Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Anders Fogh Rasmussen received a 2014 Hillary Clinton Award from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security in a ceremony on Wednesday. The award recognizes service to promoting women, peace, and security.
“Women play a very particular role in … societies,” Rasmussen said. “It is so essential to draw upon women and their human assets in preventing conflicts and in the resolution of conflict.”
In his speech, Rasmussen also discussed the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine and stated it was the most threatening security challenge on NATO’s plate of responsibilities.
The two other Clinton Awards for 2014 were presented to British Foreign Secretary William Hague and founder of the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo Dennis Mukwege in a ceremony on Feb. 25. Rasmussen was not able to make the original ceremony because of scheduling conflicts.
