Appeal of Conscience Foundation
th
Anniversary Dinner
1965 - 2015
50th Anniversary Dinner
in honor of
The Right Honorable David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
•
Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
Appeal of Conscience Award
•
Alex Gorsky
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Appeal of Conscience Award
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Waldorf Astoria New York
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United States Presidents’ messages to ACF
“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation encourages us to define ourselves by the humanity we hold in
common. By lifting up tolerance and mutual understanding, organizations like yours speak to what is
possible when we dedicate ourselves to what we can build, rather than what can be destroyed, and they
remind us we are strongest when we work together.”
Pr e sident Barac k Obama
September 2014
“I applaud the Appeal of Conscience Foundation for your work with political and religious leaders across
the globe to advance religious tolerance and peace. These are values that honor the dignity of every life and
set free the creative energies that lead to progress.”
Pr e sident Geor g e W. Bush
September 2004
“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has been a powerful tool for progress in a changing world. From
those persecuted by Communist dictatorships in days gone by to those seeking to overcome ethnic, racial and
religious intolerance today, courageous people have found in the Appeal of Conscience Foundation a true
source of hope, help and inspiration.”
Pr e sident bil l Cl inton
September 2000
“The Foundation’s efforts to secure religious freedom throughout the world, particularly in Eastern Europe,
the Soviet Union, and China, are exemplary.”
Pr e sident Geor g e H.W. Bush
May 1989
“The Appeal of Conscience Foundation has long been a leader in the struggle for religious freedom and
human rights around the world. Your ecumenical foundation has been especially vigilant in its fight for the
right of religious expression, and I’m proud to commend you.”
Pr e sident Ronal d Reagan
October 1987
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Founder and President
Appeal of Consc ienc e Fo undat ion
As a young child living under Nazi
occupation in Vienna and Hungary
during World War II, Rabbi Arthur
Schneier saw the atrocities of mankind.
He vowed that if he survived he would
change the world into one of tolerance,
where people of all faiths could co-exist
and adopt the principle of “live and let
live.”
Since founding the Appeal of
Conscience Foundation in 1965,
Rabbi Schneier has played a major
role in addressing issues in the former
Soviet Union and Russia, the Balkans,
Central Europe, China, Cuba and
Latin America. He is internationally
recognized for his leadership on behalf
of peace, religious freedom, human
rights and tolerance, his activities
having spanned the globe for fifty years.
As the spiritual leader of the 125year old historic landmark Park East
Synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper
East Side since 1962, he has received
numerous world leaders including Pope
Benedict XVI in 2008, the first ever
Papal visit to a synagogue in the United
States, as well as the Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew I and other
leaders of diverse faith communities.
Rabbi Schneier has served as U.S.
Alternate Representative to the United
Nations and is an Ambassador of the
UN Alliance of Civilizations. He was
awarded the U.S. Presidential Citizens
Medal as well as the U.S. Department
of State Special Recognition Awards;
nominated for the Congressional Gold
Medal (2013); named as one of the 100
most trustworthy people in the U.S. by
Readers’ Digest magazine (2013) and
listed as one of the most influential
rabbis in the United States by
Newsweek Magazine (2010-2013). He
holds eleven honorary doctorates from
U.S. and European universities and
is the recipient of more than a dozen
awards from around the globe. In 2015,
he was knighted by Pope Francis I.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier is married to
Elisabeth Nordmann Schneier.
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ACF Highlights
struction of places of worship and sacred religious
texts of any kind.
Common Declaration
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation and
the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), concerned about the persistent
violence, persecutions of Christian minorities
and other religious groups, calls upon the United
Nations to adopt a Resolution for the Protection
of Religious Minorities.
We condemn all acts or threats of violence,
destruction, damage or endangerment, directed
against religious minorities, including the de-
We call upon all states to prevent acts or threats
of violence, and invite relevant intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations to contribute to those efforts by developing appropriate
initiatives to advance mutual respect and recognition of religious minorities.
The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
and the Appeal of Conscience Foundation
encourage all states, intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations and the media
to promote through education a culture of
mutual respect and tolerance for the diversity of
religions, which represent an important aspect of
the collective heritage of mankind.
February 19, 2015 – New York – Chief
Rabbi Haim Korsia of France meets with Mayor
Bill de Blasio and Rabbi Arthur Schneier to
discuss religious coexistence in a multicultural
city and world.
L to R: Hon. Bertrand Lorthorary, Consul
General of France, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chief
Rabbi Haim Korsia, Rabbi Arthur Schneier and
Herman Hochberg.
