Flame of Peace
The Flame of Peace is an award granted by the Austrian non-profit organization Vereins zur Förderung des Friedens, which promotes world peace. Its symbol is a flame carving in wood and mounted on a stone base. The organization presents awards to prominent people, peace activists, and organizations in recognition of their activity in promoting peace.
Organization and leadership
Archduchess Herta Margarete Habsburg-Lothringen, then known as Herta Margaret Öfferl, founded the organization in January 2008. She later married Archduke Sandor of Austria. She had already been working for several years on the promotion of peace initiatives. She serves as its president.The organization is non-profit, non-partisan and religiously unaligned. It is dedicated to promoting and rewarding endeavors to promote peace. It has given awards to individuals and organizations since 2008. Recipients have included politicians, diplomats, media representatives and peace activists.
The board of the Association consists the Habsburg-Lothringens and her children. The Habsburg-Lothringens use the titles of Archdukes of Austria and Prince of Tuscany, styled as Imperial Highness. though Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen, son of Dominic von Habsburg, is only listed as Count of Habsburg in the Almanach de Gotha Edition of 2000.
The symbol of the prize is a wood carving of a flame mounted on a stone base.
Criticism
In 2009 the award was given to Ali Abdullah Saleh during his attack against Houthi rebels and in 2016 to Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, prime minister of Bahrain. The British journalist Brian Whitaker calling the organisation's award a "dodgy peace prize".International delegates and representatives
The Flame of Peace Association appoints international delegates and representatives to promote its mission of fostering peace, humanitarian activities, and environmental protection around the world. Delegates represent the organization in their respective countries, organizing initiatives, ceremonies, and projects aligned with the Flame of Peace’s objectives.Notable international delegates and representatives include:
Andrew Charalambous – Delegate for England.
James de Balliol-Cavendish, Baron of Buittle – Delegate for Scotland.
Amina Leelo Weevo-Alghamdy – Delegate for Bahrain.
Dzaner Arnaut von Efendic – Delegate for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Liu Weiwei – Delegate for China.
Maggie Tin – Ambassador of the Young Flame of Peace.
Robin Matthes – Delegate for Curaçao.
Bernd Höhle – Special Delegate for Lower Saxony.
Danny Koch – Delegate for Brandenburg.
Josef Lang – Delegate for Bavaria and Hungary.
Peter Ritter von und zu Dzionsko – Representative of the Flame of Peace.
Raymond Schulz – Delegate for Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt.
Roland Beyer – Delegate for Saalfeld, Thuringia.
Werner Hinz – Delegate for Bavaria.
Dr. Guillaume Arnau Arquer – Delegate for France.
Stephane Cappellaro – Representative of the Flame of Peace France.
Tonis Breidel Hadjdemetriou – Delegate for Greece.
Gagandeep Singh – Representative for India.
Dott.ssa Isabella Celeste Vignoli D’Este – Representative for Italy.
Priska Ferrari and Kosmas Mader – Delegates for South Tyrol and Northern Italy.
H.E. Chev. Stephen Lautens – Delegate for Canada.
Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo – Delegate for Kenya.
Mag. Carmen Dahl – Delegate for Liechtenstein.
Mag.phil. Lina Pestal – Delegate for Lithuania.
GR Ing. Michael Georg Martin Danzinger – Delegate for Luxembourg.
Maria Helga Muscat-Grölz – Consulate for Malta.
Jean Stanoevski – Delegate for Macedonia.
Nikola Bleiberschnig – Delegate for Macedonia.
Alejandro Diaz – Honorary Consul for Mexico.
Claudine Cracchiolo-Konieczny – Consulate of the Flame of Peace Monaco.
Verena Meyer – Consulate of the Flame of Peace Monaco.
Shida and Peter Bliek – Delegates for the Netherlands.
Ernests Barons – Delegate of the Flame of Peace for Norway.
Hermann Kroiher – Special Delegate for Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, and Iceland.
Bethy Leonarda De La Cruz Cerda – Delegate for Peru.
Maria Edelman – Delegate for Poland.
Dr. Vinzenz von Holle – Consultant and Delegate for Switzerland.
Hanns and Beatrice Bachlechner – Special Delegates for Switzerland.
Ivana McCann – Delegate for Serbia.
Dominica Mudra – Representative of the Flame of Peace Slovakia.
Mag. Anatoliy Chernychenko – Delegate for Slovakia.
Renata Kliská – Delegate for Bratislava.
DI Abdalla Sharief – Consultant and Delegate for Sudan.
Julia Lanske MBA – Delegate for Thailand.
Peter Lanske – Delegate for Thailand.
Dipl.-Ing. Otto Lehner – Delegate for the Czech Republic.
Ing. Eva Balikova – Special Delegate for the Czech Republic.
Anastasiya Zelenskaya – Representative of the Flame of Peace for Kiev and Odessa.
Viktor Golin – Embassy Delegate and Management Representative.
Csilla Zsuzsanna Cselőtei – Representative of the Flame of Peace Hungary.
Péter Bárdossy – Special Delegate for Hungary.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Phuong – Special Delegate for Vietnam.