UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education has been awarded annually since 1981.The prize is endowed up to 60 000 US dollars and honours extraordinary activities in the spirit of the UNESCO constitution.

Recipients of the Prize by year

:2006: Christopher Gregory Weeramantry (Sri Lanka) Special mention to Fundación para la Reconciliación (Colombia):2003: Emile Shoufani, Greek-catholic Archimandrite in Nazareth:2002: the City Montessori School in Lucknow (India):2001: the Jewish-Arab Centre for Peace Education in Givat Haviva (Israel) and Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng from Uganda:2000: the Australian Peace Educator Toh Swee-Hin:1999: "Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo" from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Honourable mention to Verein für Friedenspädagogik, Tübingen (Germany):1998: Educators for Peace and Mutual Understanding (Ukraine)~honourable mention to Fridtjof Nansen Academy (Norway), World Court Project (New Zealand), Ulpan Akiva Netanya (Israel):1997: Francois Giraud (France):1996: Chiara Lubich (Italy):1995: The Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Austria):1994: The Venerable Prayudh Payutto (Thailand):1993: Madeleine de Vits (Belgium) and The Graduate Institute For Peace Studies(South Korea):1992: Mother Teresa:1991: Ruth Leger Sivard (USA) / Cours Sainte Marie de Hann (Senegal):1990: Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Guatemala) / the World Order Models Project (WOMP):1989: Dr. Robert Muller (France) / the International Peace Research Association (IPRA):1988: Frère Roger, Taizé (France):1987: Laurence Deonna (Switzerland) / "Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina":1986: Prof. Paulo Freire (Brazil):1985: General Indar Jit Rikhye (India) / Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung (Germany):1984: IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War :1983: Pax Christi International:1982: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):1981: Helena Kekkonen (Finland) / World Organization of the Scout Movement:1980: Carlos Tunnermann (Nicaragua) headed National Literacy Campaign in Nicaragua

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