April 27, 2015 – New York – On behalf of
Pope Francis, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and
Archbishop Bernardito Auza confer the Papal
Knighthood of St. Sylvester on Rabbi Schneier.
august 26, 2015 – new york – Cardinal
Péter Erdő, Primate of Hungary, President of the
Council of the Bishops’ Conference of Europe and
Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation is
presented with the “Citation of Appreciation” by
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier along with Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian and Archbishop Bernardito Auza.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel
– At the invitation of President
Shimon Peres, Rabbi Arthur Schneier
joined the welcome to Pope Francis at
the presidential residence.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – Pope
Francis is welcomed by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at
the Western Wall at the start of his historic visit.
May 27, 2014 – Jerusalem,
Israel – The Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew
during his historic visit with
Pope Francis, remembers the
victims of the Holocaust at the
Yad Vashem Memorial with
Rabbi Arthur Schneier and
Archbishop Demetrios, Primate,
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America, ACF Trustee.
May 26, 2014 – Jerusalem, Israel – Cardinal Pietro
Parolin on his first visit to Israel as Secretary of State.
March 11, 2015 – Washington, DC – U.S.
Senate celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the
Appeal of Conscience Foundation
L to R: White House Director of Outreach
Mathew Nosanchuck, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Rabbi Arthur Schneier,
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Archbishop
Khajag Barsamian.
April 22, 2015 – New York – Rabbi Arthur
Schneier spoke at the UN Alliance of Civilizations debate on Promoting Tolerance and
Reconciliation.
July 30, 2015 – Rabat, Morocco – On the
occasion of his 16th Anniversary of his Enthronement, King Mohammed VI of Morocco
greets Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
May 8, 2015 – New York – President Bujar
Nishani of the Republic of Albania presents the
Presidential Medal for Special Civilian Merits
to Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
September 1, 2015 – new york – ACF
receives László Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian
Parliament and his delegation accompanied by
UN Ambassador Katalin Bogyay.
May 14, 2015 – Washington, DC – Russian-American Cultural Foundation commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Allied Victory
in Europe.
L to R: Alexander Potemkin, Executive Director,
Ambassador John Beyrle, Susan Eisenhower and
Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
September 11, 2015 – new york – Vice
President Joe Biden, Governor Andrew Cuomo
and Rabbi Arthur Schneier address 9/11
Remembrance of first respondents of Fire, Police
Departments and Emergency Services.
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ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance
ACF Conferences for Peace and Tolerance
2000 – ACF co-sponsored the Millennium World Peace Summit at
the U.N. and organized a session on conflict transformation in the
Balkans, Russia and Central Asia.
1994 – ACF organized, in cooperation with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul, which
brought together government and religious leaders from the Balkans,
the Caucasus and Central Asia. The conference adopted the Bosphorus Declaration.
1992 – ACF called for worldwide prayer at the United Nations for
peace in Bosnia.
VIENNA 2011 – Inter-religious Conference on Family.
L to R: President Heinz Fischer of Austria, Cardinal Dr. Christoph
Schönborn, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
and Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt of Moscow.
ISTANBUL 2005 – 10th Anniversary of Peace and Tolerance Conference sponsored by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I –
L to R: Mrs. Marietta Giannakou, Minister of Education and
Religious Affairs of Greece; Professor Dr. Ali Bardakoglu, President,
Office of Religious Affairs of Turkey; Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation; The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I; Walter Cardinal Kasper, President, Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity; His Beatitude Theodoros,
Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, met to further peaceful coexistence and mutual acceptance through inter-religious dialogue.
2003 – ACF in cooperation with the late President Boris Trajkovski
of Macedonia and UNESCO, co-sponsored a “Regional Forum on
Dialogue Among Civilizations” in Orhid, Macedonia, which brought
together ten heads of state from the region and prominent leaders of
business, religion and culture to help further security and stability in
South East Europe.
WASHINGTON, DC 2005 – 10th Anniversary of the signing
of the Dayton Peace Accords – At the request of Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas
Burns, ACF invited religious leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina
to participate in a roundtable discussion at the State Department,
“Interfaith cooperation in building a civil society in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
2002 – ACF supported a conference on “The Role of Religion and
Belief in a Democratic Society: Searching for Ways to Combat
Terrorism and Extremism” in Azerbaijan. ACF also co-sponsored
the “World Council of Religious Leaders Conference” in Bangkok,
Thailand, to energize Asian religious leaders to promote tolerance.
