Boston, 02/20/2022 We, the Boston Global Forum (BGF), an organization dedicated to promoting a more peaceful world through its World Leader for Peace and Security Award (its recipients have been Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General...
Assistant Secretary of Masachusetts Nam Pham’s Speech at the Conference “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Our AIWS innovations and Massachusetts is the number one place number one place in the world for innovation. Previous speakers are talking about the need to help refugees, the need to deal with medical needs, the need to help the people. Just to give you one example,...
A Letter from Governor Michael Dukakis Calling for Support of Ukrainian Students
Boston, March 30, 2022 Today, Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute honor President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people as the recipients of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award for 2022 for their courage and sacrifice for freedom and independence....
Co-founder of AIWS City Zlatko Lagumdzija visits and supports Ukrainian children
Former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija, co-founder of AIWS City, and Board Member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center – NGIC, wrote on his Twitter after he visited and supported Ukrainian children: “No one has right to stay sided while...
World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2021 recipient Andreas Norlen welcomes speech of President Zelensky
On March 24, 2022, Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlen welcomed President Zelensky’s speech at the Riksdag. “I’m honoured that the president of Ukraine wants to address parliament during a raging war,” said Norlen. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has...
President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Co-founder of AIWS City, writing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine (pt. 2)
Do not believe for a moment that the 24 February full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia is “Putin’s war” and Putin’s war only. Do not imagine that the Russian people are mere innocent by-standers to the systematic attacks against civilian populations and to the...
President von der Leyen: “Ukraine and the European Union have never been closer”
On March 18, 2022, European Commission President von der Leyen, BGF World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2020 recipient, spoke at the 8th Cohesion Forum: “Millions of Ukrainians are seeking shelter in the European Union – torn from their families and country by...
Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine – Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “turning point for the world”
Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine Initiative called world leaders, especially BGF World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipients, to consolidate and unite to support Ukraine. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, BGF World Leader for Peace and Security Award...