Peace campaigner Paul Oestreicher awarded jubilee honour
'Ninety-year-old priest and vice-president of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was recognised "for services to Peace, Human Rights and Reconciliation".'
The Quaker and Anglican peace campaigner Paul Oestreicher has been awarded an OBE in the jubilee birthday honours. The ninety-year-old priest and vice-president of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was recognised ‘for services to Peace, Human Rights and Reconciliation’.
Paul Oestreicher, who is a former chair of Amnesty International, described on the CND website how he had been brought up by Quaker parents and took part in the first CND marches from Trafalgar Square to Aldermaston.
He said: ‘CND has been in my blood ever since… To be awarded an OBE for my peace work, which I believe my friend and role model Bruce Kent should have got, leaves me with the knowledge that this award belongs to Kate [Hudson] and all those who have gone on to the street with us to say no to war and of course to the scourge of nuclear weapons.’
Kate Hudson, general secretary of CND, described him as ‘a man of powerful faith and resolute commitment… from the early Aldermaston days to today’s many challenges’.
The other 1,134 recipients were selected for their outstanding contributions in all sectors, particularly public service, the environment and sustainability, and youth engagement.
Three people were made companions of honour: Salman Rushdie, Quentin Blake and Marina Warner.
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