The famous Austrian writer Peter Handke was awarded the Charter of courage at the Bbelgrade forum International conference, held March 23th 2019. This unique recognition was presented to Peter Handke by Zivadin Jovanovic, the president of Belgrade forum for world of equals in the presence Serbian officials, church dignitaries and about 200 guests from 40 countries of the world, who participated in commemorative Program  on occasion of the 20th anniversary of NATO aggression on Yugoslavia (1999).
Jovanovic said that Peter Handke deserved recognition for intellectual courage in defending the truth and justice in times when might and lies about Serbia dominated.