Actor and United Nations agency special envoy Forest Whitaker has been celebrated as a leader in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution, empowering young people in communities touched by violence and poverty. Mr. Whitaker, who is the Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), received the 2017 Crystal Award at the opening of the 47th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “Throughout history and throughout times, it’s groups that push things forward,” Mr. Whitaker said in April and May of last year when he sat down in a number of interviews with UN News to discuss his work as it relates to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for which he advocates.

 

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