2001 – ACF supported the “Interfaith Meeting Towards Peaceful
Co-existence Among the Three Monotheistic Religions: Judaism,
Christianity and Islam” conference organized under the auspices of
the European Commission and The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Brussels.
At the start of the conflict in former Yugoslavia and Kosovo, ACF
appealed to the government and religious leaders to halt the bloodshed. It convened in Berne, Switzerland, the first religious summit
with leaders of the Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish
communities in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, to further reconciliation
and coexistence in those strife-torn countries and to prevent ethnic
conflicts from growing into religious confrontations and issued the
Berne Declaration, calling for an end to the conflict.
1999 – ACF organized the historic Kosovo Conference on Peace and
Tolerance II which brought together for the first time the leadership
of the Catholic, Muslim and Serbian Orthodox Communities of
Kosovo and has since encouraged healing and conciliation.
1995 – ACF initiated the Conflict Resolution Conference in Vienna,
Austria as a follow up to the Peace and Tolerance Conference.
The conference adopted the Vienna Declaration I and the ACF
delegation held meetings with the Presidents of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia. ACF, through the media,
called for people of all faiths to pray for the success of the Balkan
peace talks in Dayton, Ohio.
“The Talmud says, “He who saves one life, saves the world.” In the Koran
it says, “who did harm on earth without justice, did harm to all people on
earth.” In Corinthians it is written that “God is Spirit. Wherever there is
God’s spirit, there is freedom.” We continue to demand that hostilities cease
immediately in order to alleviate the suffering in the war zones in Chechyna, Armenia, Azerbaijan and in Nagorno-Karabakh; that humanitarian
aid flow freely to all in need, regardless of faith and that religious authorities
cooperate in the vital and life saving humanitarian work in the conflict
zones.”
The Vienna Declaration, 1995
ACF Conflict Resolution Conference on The Caucasus and Central Asia
Vienna, Austria
BERNE 1992 – Signing of the “ACF for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina” – L to R: Reverend Vinko Puljic, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Sarajevo; Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox
Church; Rais Ulema Jakob efendi Selimoski of Sarajevo; Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Rene Felber, former President of Switzerland.
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Hon. Madeleine K. Albright
Hon. James A. Baker, III
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
H.E. Archbishop Demetrios
Hon. David N. Dinkins
Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
H.E. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
Gen. Colin L. Powell
Lord Stanley Kalms
Hon. George P. Shultz
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson
H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza
H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
Sen. Richard M. Burr
Gov. Christopher J. Christie
Sen. Susan Collins
Sen. John McCain
Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn
Gov. George E. Pataki
Rep. Charles B. Rangel
H.E. Matthew Rycroft
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Rep. Adam Schiff
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
Hon. John D. Negroponte
H.E. Sir Peter Westmacott
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Lord Arthur George Weidenfeld
Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
Hon. James D. Wolfensohn
Board of Trustees and Trustees Advisory Council
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
President
H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
H.E. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
Vice Presidents
Steven J. Dorn
Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Very Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson
Giampiero Auletta Armenise
Ellen Hassenfeld Block
Dr. John Brademas
Hon. R. Nicholas Burns
Hon. William J. Burns
John A. Catsimatidis
Archbishop Demetrios
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
Hon. Robin Chandler Duke
H.E. Cardinal Péter Erdő
Rev. Daniel L. Flaherty, S.J.
Rev. Dr. Carl E. Flemister
Paul J. Fribourg
Martin J.G. Glynn
Imam Yahya Hendi
John M. Hennessy
Muhtar Kent
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Enrico Mandel-Mantello
Jeffrey A. Marcus
J.W. Marriott
Hon. Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
William F. McSweeny
Hon. John D. Negroponte
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Hon. Thomas R. Pickering
Anthony J. Pratt
Rev. Dr. David James Randolph
Hon. Rozanne L. Ridgway
Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
Jack Rosen
Isabelle R. Leeds
H.E. Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn
Hon. Earle I. Mack
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
Hon. Ronald S. Lauder
Peter Thomas Roth
Hon.William H. Luers
Daniel L. Vasella, MD
The Right Honorable David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
David Cameron became Prime Minister in
May 2010, when he led a Conservative and
Liberal Democrat coalition government. He
continued as Prime Minister from May 2015,
leading a Conservative government. He was
elected the Conservative MP for Witney in
West Oxfordshire in 2001.
