Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize
The Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize has been awarded annually since 1991 to institutions or personalities by UNESCO . The prize was founded in 1989 and named after the Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny .
It is awarded to people who have made a contribution to human rights and peace in the world and is endowed with 122,000 euros. If several winners are honored in one year, the sum is divided equally.
In addition to a gold medal, the award winners receive the associated certificate issued by UNESCO.
Award winners
- 1991: Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk
- 1992: Hague Academy for International Law , Netherlands
- 1993: Jitzhak Rabin , Shimon Peres and Jassir Arafat
- 1994: King Juan Carlos of Spain and former US President Jimmy Carter
- 1995: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with Sadako Ogata , UN diplomat and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1996: Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen , Guatemalan President with Comandante Rolando Morán alias Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León , representative of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
- 1997: Fidel Ramos , 12th President of the Philippines and Nur Misuari , Chairman of the Philippine Moro National Liberation Front
- 1998: Sheikh Hasina , Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and George J. Mitchell , Senator and US Presidential Advisor, Chair of the Peace Negotiations in Northern Ireland
- 1999: Community of Sant'Egidio , Italy
- 2000: Mary Robinson , President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- 2001: Prize not awarded
- 2002: Xanana Gusmão , President of East Timor
- 2003: Cardinal Roger Etchegaray , 1984–1998 President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Mustafa Cerić , Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2004: Prize not awarded
- 2005: Abdoulaye Wade , Senegalese President
- 2006: Prize not awarded
- 2007: Martti Ahtisaari , former President of Finland
- 2008: Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva , President of Brazil
- 2009: Prize not awarded
- 2010: Prize not awarded
- 2011: Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
- 2013: François Hollande , President of France