UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education has been awarded annually since 1981. The main goal of UNESCO education prize is to encourage excellent effort in the drive to reach a better quality education. The prize is endowed up to US$60,000 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)
- Honourable mention: (Colombia)
- 2003: Emile Shoufani, Greek-Catholic Archimandrite in Nazareth
- 2002: City Montessori School, Lucknow, (India)
- 2001: in Givat Haviva (Israel) and Bishop , Uganda
- 2000: Australian Peace Educator
- 1999: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Honourable mention: , Tübingen (Germany)
- 1998: (Ukraine)
- Honourable mention: (Norway), (New Zealand), (Israel)
- 1997: Francois Giraud (France)
- 1996: Chiara Lubich (Italy)
- 1995: (Austria)
- 1994: Prayudh Payutto (Thailand)
- 1993: (Belgium) and at Kyung Hee University (South Korea)
- 1992: Mother Teresa
- 1991: Ruth Leger Sivard (United States) / Cours Sainte Marie de Hann (Senegal)
- 1990: Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Guatemala) / (WOMP)
- 1989: Robert Muller (France) / International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
- 1988: Frère Roger, Taizé (France)
- 1987: Laurence Deonna (Switzerland) / ""
- 1986: Paulo Freire (Brazil)
- 1985: Indar Jit Rikhye (India) / (Germany)
- 1984: IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- 1983: Pax Christi International
- 1982: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- 1981: (Finland) / World Organization of the Scout Movement
External links[]
- "UNESCO Prize for Peace Education". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Categories:
- UNESCO awards
- Peace awards
- Awards established in 1981
- UNESCO Prize for Peace Education recipients