Prize

Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize

Closed for applications

The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize was created in 1989 to honour individuals or public and private bodies or institutions that have made a significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining peace in conformity with the United Nations’ Charter and the Constitution of UNESCO.

The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize is one of the UN’s most prestigious awards, honouring people or organisations for their contribution to peace.

The creation of the Prize provided an opportunity for UNESCO to reaffirm and profile its commitment to peace and dialogue between cultures and civilizations. Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. De Klerk were the first to receive the award in 1991.

An international jury of eminent public figures, recognised for their own roles in promoting peace, appoints the winners of the award.

The current laureate is Angela Merkel, former German Federal Chancellor (2023).

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KEY INFO

Make sure you read the important information below before you apply for this prize. You must apply through the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Expressions of interest are welcome.

STATUS

Closed for applications

UKNC DEADLINE

29 December 2023

UNESCO DEADLINE

29 February 2024

WHO CAN APPLY

Individuals, institutions

ORIGIN

UNESCO

ESTABLISHED

1989

RENEWAL DATE

AWARD

Award

ROTATION

NEXT CALL DUE

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‘Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.’

Preamble to UNESCO’s Constitution

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Read more about the Prize on UNESCO’s main site. Meet the Jury, and past winners.

Meet the Jury
2023

Meet Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau,Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia and the other members of the 2023 jury.

Meet the 2019 Laureate, Abiy Ahmed Ali
2019

The 2019 Laureate is Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Peace Prize Laureates since 1991

In order to implement the resolution instituting the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize the Director-General called on international public figures who are reputed for their action on behalf of peace in the fields in which they have pursued their careers.