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Guide for the Follow-up of the African Cup of Nations 2023
Get your copy of the Guide pour le Suivi de la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations CAN 2023 at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Research Foundation Bookshop, and many other articles.
Call for Contributions for the Eleventh Issue of the Haris Review to be published in December 2023
For its eleventh issue to be published in December 2023, the Haris Review is looking for contributions on topics of International Relations, Geopolitics or Strategic Studies. Articles should be original and substantive. The standards of presentation of the manuscripts are those of the CAMES (to be consulted on the website of the journal www.revueharis.org). The... Continue reading→
FHB Foundation 2023 activities calendar
January Tuesday, January 17, 2023 10:00am. Press conference on the 2023 commemorations Thursday, January 19 10:00am. Official launch ceremony for the 2023 commemorations, at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research Friday, January 20th 1:00pm. Muslim service at the Grand Mosque of Yamoussoukro Sunday January 22nd 10:30am. Thanksgiving Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady... Continue reading→
International symposium on Houphouetism
Houphouétisme is the neologism coined to designate the considerable thought, action, work and legacy of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of the Ivorian Republic. Today, it is accepted by all Ivorians, regardless of political party. Held to be the national conscience, it constitutes the fundamental element of Ivorian unity, political identity and heritage. Continue reading→
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The founder of modern Côte d'Ivoire
"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."
Downloadable Texts
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Peace (in french)
- 2022 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2021 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2020 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Youth Declaration on the Culture of Peace UNESCO (in french)
- 2019 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Report of the Training Workshop of the Networks of Women's Associations of the Yamoussoukro District on the Culture of Peace and Social Cohesion of August 15, 2019 (in french)
Upcoming events
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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."
Constitution of UNESCO