Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

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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 Africa1992
• Hague Academy of International Law1993
• 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 Authority1994
• H.M. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
• Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America1995
• 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 Unity1997
• 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 Ireland1999
• Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy 2000
• Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2001
• Prize not awarded2002
• H.E Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste2003
• Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, President Emeritus of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
• Dr Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti of Bosnia2004
• Prize not awarded2005
• Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal

External links

• Official UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize website

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