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eventREF E-0013005Revised

22 January 1992

Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize

Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize

Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and President F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Unesco Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for 1991. They received the prize on 3 February in Paris, France.

How we know this

  1. 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.)
  2. 02GCIS/ANC, Profile Information: Mandela, from Government Communications, [online], Available at apps.gcis.gov.za [Accessed: 10 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013005

South African History Online (2011) 'Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013005 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).

South African History Online, Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013005, (accessed 13 October 2026).

"Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013005. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013005.

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