UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
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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 for peace education in the spirit of the UNESCO constitution.
Recipients of the Prize
- 2008: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (South Africa)
- 2006: Christopher Gregory Weeramantry (Sri Lanka)
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- Honourable mention: Fundación para la Reconciliación (Colombia)
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- 2003: Emile Shoufani, Greek-Catholic Archimandrite in Nazareth
- 2002: City Montessori School, Lucknow, (India)
- 2001: Jewish-Arab Centre for Peace Education in Givat Haviva (Israel) and Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng, Uganda
- 2000: Australian Peace Educator Toh Swee-Hin
- 1999: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Honourable mention: Verein für Friedenspädagogik, Tübingen (Germany)
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- Honourable mention: Fridtjof Nansen Academy (Norway), World Court Project (New Zealand), Ulpan Akiva Netanya (Israel)
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- 1997: Francois Giraud (France)
- 1996: Chiara Lubich (Italy)
- 1995: Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Austria)
- 1994: The Venerable Prayudh Payutto (Thailand)
- 1993: Madeleine de Vits (Belgium) and Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee University (South Korea)
- 1992: Mother Teresa
- 1991: Ruth Leger Sivard (USA) / Cours Sainte Marie de Hann (Senegal)
- 1990: Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Guatemala) / World Order Models Project (WOMP)
- 1989: Dr. Robert Muller (France) / 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), National Literacy Campaign
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