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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

4 March 1998

Dear Sir Sigmund, I want to congratulate you on being named the recipient of the 1998 Terapleton Prize for Progress in Religion. This is a great honour and recognizes your untiring efforts on behalf of tolerance and peace among people of all faiths. Your lifelong dedication to deepening this dialogue inspires us all. Thank you for your kind words of support for my recent mission to Baghdad. Your good wishes and prayers are deeply appreciated. Yours sincerely,

Kofi A. Annan

Sir O.St.J.KCSG JP London 27-FEB-1998 11:44 FROM STERNBERQ 0171 485 4512 TO 0012129631185 P.02

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February 27,1998

H.E. Mr. Kofi Anan lUJJL Secretary-Genera! of the United Nations UN Plaza New York, New York

I am sure that the overwhelming majority of what we call the civilised world stands in your following the ^rafJjLa^a||y_successFi£ outcome _ . BaghdigrTwould wish to add"my thanks and admiration to theirs. When we stood together a year ago at the unveiling of the Wallenberg Monument in London, I thought for a moment that it would also fall to you to save possibly thousands of innocent people from death and destruction.

1 will be in New York nex^week for the_anno^ncgrrierit that l^ami^tojgcejye this year jgropj?to£jgrcre^ I would like to refer jn^rny press conference statement to your mission as a prime exampie of how dialogue underpins true diplomacy and how open and honest exchanges can contribute to the betterment of mankind, on every level.

Your contribution was at the level of world leadership. But I have no doubt at all that the principles of dialogue have a constructive contribution to make in enabling not just nation to speak peace unto nation, but also religions to understand each other employer and employees to appreciate each other, even individuals to respect each other.

Please accept my most sincere good wishes and thanks.

Sincerely,

Sir Siamund Steinberg

TOTAL P.02 FOR PROGRESS IN RELIGION

This award is especially for originality.or. research in religion.or spirituality. , PURPOSE

he Templeton Award is not for good works. It is an award for progress in religion. The judges ask first what has this person done which was entirely original? Secondly, was it primarily spiritual rather than merely humanitarian? Lastly, did this original contribution by this nominee result in a great increase in either humankind's love of God or understanding of God? To clarify this important difference, for example, if a church should found a hospital, that is humanitarian, but if out of the witness of the hospital new congregations were formed, that is originality in religion. Many other awards honour wonderful humanitarian works, but this award is especially for originality or research in religion or spirituality.

This award is intended to encourage the concept that resources and manpower are needed for progress in spiritual knowledge. We hope that by learning about the lives of the awardees, million of people will be uplifted and inspired to be enthusiastic about the further study and worship of God. The Prize is intended to help people see the infinity of the Universal Spirit still creating the galaxies and all living things and the variety of ways in which the Creator is revealing himself to different people. We hope all religions may become more dynamic and inspirational. We hope that mon resources will be devoted to research and discovery in spiritual forces than in the physical sciences. We hope that everyone will study and work for persona spiritual growth and progress. Progress comes in many different forms and by their fruits you shall know them.

The is awarded annually to a living person of any religious tradition or movement. The Templeton Prize does not encourage syncretism but rather an understanding of the benefits of diversity. It seeks to focus attention on the wide variety of highlights in present-day religious thought and work. It does not seek a unity of denominations or a unity of world religions; but rather it seeks to encourage understanding of the benefits of diversity. There is no limitation of race, creed, sex, or geographical background.

OBJECTIVE

Progress is needed in religion as in all other dimensions of human experience and endeavour. There has been a long departure, at least in Western culture, from the last synthesis when religious knowledge and scientific knowledge were organically related. It is urgent that progress in religion be accelerated as progress in other disciplines take place. A wider universe demands deeper awareness of the dimension of the spirit and of spiritual resources available for humankind, of the infinity of God, and of the divine knowledge and understanding still to be claimed. The Templeton Prize serves to stimulate this quest for deeper understanding and pioneering breakthroughs in religious knowledge by calling attention annually to the achievements in this area. It is hoped that there will result from this enterprise a deeper spiritual awareness on the part of humankind, a better understanding of the meaning of life, heightened quality of devotion and love, and a greater emphasis on the kind of dedication that brings the human life more into concert with the divine will, thus releasing new and creative energies into human society today.

