Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize Totally Explained

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The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize was established in 1990 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

2007

Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, United Nations diplomat and mediatorFurther Information

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