Nobel peace laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been honoured with "The Tree of Peace" award from Unesco at the closing session of the XI Global Baku Forum.
Baku Forum is a renowned high-level event organised by the Nizami Ganjavi International Centre (NGIC), the Yunus Centre said in a press release on Thursday.
The 11th edition of the Global Baku Forum titled "Fixing the Fractured World" took place from March 14-16 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Nearly 400 world-famous political figures, as well as past and present world leaders, ministers, and Nobel laureates, participated in the event.