OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2012. Vladimir Yakunin, President Russian Railways and President of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilisations", was awarded the prize Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI), reported the press-centre of RZD.

The award ceremony was held at Corpus Christi College at Oxford University to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the initiative.

Vladimir Yakunin is the first winner of the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative prize, which was awarded to Yakunin in recognition of his outstanding and dedicated work for peace and justice and for his dedicated service in helping to build a better world.
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The Conference Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative has been held around the world since 2002. Participants include a wide variety of experts: scientists, teachers, community leaders, political scientist and businessmen. The main task of the conference is to return to the world a universal system of human values that will lead the planet world to harmony in conditions of globalisation through dialogue between cultures and societies.