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Symposium on the Peace Work of Félix Houphouët-Boigny

An international conference was held from October 18 to 20, 2018 at the headquarters of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for the Search for Peace (FHB Foundation) in Yamoussoukro. Organized on the occasion of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Year marking the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of the “Apostle of Peace”, this symposium was devoted to the... Continue reading

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Festival for the Promotion of Ivorian Values

The first edition of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Festival for the Promotion of Ivorian Values ​​was held on September 7 and 8, 2018 at the Institute of Communication Sciences and Techniques (ISTC) in Abidjan. This Festival was initiated by Mr. Khalil HESNÉ, economic operator and organized by the Elites Channel Network of Côte d’Ivoire. Indeed, the... Continue reading

Basketball Tournament: Play for Peace 2018

The Team of Peace association organized the third edition of the inter-city basketball tournament called “Play For Peace” on August 18, 2018 at the Place Jean-Paul II in Yamoussoukro. This year’s theme was “Félix Houphouët-Boigny, this sporty man of peace” who is part of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Year celebrating the 25th anniversary of the death... Continue reading

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CONFERENCE OF MR MICHEL CAMDESSUS – 01 06 2018

On Friday, June 1, 2018, Mr. Michel Camdessus, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered a public lecture on the theme: "Peace and Development: Challenges of the partnership between the Africa and Europe "at the headquarters of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for the Search... Continue reading

SPORTS DAY – YEAR FHB 2018 – DALOA – 25 05 2018

As part of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Year marking the 25th anniversary of the death of the "Apostle of Peace", the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research organized a sports day in Daloa, chief place of the Upper Sassandra Region in west-central Côte d'Ivoire. Many high school youths participated in the Football, Basketball and Handball competitions... Continue reading

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"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."

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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."

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