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Celebration of the International Day of Peace 2020

Celebrated by the UNESCO Office in Abidjan and the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research (FHB Foundation) on Monday, September 21, 2020, the International Day of Peace had as its theme: “Shaping Peace Together: Today and Tomorrow with Youth”. To the many young people who came from all regions of Côte d’Ivoire, Pr. Adama DIAWARA,... Continue reading

Femajeci strengthens the capacities of Association Leaders

Theme: "Training of Youth Association Leaders in peace, democratic culture, mutual understanding and respect for the barrier measures related to COVID-19, for a peaceful electoral environment". Femajeci organized a training seminar in collaboration with the Félix Houphouet Boigny Foundation for Peace Research. This activity took place in Yamoussoukro from September 9 to 11, 2020, with... Continue reading

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The founder of modern Côte d'Ivoire

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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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