CRITERIA

The judges consider a nominee's contribution to progress in religion made either during the year prior to his selection or during his entire career. The qualities sought in awarding the Prize are: freshness, creativity, innovation and effectiveness. Such contributions may involve new concepts of the spirit, new organizations, new methods of evangelism, new and effective ways of communicating God's wisdom and infinite love, creation of new schools of thought, creation of new structures of understanding the relationship of the Creator to his ongoing creation of the universe, to the physical sciences, the life sciences, and the human or man sciences, the releasing of new and vital impulses into old religious structures and forms, etc. AWARD

The Prize, a sum in the amount of £750,000 sterling or its equivalent, is awarded each year at a ceremony in honour of the recipient, at which the recipient delivers a lecture.

NOMINATIONS

The Templeton Prize is awarded annually on the decision of a panel of nine judges from the major faiths of the world today.

Nominations are sought from all major religions of the world. Leaders of theological and religious institutions and those engaged in innovative and creative work are invited to submit nominations. Other persons desiring to nominate should write to the Templeton Prize, P.O. Box N7776, Nassau, Bahamas.

The good influence of the prize is increased by a wide diversity of winners. Accordingly, if for five years no scientist has been elected, then only scientists may be circulated to the judges the following year. Similar procedures may apply also to evangelists and nominees from different races, sexes, and religions.

All nominations are considered by a central committee, with finalists then being submitted to the panel of judges, whose decision is final. No additional votes can be taken after the public announcement of the awardee. JUDGES

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was born on 29 February, 1940 on the Island of Imvros (Turkey). He studied for the Orthodox ministry at the Theological School of Halki, Istanbul, and in Rome, Switzerland and Germany. He is a specialist in Canon Law. He served on the Holy and Sacred Synod from 1974. He was elected as Metropolitan of Chalcedon in 1990 and Patriarch in 1991. A member of the Faith and Order Committee of the World Council of Churches for 15 years, he was elected a member of the Central and Executive Committees of that body at the Seventh Assembly, held in Canberra, Australia, 1991.

Dr M A Zaki Badawi is the Principal of the post-graduate Muslim College in London, and is chairman of the Imams and Mosques Council in England. He is also chairman of the Muslim Law (Shariah) Council in England and a Vice Chairman of the World Congress of Faiths. Educated at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo he also holds a PhD from London University. He was a lecturer in Islamic Studies and Arabic at the University of Malay in Singapore and Professor of Islamic Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria and also at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr Badawi was the Director and Chief Imam of the Islamic Cultural Centre and Regent's Park Mosque in London. is a scientist and author. He was the recipient of the Templeton Prize in 1995. Prior to holding the Chair of Natural Philosophy at the in South Australia he was professor of theoretical physics at England's University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He resides in Adelaide, South Australia.

Dr Carl M. Kuttler, Jr serves as President of St. Petersburg Junior College (over 65,000 students) in Florida and has served as: honorary President of Leningrad University in Russia; Baoji Teachers College in ; an education advisor to the President of the United States and the U. S. Secretary of Education; a judge for the outstanding high schools in America; and co- sponsor with Presidents Ford and Carter on seminars for leadership. He has been honoured as one of America's outstanding college Presidents; "Honorary Father" of the Russian community college system; and as Distinguished Floridian by the honour students of Phi Theta Kappa. St. Petersburg Junior College was one of the first colleges in America to require a course in applied ethics.

