Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to receive the World Statesman Award from U.S.-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) in his upcoming visit to New York.
The award is given in recognition of Yudhoyono's significant contribution to democracy, world peace and human rights promotion.
The award would be handed over by the ACF, a prestigious organization founded in 1965 that promotes coalition of business and religious leaders in enhancing peace, tolerance and resolution of ethnic conflicts around the world through democratic means and protecting human rights.
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