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.

[edit] 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
Commandante Rolando Morán (real name Ricardo Arnoldo Ramirez 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, American Senator, Special Adviser to the President of the USA for Initiatives in Ireland