2006: Prinz El Hassan bin Talal von Jordanien

Jens Lorenz, Prinz El Hassan bin Talal
Dokumentation der Verleihung am 7. November 2006
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner: Beginn seiner Rede, Download der gesamten Rede

Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner
7. November 2006 - Es gilt das gesprochene Wort
Redemanuskript Prof. Dr. Klaus Hüfner
Frau Bürgermeisterin,
Herr Bundesminister,
lieber Jan Sadlak,
Exzellenzen,
meine Damen und Herren,
mein besonderer Gruß gilt unserem Ehrengast, dem diesjährigen Preisträger, Seiner Königlichen Hoheit, Prinz El Hassan bin Talal von Jordanien.
Zum dritten Male verleiht das Berliner Komitee für UNESCO-Arbeit, gemeinsam mit dem Stifter, Herrn Juwelier Lorenz, den Berliner Friedensuhr-Preis.
Auch ihm gilt mein besonderer Gruß und Dank zugleich für sein Engagement.
Ferner begrüße ich Herrn Botschafter a.D. Avi Primor, unseren Preisträger 2003, ganz herzlich... mehr...

Prinz Hassan El Talal, Sigmar Gabriel
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Jens Lorenz: Auszug aus seiner Rede, Download der gesamten Rede

Jens Lorenz
Einst in den 1980er Jahren hatten meine indische Frau und ich uns in den USA kennen gelernt: Teils in New York fand unsere Juweliers-Ausbildung statt – jetzt litten wir mit den Einwohnern dieser einzigartigen Stadt, und unser Mitgefühl galt Opfern und Angehörigen.
Ein Schwager meiner Frau befand sich im Luftraum über Amerika - unsere Telefone ruhten nicht an jenem 11. September, bis glücklich klar war, dass unsere Freunde und Familien-Mitglieder in Amerika wohlauf sind.
Was uns ängstigte, waren jedoch nicht nur die Anschläge, sondern bald schon die Folgen. Denn jeder spürte, dass dies nur ein Anfang war. Der Dialog der Nationen, der Dialog der Kulturen, der Dialog der Religionen zwischen Orient und Okzident – all das wurde schwieriger seit dem 11. September. Feind-Bilder drängten hastig vor, Schuld-Zuweisungen, kriegerische Rhetorik, Eskalation. mehr...
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Dr. Jan Sadlak: Auszüge aus seiner Rede, Download der gesamten Rede
distinguished Member of the Club of Rome, Professor Mircea Malitza.

Jens Lorenz, Prinz El Hassan bin Talal , Dr. Jan Sadlak
In your message to the International Conference on Ethical and Moral Dimensions for Higher Education and Science in Europe, organized by UNESCO-CEPES and the European Academy of Arts, Science and Humanities - Academia Europeanises, in September 2004 in Bucharest, you gave the following diagnosis about the state of the world:
“The world has been for a long time now been going through a grim phase of suspicious uncertainty: ever since the tragic events that shocked the world three yours ago [in September 2001], we have witnessed events and activities that unfortunately defy and regard the basic principles of civility. I feel that our world has lost its centre and focus; those events have disrupted our contact with the moral and ethical basis of our shared humanity. I feel that the world has become hostage to a big black box.” mehr...
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Prinz El Hassan bin Talal: Auszug, Download der gesamten Rede (englisch)
... you will forgive me if I forgo the titles, but I am painfully aware of the time constraints. Not least of all I am reminded of the alleged conversation between King George V. and Mahatma Ghandi, when the leader Mahatma was received by His Majesty King George.
Prinz El Hassan bin Talal
He said to him:“ You are rather under- dressed for the climate of England, are you not?“, to which Mahatma apparently replied: ”Her Majesty is wearing enough clothes for both of us. And then everything that you’ve said about me today, you have said enough for all of us.” But effectively I feel extremely moved.
It was the Danish philosopher Kirkegaard who said you should take other people subjectively and yourself objectively. It was Michael Fountain who said you should only take other people seriously and yourself not too seriously. And having been married to my wife for 38 years, blessed with four children and six grandchildren, I think one has to take life by counting the sunny hours. I also have to take life very seriously when I am making a speech in her presence.
You said... the 11th of September! I would also add Madrid, London, Amman. Most recently I was visited by the Danish Ambassador after the „Caricature crisis“. And he said to me, how can you advise me on damage control? I said, this has nothing to do with Denmark and Islam.
I believe in generic names: the Levante, Mesopotamia. I was in the office of a curator, actually the curator of the British Museum four days before the military intervention in Iraq, and someone asked him, an American friend of ours asked him, what is archaeologically significant about Mesopotamia? And the answer was: „Everything!“.
Rede Prinz El Hassan bin Talal (deutsch)