PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA RECEIVES 2002 PATH TO PEACE AWARD

VATICAN CITY, JUN 20, 2002 (VIS) - Yesterday in New York the prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, received the "Path to Peace" Award which the foundation of the same name bestows annually in recognition of an individual's outstanding leadership in the international community. The foundation's founder and president is Archbishop Renato Martino, apostolic nuncio and Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations.

According to a communique from the foundation, the designation of the prime minister of Bulgaria as this year's honoree is attributed to his "unrelenting and selfless service to the people of Bulgaria and to the cause of peace throughout the world."

The Path to Peace Foundation, established in 1991 is a non-profit foundation providing support for the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, in fulfilling its further humanitarian mandate of keeping the moral standards and message of the Gospel before the universal community and of assisting the Holy Father in encouraging all towards the path to peace. The foundation, independent from but in collaboration with the Holy See Mission, directs its activities primarily, albeit not exclusively, to the international stage of the United Nations.

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