Prime Minister Cameron studied at Eton
College before graduating from Oxford University with a first class degree in politics, philosophy and economics. Before being elected
as an MP, David worked for the Conservative
Party Research Department. He then worked
as a special adviser in government, first to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer and then to
the Home Secretary. In Parliament he held a
number of positions on the Opposition Front
Bench, including the Shadow Deputy Leader
of the House of Commons, the Front Bench
Spokesman for Local Government Finance,
and the Head of Policy Coordination in the
run-up to the 2005 General Election. He
was also a member of the influential House
of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Cameron was
appointed Shadow Secretary of State for
Education and Skills after the 2005 General
Election and, on a mandate to change and
modernize the Party, he was elected Leader
of the Conservative Party in December 2005.
In 2010 the Conservative Party and Liberal
Democrats formed a coalition government.
David became Prime Minister, making him
the youngest Prime Minister in 198 years.
Prime Minister Cameron spent seven years at
Carlton Communications where he served on
the management board. David is married to
Samantha. They have three children and live
in London and West Oxfordshire.
The Prime Minister is head of the UK
government and is ultimately responsible for
the policy and decisions of the government.
As head of the UK government the Prime
Minister also:
• oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies
• appoints members of the government
• is the principal government figure in the
House of Commons
Minister for the Civil Service:
The Minister for the Civil Service is respon-
sible for regulating the Civil Service.The
Civil Service (Management Functions) Act
of 1992, allows the Minister for the Civil
Service to delegate power to other ministers
and devolved administrations. This role was
created in 1968 and is always held by the
Prime Minister.
First Lord of the Treasury
The First Lord of the Treasury is one of the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. This
role is usually held by the Prime Minister.
Since the 17th century, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have collectively
carried out duties that were previously held
by the Lord High Treasurer (head of Her
Majesty’s Treasury).
The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
also include:
• the Second Lord of the Treasury - the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has
most of the functional financial responsibilities
• Junior Lords Commissioners of the Treasury - other members of the government,
usually government whips in the House
of Commons.
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Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BlackRock
Appeal of Conscience Award
Laurence D. Fink, is the Chairman and
1976 and quickly became one of the first
who also leads the Global Executive
Wall Street. During his tenure at First
Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock
Committee.
Mr. Fink has led the firm since its
founding in 1988, keeping client centric
solutions and innovation at the forefront
of his leadership. He was named “CEO
of the Decade” by Financial News in
2011 and has been named one of the
“World’s Best CEO’s” by Barron’s for
nine consecutive years.
Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988,
Mr. Fink was a member of the Man-
agement Committee and a Managing
Director of The First Boston Corporation. Mr. Fink joined First Boston in
mortgage-backed securities traders on
Boston, Mr. Fink was co-head of the
Taxable Fixed Income Division, which
was responsible for trading and distri-
Council on Foreign Relations and Robin
Hood, the New York City charitable
organization. He is also Co-Chairman
of The Partnership for New York City,
which works to engage the business com-
bution of all government, mortgage and
munity in efforts to advance the City’s
the Financial Futures and Options De-
center of world commerce, finance and
corporate securities. Mr. Fink also started
economy and maintain its position as the
partment and headed the Mortgage and
innovation.
Real Estate Products Group.
Mr. Fink serves as a member of the
Board of Trustees of New York Universi-
ty and is Co-Chairman of the NYU Lan-
Mr. Fink earned his Masters in Business
Administration degree with a concentration in real estate from the University
gone Medical Center Board of Trustees. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the
science from UCLA in 1974.
Mr. Fink also serves on the Boards of The
1976 and his bachelors degree in political
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Alex Gorsky
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Johnson & Johnson
Appeal of Conscience Award
Alex Gorsky is Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson
& Johnson and Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Company’s senior
leadership team. Alex is the seventh
person to serve as Chairman and CEO
of Johnson & Johnson since it became a
publicly traded company in 1944.
Alex began his Johnson & Johnson career
as a sales representative with Janssen
Pharmaceutical in 1988. Over the next 20
years, he advanced through positions of
increasing responsibility in sales, marketing, and management. In 2009, Alex was
appointed Worldwide Chairman of the
Medical Devices & Diagnostics segment.
In 2011, he became Vice Chairman of
Johnson & Johnson’s Executive Committee, Chief Executive Officer in April
2012 and Chairman of the Board in
December 2013.
A longtime advocate of diversity and inclusion, Alex has been named one of the
“100 Most Inspiring Leaders” by Pharma
Voice and he was recently nominated by
Modern Healthcare as one of the 100
most influential people in healthcare. He
is the Executive Sponsor of two Johnson
& Johnson employee resource groups, the
Women’s Leadership Initiative and the
Veteran’s Leadership Council. Alex is also
a member of the Business Council and
the Business Roundtable.
