Canada Congratulates Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

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October 14, 2006
No. 120
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of
International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages,
today congratulated Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank on receiving the 2006
Nobel Peace Prize.
“Canada echoes the sentiment of many countries in hoping that the awarding of the
Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank will help further world peace
through economic prosperity,” said Minister MacKay. “Microfinance is a key component
of Canada’s international efforts to help bring peace.”
“We are proud of the important work of Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in
lifting millions of poor Bangladeshi women out of poverty,” said Minister Verner. “It is an
example, emulated now across the Third World, of how microfinance can make a real
difference to the lives of the economically and socially disadvantaged.”
Canada will host the Global Microcredit Summit 2006 from November 12 to 15 in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. This summit will offer the opportunity for microfinance
practitioners, advocates, donors, and others committed to the Summit’s goals to assess
progress, discuss challenges to achieving the new goals for 2015, and identify
strategies for overcoming those challenges.
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
613-995-1874
http://www.international.gc.ca
Pascale St-Pierre
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of International Cooperation
819-953-6238
Media Relations Office
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
819-953-6534
info@acdi-cida.gc.ca

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