Rev. Nkhiko Niwano is President of Rissho Kosei-kai (RKK), a Tokyo-based international lay Buddhist organization with 6.5 million members worldwide, and an international president of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP). President Niwano took his MA from Rissho University in 1968, and has also received an honorary PhD from the Salesian Pontifical University (1986) and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Meadville/Lombard Divinity School (1992). He became president of RKK in 1991. In addition to leading RKK in religious practice and a series of global humanitarian programmes, he is also extremely active in ecumenical movements in and internationally.

The Revd Dr Stephen Orchard has been the Director of Christian Education Movement since 1986 and a minister of the United Reformed Church. After studying English and Theology at Trinity College, Cambridge and continuing there as a research student, he ministered in Abercarn, Sutton (Surrey) and Welwyn Garden City from 1968 to 1984 before becoming an Assistant General Secretary of the British Council of Churches with responsibility for Community Affairs. He took responsibility for social policy and published a variety of papers for the Church. He has previously acted as a marriage guidance counsellor and served on the UK Ethics Committee of Smith Kline Beecham. He is active in a variety of church organisations and the committees of his own denomination. His wife specialises in learning difficulties and behavioural problems. They have three grown- up children.

Helen Robson Walton is President of the Walton Family Foundation and serves on several university boards in support of both the quality and increased opportunities in higher education. She is also dedicated to her work on behalf of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation, serves on the state and national boards of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and is a trustee of the Westminster Abbey Trust. Through the Walton Family Foundation and personal participation, she supports educational initiatives and sponsors scholarship programmes. With emphasis placed on democracy and the free enterprise system, she continues support of a grant originated in 1985 which brings students from seven Central American countries and Mexico to three Arkansas colleges to study in a 4-year programme. She attended Christian College for Women, Columbia, Missouri and graduated from University of Oklahoma School of Business, Norman, Oklahoma with a B.S. in Finance. She also holds Honorary Doctorates at the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas; University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Arkansas; University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Mary Holmes College, West Point, Mississippi and University of Oklahoma.

Lord Weidenfeld was born in Vienna and left Austria for England in 1938. During World War II he worked with the BBC Overseas Service, mainly as News Commentator on European Affairs, and in 1945 founded the publishing firm, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, with Nigel Nicolson. In 1949 he was Political Advisor and Chef de Cabinet in Israel to Dr. Chaim Weizmann and spent a year in this capacity before returning to Britain and publishing. He is an adviser to the Bertelsmann Foundation, actively involved with the German/Jewish Dialogue and the Trialogue of Muslims, Christians and Jews. He is Vice-President of the University Development Programme, and founder of the Europaeum network of postgraduate Institutes of European Affairs. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Dr Anne D. Zimmerman is a physician and surgeon in Casper, Wyoming, USA. In addition to surgical responsibilities, she is Medical Director of the County Detention Centre. She is involved in various aspects of Christian ministry, most specifically Prison Fellowship. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Prison Fellowship for the Montana-Wyoming region. Her husband is a State Senator and chairman of the Senate Education Committee. They have four children and three grandchildren. FORMER JUDGES