Alex is a member of the Board of Directors of IBM, the Congressional Medal of
Honor Board of Directors, and the Board
of Directors of the National Academy
Foundation. He was given the Joseph
Wharton Leadership Award, the CADCA Humanitarian of the Year Award,
and an Honorary Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Johnson & Johnson and Alex Gorsky
received the Corporate Leadership
Award for 2014 by the Thomas Manion
Foundation. Most recently, the Company
received the Corporate Humanitarian
Award from Operation Smile.
An undergraduate of the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point, N.Y., he spent
six years in the U.S. Army, finishing his
military career with the rank of Captain.
Alex earned his MBA from The Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1996.
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June 1989 H.E. Richard
von Weizsaecker
1971 H.E. Archbishop Iakovos
1988 Hon. Alan Greenspan
1972 J. Irwin Miller
1969 Hon. Herbert Brownwell
and John Mosler
1988 Gilbert M. Grosvenor
June 1977 H.I.M. Farah Pahlavi
1975 Nicholas T. Camicia and Mary Lasker
October 1978
Dr. Armand Hammer
1980 Malcolm S. Forbes
1976 Tatsuro Goto and Hon.
W. Averell Harriman
December 1978 Lady Young
accepting on behalf of The Rt. Hon.
The Baroness Margaret Thatcher
1989 Barbara Bush & Roger B. Smith
1973 William J. Levitt and
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
1992 Edwin L. Artzt
February 1990
President Václav Havel
1974 Hon. Angier Biddle Duke
and Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr.
1989 Chingiz Aitmatov
October 1977 J. Paul Austin
and Coretta Scott King
1979 Axel Springer and Harry B. Helmsley
1982 Betty Ford
June 1990 President Mikhail S. Gorbachev
1991 Dick Cheney, Ursula SeilerAlbring accepting for H.E. HansDietrich Genscher and Kay R. Whitmore
October 1990 Jay A. Pritzker and
H.E. Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
1994 John F. Smith, Jr.
1993 J.P. Bolduc
1992 President Carlos
Salinas de Gortari
December 1992 Hon. Robert S.
Strauss and William A. Schreyer
1998 President K.R. Narayan
1996 Michel Fribourg
and H.E. Romano Prodi
1983 Baron Guy de Rothschild
1994 President Carlos
Saúl Menem
1993 H.H. Aleksy II
1999 Percy Barnevik
1995 President Fernando Henrique
Cardoso and Helmut O. Maucher
1979 H.E. László Cardinal Lékai
1981 Brooke Astor
1981 Robert O.
Anderson
2000 Daniel L. Vasella, MD
1985 Giovanni Agnelli
1984 Hon. Paul A. Volcker
and J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
1997 His Majesty King Juan
Carlos I of Spain
2001
1986 Hon. Vernon A. Walters
and Carol and Milton J. Petrie
1987 Arthur Ross
1987 Dr. Rong Yiren
1999 Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
2000 H.E. Gerhard Schröder
2001 Dr. Heinrich V. Pierer
2001 President Kim Dae-jung
a p pea l o f co n s ci e n ce f o u nd atio n thro u gho u t the ye ar s
2004 Hon. John C. Whitehead, H.E.
Göran Persson and Sir John Bond
2002 Carleton S. Fiorina
2002 The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien
2005 Hon. John Howard
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2014 Annual Awards Dinner
2003 H.E. José María Aznar
López and Dr. Josef Ackermann
2005 Hon. Peter G. Peterson
2006 President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva
2005 Jorma Ollila
2006 John A. Catsimatidis
March 2007 Hon. Richard C. Holbrooke
and the Lord Browne of Madingley
2006 Hon. Bonnie
McElveen-Hunter
Mary T. Barra receives the Appeal of Conscience Award from Rabbi
Arthur Schneier and Jerry Speyer
ACF World Statesman Award is presented to President Enrique Peña Nieto
of Mexico by Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
L to R: First Lady Angelica Peña Nieto, President Enrique Peña Nieto,
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and Jerry Speyer
ACF honors
Secretary
of State
Cardinal
Pietro
Parolin of
the Holy See
2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy
September 2007 H.E. Angela Merkel
2008 Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg
2010 John Elkann, Stephen A.
Schwarzman & Ambassador Shankar
accepting for Dr. Manmohan Singh
2008 Jeffrey R. Immelt
2009 The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP
2009 Bernard J. Arnault
2011 President Lee Myung-bak
2009 Muhtar Kent
2013 President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono and
Louis R. Chênevert
2012 Vikram Pandit, Virginia M. Rometty
and The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
Master of Ceremonies
Michael Strahan
Robert A.
