In respect for the founders of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen and in recognition of the historic proclamation of 1949, the Aachen Town Council and the Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen declare:
Like the founders of the Charlemagne Prize, we believe that the town of Aachen, by virtue of its age-long border situation, its history, and its current situation in the heart of Europe, has a special commitment to our continent‘s growing together, to the overcoming of borders and to the friendship of the peoples of Europe.
Given the developments in Germany and eastern Europe since 1989, a comprehensive form of joining together is no longer a utopian venture. In addition, a special role will accrue to Europe in the settlement of the North-South antithesis; and the problem of conserving our vital natural resources by the protection of the environment in Europe and our overpopulated earth will loom ever larger.
The town of Aachen and the Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize therefore reaffirm their resolve to award, on Ascension Day in the historic Coronation Hall of the Aachen Town Hall, the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen to personalities and to organizations fostering in a special way the aforementioned goals. The prizewinners will be selected by the Board of Directors of the Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, an independent organization.
Aachen, 14 November 1990
Dr. Jürgen Linden
Mayor of the City of Aachen
Consul Hugo Cadenbach
Spokesman of the Society
for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize
