Jury of Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize will meet on 13 May at UNESCO

The International Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize will meet on 13 May at UNESCO Headquarters (Room XVI, Miollis building). Mario Soares will announce the name of the laureate or laureates at approximately 11.30 a.m., following the Jury’s deliberations.

Created in 1989 by UNESCO’s General Conference, the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize honours “people, institutions or organizations that have contributed significantly to the promotion, research, preservation or maintenance of peace, mindful of the United Nations Charter and UNESCO’s Constitution.”

Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner, presides over the Prize’s International Jury, which also includes distinguished personalities such as Mario Soares, former President of the Republic of Portugal, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of the Republic of Iceland, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Former laureates of the Prize include Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. De Klerk; Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat; King Juan Carlos of Spain, Jimmy Carter; Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, and Martti Ahtisaari.

• Author(s):UNESCOPRESS
• Source:Media advisory No.2009-27
• 07-05-2009