanding contribution to the fight against fascism, anti-imperialism, humanitarian welfare and peace.

World leaders, like Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Yasser Arafat, Salvador Allende, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa, poet and politician Pablo Neruda, Jawaharlal Nehru, Martin Luther King, Leonid Brezhnev were awarded the prize.

The peace prize of the World Peace Council was an international recognition of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for his contribution to the establishment of world peace.
Julio Curie Peace Prize is the first international award of Bangladesh.