Iger accepts
the Appeal of
Conscience
Award
from Rabbi
Arthur
Schneier
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Premium Point Investments
DINNER CO-CHAIRS
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
UNDERWRITERS
Cathy Engelbert
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schlaff
Giampiero Auletta Armenise
BlackRock
Red Apple Group
Johnson & Johnson
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Pauline Brown
PATRON
SPONSORS
Lawrence T. Neher, Esq.
Deloitte, LLP
AT&T
EXECUTIVE CO-CHAIRS
Len Blavatnik
John A. Catsimatidis
Paul J. Fribourg
Muhtar Kent
Phebe N. Novakovic
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Jerry I. Speyer
VICE-CHAIRS
Dan and Ewa Abraham
Bernard J. Arnault
Farhad Azima
Thomas E. Constance
Bal G. Das
Marc-Antoine Jamet
Klaus Kleinfeld
Martin Lipton
Hon. Earle I. Mack
Thomas S. Murphy
Lewis C. Pell
Michael A. Peterson
Anthony J. Pratt
Jill and Jay Bernstein
Carlos and Belinda Brito
Jean-François Decaux
Dr. Daniel and Helene Roses
Noreen and Peter Thomas Roth
BENEFECTORS
Berkowitz, Lichtstein, Kuritsky, Giasullo &
Gross, LLC
Christopher Ruddy
Blackstone
Ernst & Young
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Citi
IBM
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
NewsMax Media, Inc.
AMBASSADORS
Peter Thomas Roth Labs
Steven J. Dorn
Thomas J. Donohue
Karen Dresbach
Gabriel Erem
Ronnie and Martin Foont
Polly and Herman Hochberg
George Klein
Blavatnik Family Foundation
Hinduja Foundation
General Dynamics Corporation
JCDecaux
Alcoa Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Howard J. Rubenstein
Continental Grain Foundation
Elisabeth Schneier
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel
David Schneider
Jessco Medical Supply
Deanie and Jay Stein
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Philip Zev Weisberg
Leonard Wilf
Hon. James D. Wolfensohn
Pratt Industries
Park Tower Group
PwC
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The Wilf Family Education Foundation
Wolfensohn Family Foundation
We gratefully acknowledge Lambertz
Biscuits for providing this evening’s gifts.
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Making a Difference
Making a Difference
MOSCOW 2009 – President Dmitry A. Medvedev of the Russian Federation met
with UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
and All Russia, Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshakur
Pashazade of Azerbaijan and Rabbi Arthur Schneier to call for the engagement of
religious leaders in advancing tolerance and mutual understanding.
VATICAN 2013
– Pope Francis I.
greets Cardinal
Theodore E.
McCarrick at the
inaugural ceremony
of the Pontiff on
March 19, 2013.
SAUDI ARABIA 2008
– King Abdullah of
Saudi Arabia convened
the Inter-Religious
conference held in
Madrid. In his keynote,
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
addressed Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu,
Jewish, Muslim,
and Taoist faiths on
broadening interreligious dialogue to
ease world tensions.
NEW YORK 2010 –
Bartholomew I and
The Ecumenical
Patriarchate,
along with ACF,
have taken many
joint initiatives
to further peace,
tolerance and interreligious dialogue.
NEW YORK 2001 – “UN
Resolution for the Protection
of Religious Sites” initiated by
ACF to protect churches, mosques,
synagogues and temples was
adopted unanimously by the UN
General Assembly at the office
of Secretary General Kofi Annan.
VATICAN 1985 –
Pope John Paul II and
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
discussed ways to
strengthen oppressed
religious communities.
Moscow 2006 - At
NEW YORK 2008 – Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to
Park East Synagogue, meeting with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and
the ACF delegation in New York. This marked the first visit of a
Pope to an American Synagogue and signified a reaffirmation of
his outreach and commitment to inter-religious dialogue.
the World Summit
of Religious Leaders
Conference in
Moscow, Patriarch
Aleksy II, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier and
the ACF discuss joint
initiatives to promote
peace and interreligious cooperation.
“With an unwavering commitment to religious freedom
and human rights, as well as
wide-ranging programmes to
promote mutual understanding
and conflict resolution, the Appeal
of Conscience Foundation’s work
complements that of the United
Nations. I would like to thank you
for your efforts to build a safer,
more humane world.”
