Two South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize

Date: 22 Jan 1992
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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.

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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.)
02GCIS/ANC, Profile Information: Mandela, from Government Communications, [online], Available at apps.gcis.gov.za [Accessed: 10 January 2014]

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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

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