NEW YORK, JUNE 3, 2008 (Zenit.org).- El Salvador's President Elías Antonio Saca González will be awarded the 2008 Path to Peace Award.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, announced Monday that President González has been unanimously selected to receive the award by the foundation's board.
Every year, the foundation awards the prize in recognition of acts of individual leadership in the international community.
The Path to Peace Foundation is an agency established in 1991 to carry out the projects to support the work of the Holy See Mission to the United Nations.
The award will be bestowed June 10.
The foundation cited some of the González's achievements: "One of his first actions as president was to appoint a commissioner for democratic governing, who, in turn, created a group that includes representatives of all the political parties to discuss and find solutions to issues of national interest.
"He also introduced reforms in the law pertaining to the judicial sector and others aimed at reducing delinquency, approved fiscal reform; and has traced out 'the map of poverty' that identities the areas of extreme poverty in order to work towards eradicating it."
ZE08060308 - 2008-06-03
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Salvadoran Leader Picked for Path to Peace Award
President González Chosen by Holy See Mission
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