Kofi A. Annan
Secretary General, United
Nations,
September 2004
NEW YORK 2007 – ACF
delegation: Cardinal Theodore
E. McCarrick, Rabbi Arthur
Schneier and Archbishop
Khajag Barsamian, Primate
of the Armenian Church of
America, met with Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon
to discuss human rights,
humanitarian issues and on
the dire situation in Darfur.
“This is a critical moment for the international community, requiring decisive movement on many fronts and a renewed multilateralism that delivers for real people in real
time. Human rights and conflict resolution, so central to your work, are key components
of this endeavor, especially given the potential of the global economic downturn to foster
social unrest. The efforts of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation to counter rising tensions and promote mutual understanding will continue to provide valuable support to
the United Nations as we work for a sustainable recovery that benefits all people.”
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General, United Nations, September 2009
WASHINGTON DC 2007
– Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All
Armenians, Karekin
II, Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian, ACF vice
president, and Rabbi
Arthur Schneier exchange
views on the ACF’s role
in reconciliation talks
between Armenia and
Turkey.
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Making a Difference
MOSCOW 1987
– ACF met with
human rights
activist and 1975
Nobel Peace Prize
winner Andrei
Sakharov and
his wife, Yelena
Bonner.
Strengthening
people to
people
relations
BEIJING 2010
WASHINGTON, DC 2011 – Luncheon
with President Hu Jintao of China.
BEIJING 1998 – Appointed by President Clinton
to start the first dialogue on religious freedom with
China, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, along with ACF
delegation: Dr. Don Argue and Cardinal Theodore
E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, met
with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
– Chinese Vice
Premier Hui
Liangyu and
his delegation
greets Rabbi
and Mrs.
Schneier.
Parliamentary
Assembly of
the Council of
Europe (PACE)
– Rabbi Arthur
Schneier called
for strong
measures to stem
the rise of racism,
xenophobia,
anti-Semitism,
and Islamophobia
in Europe and
urged mutual
cooperation to
promote peace
and tolerance.
New York 2012 - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
and Ambassador Zhang Yesui discuss China-US relations
with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Michael A. Peterson.
HAVANA 2008 – The ACF Interfaith Cuban Mission,
L to R: Archbishop Khajag, Barsamian, Ambassador
Earle I. Mack, Ambassador Charles Gargano, Rev. Dr.
Fred R. Anderson, Elisabeth Schneier, Karen Dresbach,
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz,
First ViceMinister of Cuba; Gov. George Pataki, and
Adela Dworin, President, Jewish Community of Cuba.
STRASBOURG
2007 –
HAVANA 1988 – ACF delegation met
with President Fidel Castro.
MOSCOW 2005 – Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov met with Rabbi Arthur
Schneier to discuss strengthening
people to people relations
between Russia and the US.
WASHINGTON, DC 1998 – President
Bill Clinton, Secretary of State
Madeleine K. Albright and Samuel R.
Berger, U.S. National Security Advisor
met with Dr. Don Argue, Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier in the White House Oval office
prior to their mission to China.
POLAND 2009
MOROCCO
2010 – ACF
NEW YORK 2008 – The Council
on Foreign Relations and ACF
co-sponsored a luncheon in honor of
President Abdullah Gül of Turkey,
who was accompanied by Foreign
Minister Ali Babacan. They were
welcomed by former U.S. Ambassador
to Turkey Marc Grossman, CFR
President Dr. Richard N. Haas and
Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
July 11, 2012 Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide - 8,000 Muslim
Bosniak killed on July 11, 1995. Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the invitation of
Grand Mufti Ceric was the first non-Muslim leader who addressed the 50,000
mourning family members, government and foreign leaders including a message
from President Barack Obama: “...We all desire continued reconciliation and
peaceful coexistence for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans.”
delegation paid
tribute to King
Mohammed
V at his
Mausoleum
and to the
memory of
King Hassan I .
– President
Lech Kaczynski
and First Lady
Maria Kaczynska
met with ACF
delegation: Dr.
Sigmund A. Rolat
and Rabbi Arthur
Schneier; and Mrs.
Ewa JunczykZiomecka, Minister
of State, during
Vice President Joe
Biden’s visit to
Warsaw.
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THE APPEAL OF CONSCIENCE FOUNDATION (ACF), founded by Rabbi Arthur Schneier in
1965, has worked on behalf of religious freedom and
human rights throughout the world. This interfaith
coalition of business, religious and foreign policy
leaders promotes peace, tolerance and ethnic conflict
resolution. It also provides a voice of conscience to
protect minorities at a time of increasing ethnic conflict in many regions of the world.
