"( ... ) For their
contribution to international peace, to encourage them to continue
in their effort and as a tribute to what they have done to educate their
people towards an undestanding and towards an overcoming of prejudice
that many would not have thought possible a few short years ago."
Extract from the statement made by Dr
Henry A. Kissinger,
Chairman of the Jury, announcing the prizewinners.
The
official award ceremony was held on
3 February 1992
at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
Addresses and messages
FEDERICO MAYOR
Director-General of UNESCO
ABDOU DIOUF
President of the Republic of Senegal
HENRY A.
KISSINGER
President of the Jury
FREDERIK
W. DE KLERK
President of the Republic of South Africa
"The challenges facing the
architects of the new South Africa are enormous. We have to reconcile
the concept of democracy -within an undivided State- with the realities
of diverse cultures, races and langages and history. For generations,
many believed this was impossible."
NELSON
MANDELA
President of the African National Congress
"South Africa cries out for peace
and for democracy. It is our considered judgement that we shall
not have the one without the other."
Personalities
present
In its coverage of the event, the
newspaper le Monde on 5 February 1990, reported : "The
ceremony began with Mozart and ended with Mory Kanté. A packed
auditorium, enthusiastic applause, a platform of outstanding speakers
(...). Mr Frederik De Klerk and Mr Nelson Mandela, with all the
splendour befitting the occasion, were awarded the first
'Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize' on Monday, 3 February, at
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (...). "
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