Ceremony Speeches

Elisa Massimino (PDF - 14KB)

Wade Henderson (PDF - 27KB)

Amigo Ngonde
ENGLISH (PDF - 13KB)
FRENCH (PDF - 30KB)

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2004 Baldwin Award: Highlights

From June 15 to 26, 2004, Human Rights First hosted Amigo Ngonde Funsu, President of the Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l’Homme (ASADHO), one of the leading human rights organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and recipient of the 2004 Roger M. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. During his visit to the United States, Mr. Ngonde spoke with officials, members of the NGO community and concerned citizens at Congress, the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Ford Foundation, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and many other institutions and organizations.

The capstone of Mr. Ngonde’s time in New York and Washington was the award ceremony held at B. Smith’s restaurant in Union Station on June 23. The occasion provided a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work of ASADHO and other human rights organizations in the Great Lakes Region, and it also allowed Mr. Ngonde to discuss his views on the state of the political transition in the DRC.

Photographs of Mr. Ngonde’s visit and ceremony speeches may be found on this page.

Neil Hicks at the Council on Foreign Relations Panel on the DRC View in Windows Media View in QuickTime	Baldwin Award acceptance View in Windows Media View in QuickTime	Amigo Ngonde acceptance speech View in Windows Media View in QuickTime

Fiona McKay and Amigo Ngonde at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC	Amigo Ngonde accepting Baldwin Award, DC	Amigo Ngonde reading acceptance speech, DC
Wade Henderson and Elisa Massimino at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC	Amigo Ngonde holding up Baldwin Award after acceptance, DC	Amigo Ngonde and Pascal Kambale, former member of ASADHO, DC
Cory Smith and Amigo Ngonde at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC	Pascal Kambale, former member of ASADHO, and Amigo Ngonde at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC	Amigo Ngonde and Wade Henderson at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC
Elisa Massimino and Amigo Ngonde at the Baldwin Ceremony, DC	Amigo Ngonde speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, DC	George Vradenburg, Amigo Ngonde, and Neil Hicks at the Council on Foreign Relations, DC
Amigo Ngonde and Ephrat Livni at the Meeting with Congress, DC	Neil Hicks speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, DC	Amigo Ngonde speaking at the Human Rights First panel discussion on Justice in the DRC, NY
Panel discussion on justice in the DRC, NY	Amigo Ngonde and the Statue of Liberty, NY