As a member and ambassador of the United Nation’s
“Alliance of Civilizations” High Level Group, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier has extended the ACF’s work and
reputation through his own participation, forging
ties with political and religious leaders from Europe,
Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America – in
conferences in Spain, Qatar, Senegal, and Turkey.
To uphold the principle of “live and let live” is the
ACF’s continuing goal. The ACF believes that freedom, democracy and human rights are the fundamental values that give nations of the world their best hope
for peace, security and shared prosperity.
One of the primary ways in which the ACF carries out
its mission, and disseminates its message of peaceful
coexistence and religious freedom, is by bringing delegations of religious, business and government leaders
from all over the world to meet with their counterparts. ACF delegations have met with government
and religious
leaders
worldwide.
The ACF
also hosts
delegations
from abroad
to acquaint
them with
the diversity
of American
religious life
and its contribution to a
civil society.
New York 1965 – First Appeal of Conscience
Foundation ad in New York Times
“A crime committed
in the name of religion
is the greatest crime
against religion.”
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leaders worldwide to take a stand,
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its founding, the appeal of conscience foundation,
under the leadership of Rabbi Arthur Schneier, has worked worldwide on behalf of religious
freedom and human rights, peace and tolerance since 1965.
To uphold the principle “live and let live” is the Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s
continuing goal. An interfaith coalition of business, religious and foreign policy leaders,
this international organization promotes mutual understanding, peace and interreligious
cooperation and provides a voice of conscience to protect minorities.
Appeal of Conscience Foundation believes that freedom, democracy and human rights are
values that give nations of the world their best hope for peace, security and shared prosperity.
ACF Foreign Service Institute Seminar on Religion
1500 U.S. diplomats attended the ACF Seminar on Religion for the Foreign Service Institute prior to their assignment abroad.
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Washington, DC 2012 - Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton was the keynote
speaker at the 31st ACF Annual Seminar.
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Dr. Josef Ackermann
Giovanni Agnelli
Chingiz Aitmatov
H.H. Aleksy II
Robert O. Anderson
Bernard J. Arnault
Edwin L. Artzt
Brooke Astor
H.E. José María Aznar López
Percy Barnevik
Mary T. Barra
Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg
J. P. Bolduc
Sir John Bond
Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr.
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP
The Lord Browne of Madingley
Hon. Herbert Brownwell
Barbara Bush
Nicholas T. Camicia
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of
Spain
H.E. Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
John A. Catsimatidis
Louis R. Chênevert
Hon. Dick Cheney
The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien
Hon. Angier Biddle Duke
John Elkann
Carleton S. Fiorina
Malcolm S. Forbes
Betty Ford
Michel Fribourg
Past Award Recipients
H.E. Hans-Dietrich Genscher
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Tatsuro Goto
J. Peter Grace
Hon. Alan Greenspan
Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Dr. Armand Hammer
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
Hon.W. Averell Harriman
President Václav Havel
Harry B. Helmsley
Hon. Richard C. Holbrooke
Hon. John Howard
H.E. Archbishop Iakovos
Robert A. Iger
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Muhtar Kent
President Kim Dae-jung
Coretta Scott King
Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
Mary Lasker
President Lee Myung-bak
H.E. László Cardinal Lékai
William J. Levitt
Gustav L. Levy
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
J.Willard Marriott, Jr.
Helmut O. Maucher
Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
President Carlos Saúl Menem
H.E. Angela Merkel
J. Irwin Miller
John Mosler
President K. R. Narayanan
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Jorma Ollila
H.I.M. Farah Pahlavi
Vikram Pandit
President Enrique Peña Nieto
H.E. Göran Persson
Hon. Peter G. Peterson
Carroll and Milton Petrie
Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer
Jay A. Pritzker
H.E. Romano Prodi
Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Virginia M. Rometty
Arthur Ross
Baron Guy de Rothschild
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
President Nicolas Sarkozy
William A. Schreyer
H.E. Gerhard Schröder
Stephen A. Schwarzman
The Hon. Dr. Manmohan Singh
John F. Smith, Jr.
Roger B. Smith
Axel Springer
Hon. Robert S. Strauss
The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Thatcher
Daniel L. Vasella, MD
H.H. Vasken I
Hon. Paul A. Volcker
Hon. Vernon A.Walters
H.E. Richard von Weizsaecker
Hon. John C.Whitehead
Kay R.Whitmore
Dr. Rong Yiren
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono