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International Peace Conference at UNESCO in Paris from September 26 to 28, 2017

An International Peace Conference was held from 26 to 28 September 2017 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It was organized by the World Fellowship of Buddhists and the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand to UNESCO, under the aegis of Venerable Master Chin Kung, President of Pure Land Learning College Association and Friends Master...Continue reading

Conference on Cultural Diversity and Culture of Peace

On August 25, 2017, the Director of the Peace Research Department of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation, Dr. Diénéba Doumbia, gave a lecture on the leaders of the Djimini-Djamala community and their allies on the sidelines of "The Day of Cultural Diversity and Culture of Peace in Yamoussoukro". This conference, which focused on cultural diversity and...Continue reading

ISESCO: regional workshop on the engagement of women leaders in promoting the culture of peace

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) organized, from 3 to 6 July 2017, its Regional Center for Education for a Culture of Peace (CRECP), based in Yamoussoukro (Republic of Côte d’Ivoire), a regional training workshop on the engagement of women leaders in the promotion of the culture of peace. This workshop was organized...Continue reading

Award Ceremony of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize: The winners of the 2017 edition rewarded

The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize was awarded on June 27, 2017 at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, during a ceremony solemn. Several personalities were present at this ceremony, including President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire His excellency M. Alassane Ouattara, former Ivorian president and protector of...Continue reading

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Photos of the training seminar for administrative and teaching staff, pupils who are members of the School Board of Student Delegates (CSDE), Clubs and Associations of the Lycée Mixte 1 of Yamoussoukro

Photos of the training seminar for administrative and teaching staff, pupils who are members of the School Board of Student Delegates (CSDE), Clubs and Associations of the Lycée Mixte 1 of Yamoussoukro on May 25-26, 2016 " order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] Students Article Teachers Article

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"Peace is not a word, it is behavior."

"Peace, which constantly needs exhortations, is a continuous acquisition, usually silent."

"The hungry man is not a free man."

"The sanctity of work also ennobles the one who carries the burdens or drives heavy machines, like the one who, in the silence of laboratories or offices, gives his task the best of his thought and care."

"It is easier to make war than to make peace."

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"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be raised."

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