The Duchess of Abercorn, Northern Ireland. The Duke of Abercorn, Northern Ireland. His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Belgium. Mr Norman E. Alexander, who is Chairman and CEO of Sequa Corporation, U.S.A. The Honourable Walter H. Annenberg, who was United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James from 1969-74. Mr K. Shankar Bajpai, who was Indian Ambassa- dor to U.S.A. Justice P. N. Bhagwatti, who was Chief Justice of . Dr James Billington is the Librarian of Congress, U.S.A. The Revd Dr Eugene Carson Blake who was General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, U.S.A. The Most Revd , who was . The Viscount Brentford, England. Mr George Bush who was President of the United States of America. The Right Revd and Right Hon. Lord Coggan who was . Professor , who was National Professor of India in the Humanities and President of the Senate of Bengal. Mrs Winifred Crothers, Nassau, the Bahamas. The Dalai Lama, Tibet. Senator John C. Danforth, who represented the State of Missouri in the United States Senate. His All Holiness Demetrios I, who was Ecumenical Patriarch, Constantinople, Turkey. Mr Masakazu Echigo, Buddhist layman, who was President of C. Itoh Co. Japan. Her Majesty Fabiola, Queen of the Belgians. Mr Charles R. Fillmore who was Chairman of The Board of Directors of Unity School of Christianity, U.S.A. Mr Gerald Ford, who was President of The United States of America. Mr James Dillet Freeman, United States of America. Mr George Gallup, Jr is co-chairman of the Gallup Organization, Inc. Mr J. Peter Grace, who was Chief Executive of W. R. Grace & Company, U.S.A. The Rt. Hon. Lord Griffiths was Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, London, England. The Most Reverend who was Archbishop of York in England. Dr Otto von Habsburg of Germany is a member of the European Parliament. Mr Yasuf A. Haroon of Pakistan is a former Ambassador of Pakistan. Senator Orrin Grant Hatch represents the State of Utah in the United States Senate. Senator Mark O. Hatfield who represented the State of Oregon in the United States Senate. The Rt. Hon. Lord Howe, who was Lord President of the Council, London. Dr , who was Secretary-General, World Muslim Congress and a president of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, Pakistan. Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, who was President of the International Court of Justice at the Hague. The Rt Hon Lord Kingdown who was Governor of the Bank of England. Dr Margaretha KJonipe, who was a Cabinet Member of the Netherlands. Mr Philip M. Klutznick, who was Secretary of Commerce of the United States. Dr Harry G. Kuch, founder of H. G. Kuch & Company in Philadelphia, and was Vice-Chairman of Princeton Theological Seminary, U.S.A. Sir Bernard Lovell, former Professor of Radio Astronomy at Manchester, England. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Josephine of Luxembourg. Dr Davis McCaughey, who was Governor of State of Victoria, Australia. The Revd Dr James I. McCord, who was Presiden of Princeton Theological Seminary and President of World Alliance of Reformed Churches, U.S.A. The Most Reverend Mark McGrath who was Archbishop of Panama. Sir Alan Macotta, who was a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in England and President of the Restrictive Practices Court. The Reverend David Mainse who is founder and President of Crossroads Christian Communications, Inc., Toronto, Canada. The Right Revd Michael Mann, who was Dean of Windsor and Domestic Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. The Hon. Sir Clement Maynard who was deputy Prime Minister of The Bahamas. The Rt. Hon. Lord Menuhin, Violinist, England. Dr Glenn R. Mosley is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Association of Unity Churches. Revd Nikkyo Niwano, Founder of Rissho Kosei- Kai and World Conference on Religion and Peace, Japan. Major General The Duke of Norfolk, KG. The Lord Abbot Kosho Ohtani, who was Patri- arch of the Nishi Hongwanji Temple, Japan. Mr Nani A. Palkhivala is a businessman in Bombay, India. The Hon. Apasaheb Balasaheb Pant, who was Ambassador of India to Italy. Dr Arthur R. Peacocke, who was Director of the Ian Ramsay Institute, Oxford and Dean of Clare College, Cambridge, England. The Revd Dr Norman Vincent Peale, who was Minister, Marble Collegiate Church, New York, and Founder of Guideposts Magazine. The Right Honourable Sir Lynden Pindling, P.C., M.P., who was Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism of the Bahamas. Her Serene Highness Princess Poon Pismai Diskul, Thailand, who was President of World Federation of Buddhists. Mr Edward S. Rogers of Canada is President and Chief Executive of Rogers Communications Inc. Mr Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, who was President of N. M. Rothschild & Sons, England. The Revd Prof Robert J Russell who is Director of the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Mrs Anwar el Sadat, widow of the former President of Egypt. Mr William Simon, Former Secretary of the Treasury, U.S.A. Dr , President of the Interna- tional Court of Justice at the Hague. Sir Sigmund Sternberg, is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Christians and Jews. The Rt. Revd John V. Taylor, who was Bishop of Winchester, England. Baroness Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thurlow, England, who was Governor of the Bahamas. The Hon. Leo Tindemans, who was Prime Minister of Belgium. The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Tonypandy, P.C. who was Speaker of the British House of Commons. His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. The Rt. Hon. Lord Wigoder, Q.C., who was Liberal Chief Whip in House of Lords, England. The Rt. Revd Sir Robin Woods, who was Bishop of Worcester, England and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. RECIPIENTS

