The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, presented annually by Delta Air Lines and the University of Georgia, recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives have helped promote world peace as well as globally significant efforts that provide opportunities for greater understanding among nations and cultures. Such efforts can include grassroots projects that diminish hostilities in a particular part of the world, international programs that promote communication or trade among different peoples, and/or leadership that inspires global cooperation and peace.
The prize includes a $10,000 cash grant and an original work of art designed by Barbara Mann and Gary Lee Noffke of the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art .
Laureates Year PersonCountry1999 Jimmy Carter United StatesRosalynn CarterCarter Center2000 Desmond TutuSouth Africa2001 Mihail GorbachevRussia2002 Sadako OgataJapan2004 Václav HavelCzech Republic2005 Gertrude MongellaTanzania2006Ted TurnerUnited States2007 Nelson MandelaSouth Africa2008 Martti AhtisaariFinland2009 Mohamed ElBaradeiEgypt2012 Roméo DallaireCanada
External links
Delta Prize for Global Understanding Homepage