2002 - Personalities

On the podium :

·       President Xanana Gusmão, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Prize-winner

·       Mr Koïchiro Matsuura , Director-General of UNESCO

·       President Abdou Diouf, Secretary-General of the International Organization of the Francophonie, Patron of the Prize

·       President Henri Konan Bédié, Sponsor of the Prize 

·       Mr Michel de Bonnecorse Benault de Lubières, Representing the President of the French Republic

·       H.E. Teiichi Sato, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO

·       Mr Amara Essy, Interim Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union

·       Mr Sébastien Djédjé Dano, Minister of National Reconciliation of Côte d'Ivoire, representing President Laurent Gbagbo

·       Mr Mamadou Bamba, Cabinet Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire 

·       Mr Pedro Roseta, Minister of Culture of the Portuguese Republic

·       Mr Jean Foyer; Vice-President of the Jury

·       Mr Mário Soares, Member of the Jury 

·       Mr Mohamed Bedjaoui, Member of the Jury

·       Mr Iba Der Thiam, Member of the Jury 

·       Mr Andreas Adahl, Member of the Jury 

·       Mr Kim Holmes, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, United States of America

·       Mr Ahmad Jalali, President of UNESCO General Conference

·       Ms Aziza Bennani, Chairperson of UNESCO Executive Board

·       Ms Françoise Rivière, Director of the Private Office of the Director-General, Assistant Director-General

·       Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General

·       Mr Alioune Traoré, Executive Secretary of the Prize

·       Mr Jean-Luc Chane, Chief of Protocol