1973 of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity. 1974 , founder and Prior of the Taize Community in France. 1975 Sir , who was President of India and Oxford Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics. 1976 H. E. Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens, who was Archbishop of Malines-Brussels. 1977 , founder of the , Italy. 1978 The Very Revd Prof. Thomas F. Torrance, who was Moderator of the Church of Scotland. 1979 Mr Nikkyo Niwano, founder of Rissho Kosei-Kai and World Conference on Religion and Peace, Japan. 1980 Prof. , founder and former Editor of Zygon Journal, Chicago, U.S.A. 1981 Dame , originator of the modern movement, England. 1982 The Revd Dr , founder of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, U.S.A. 1983 Mr , Russia. 1984 The Revd Michael Bourdeaux, founder of Keston College, England. 1985 Sir , who was founder of the Sir Alister Hardy Research Centre at Oxford, England. 1986 Revd Dr James McCord, who was Chancellor of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, U.S.A. 1987 Revd Professor Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B. Professor of Astrophysics at Seton Hall University, U.S.A. 1988 Dr Inamullah Khan, who was Secretary- General, World Muslim Congress, Karachi, Pakistan. 1989 The Very Reverend Lord MacLeod, of Jointly the lona Community, Scotland and, Professor Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker of Starnberg, West Germany. 1990 , of the Anandwan community, Jointly India and, Professor , a biologist, Sydney, Australia. 1991 The Rt. Hon. Lord Jakobovits, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. 1992 The Revd Dr Kyung-Chik Han, a Presbyterian pastor, Seoul, Korea. 1993 Mr Charles W. Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship, Washington DC, U.S.A. 1994 Mr , philosopher and theologian, Washington DC, U.S.A. 1995 Professor Paul Davies, scientist, Adelaide, South Australia. 1996 Dr William R. Bright, Evangelist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 1997 Sri Pandurang Shastri Athavale, founder of the Swadhyaya Movement, Bombay, India. CHAIRPERSONS OF THE PUBLIC CEREMONIES

1973 H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. 1974 The Rt. Hon. The Earl of March. 1975 The Rt. Revd and Rt. Hon. Lord Coggan. 1976 The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, P.C., M.P. 1977 Johannes Cardinal Willebrands. 1978 The Revd Dr James I. McCord. 1979 The Hon. Leo Tindemans. 1980 Lady Marguerite Pindling. 1981 The Rt. Hon. Lord Rees-Mogg. 1982 The Rt. Hon. Lord Howe, P.C., M.P. 1983 The Rt. Hon. Lord Pritchard. 1984 The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward duCann, K.B.E. 1985 His Grace, The Duke of Norfolk, K.G. 1986 The Rt. Hon. Viscount Tonypandy, P.C. 1987 Sir Anthony Kenny. 1988 - 1989 Mr Takeo Fukuda. 1990 The Duke of Abercorn. 1991 (Toronto) The Rt. Hon. Jeanne Suave. 1991 (Vancouver) The Honourable David Lam. 1992 Dr Otto von Habsburg. 1993 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. 1994 The Revd Dr Colin Morris. 1995 The Rt. Hon. Viscount Tonypandy, P.C. 1996 Edward Cardinal Cassidy 1997 The Reverend Jonathan Goodall THE TEMPLETON PRIZE P.O. BOXN7776 NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS