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Anti-apartheid hero, ex PM awarded prizes
South African anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs and former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, hailed as the âgodmotherâ of sustainable development, were among five people Thursday presented with the first Tang Prize, touted as Asiaâs version of the Nobels
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outh African anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs and formerNorwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, hailed as the 'godmother' ofsustainable development, were among five people Thursday presented with thefirst Tang Prize, touted as Asia's version of the Nobels.
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou presented the awards, which honor outstanding contributions to the environment, human rights, medicine and Sinology.
Brundtland, recognized for her life-long dedication to protection of the environment, called for urgent action to address environmental and climate change over the last quarter of a century. A former director general of the World Health Organization, she also headed the UN World Commission on Environment and Development. The commission's work paved the way to the first Earth Summit, which led to the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases.
Sachs, who lost an arm and the sight of one eye in a car-bombing by apartheid forces in Mozambique in 1988 and was later appointed to South Africa's Constitutional Court by Nelson Mandela, was recognized 'for his many contributions to human rights and justice globally.'
