Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize was established in 1989 by UNESCO::"to honour living individuals and active public or private bodies or institutions that have made a significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining peace in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO." The prize bears the name of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, late former president of Côte d'Ivoire. It is awarded annually. The prize is 122,000 euros, to be shared equally in the case of multiple recipients.

Prize-winners

;1991
*Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, South Africa
*Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of the Republic of South Africa

;1992
*Hague Academy of International Law

;1993
*Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of the State of Israel
*Shimon Peres, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel
*Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority

;1994
*H.M. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
*Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America

;1995
*Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
*Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

;1996
*Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen, President of the Republic of Guatemala
*Comandante Rolando Morán (real name Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León), Representative of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

;1997
*Fidel V. Ramos, President of the Republic of the Philippines
*Nur Misuari, Chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines

;1998
*Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
*George J. Mitchell, U.S. Senator, Special Adviser to the President of the United States for Initiatives in Ireland

;1999
*Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy

;2000
*Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

;2001
*Prize not awarded

;2002
* H.E Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

;2003
*Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, President Emeritus of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
*Dr Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti of Bosnia

;2004
*Prize not awarded

;2005
*Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal

;2006
*Prize not awarded

;2007
*Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, United Nations diplomat and mediator

External links

* [http://www.unesco.org/prixfhboigny/le_prix/presentation/ang/presentation.htm Official UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize website] .


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