The document summarizes the Prize for Conflict Prevention awarded annually by the Fondation Chirac. It highlights that the prize rewards individuals working to prevent conflicts and promote peace, often taking risks to do so. It mentions some past laureates and ceremonies, noting they recognize exceptional people upholding values of humanism. The prize seeks to support efforts towards reconciliation and encourage continued action for peace.

1. “ Mobilizing so that peace
prevails over factors of war.”
Jacques Chirac
www.fondationchirac.eu

3. A WORD
FROM PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC
harmony prevails over discord and At the same time, it cooperates with
chaos. These are women and men actors in sustainable development.
who, often alone and anonymous, Always keen to encourage local ini-
courageously unravel the fragile thread tiatives, in conjunction with our pro-
of dialogue between peoples, between grams for health, access to water, en-
religions, and even among populations vironmental preservation and diversity
torn apart within a same region. of cultures, More than ever I would like
to place these exceptional women and
These women and men, through vigi- men in the spotlight.
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Economic, social, or political crises; forms of humanism and proclaim hu- in a war is to prevent it.
climate change; our world is facing man rights through urgent actions.
growing inequalities and increased They shatter the silence of oppression. Through this Prize, awarded by a jury
dangers. Despite the deterioration of of distinguished individuals working for
the international situation, we must still I would like to pay tribute to these pa- peace and development, I want to do
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tional processes. War is never a solu- their commitment, sometimes at the contribution to the cause of peace.
tion nor is it inevitable. Around the risk of their lives, to defend and share It is time to hear their voices. Encou-
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The 2010 Ceremony at the Claude Levi-Strauss Theater, before the 2010 ceremony in Paris.
Quai Branly Museum in Paris.
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5. PREVENTING CONFLICTS
AND FIGHTING POVERTY
2009 Ceremony at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Nicolas Sarkozy
President of the French Republic
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I chose the magic of childhood by representing a baby protected
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this leaf, transforming it into a sort of cocoon. (...) My concern was
to represent something that linked humans, animals and nature.
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5

8. 2010 FONDATION CHIRAC PRIZE LAUREATE
Mario Giro
Head of International Relations
within the Community of Sant’Egidio
Rewarded on November 5, 2010 / Mario Giro, for his contribution to reducing
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Born in Rome in 1958, Mario Giro joined the community of Sant’Egidio in 1975.
In 1979 he became head of the Community’s Youth Center. In the 1980s,
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vention and resolution, issues the Community was addressing at many dif-
ferent levels. Since 1989, he has participated in establishing and developing
Sant’Egidio centers in Africa, which he still manages today. As Head of Inter-
national Relations of the Sant’Egidio Community, he has been involved with
several negotiations, especially in Algeria, Kosovo, Liberia, Darfur, Democratic
Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger.
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Riccardi, this Catholic lay community currently has over 50 000 active members,
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It is a lesson that has shaped and changed me. It goes against the grain of a very diffuse mentality: one that teaches that
when weapons speak and hatred reigns, nothing is possible. Behind this mentality, war deeply scars the minds of people,
it corrupts them, it damages and degrades the soul of a nation, it tears from the spirit of man that which characterizes
his humanity: the will to hope and the desire for the future. In this sense we say that war is the mother of all poverty.
War is always caused by human decisions. It can therefore be avoided or changed.
HIS COMMITMENT
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In November 2002, Mario Giro was invited to Lome by the To-
golese authorities who were trying to mediate. They achieved
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forces. Then, in 2003, Mario Giro participated in the Linas-Mar-
coussis meeting, convened by President Jacques Chirac to try
to solve the Ivorian crisis. Mario Giro continued his mediation, and
starting on March 4, 2007, the date of the Ouagadougou agree-
ment, he represented Sant’Egidio within the monitoring committee
of this Agreement.
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In 2007, at the height of the crisis in Guinea, he met President Lan-
sana Conté to suggest mediation with the Forces Vives. President
Conté selected from a list of names, the new prime minister, Lan- C,H%.
sana Kouyate. Since 2009, Sant’Egidio has continued supporting Since July 2010, Mario Giro has been working with leaders
democratic transition in Guinea. of transitional authorities, who would meet three months later, with
supporters of former President Mamadou Tandja in Rome at the
headquarters of the Sant’Egidio community. There, they signed
an agreement for a republican pact, the “Call of Rome”.
6

9. 2010 SPECIAL JURY PRIZE LAUREATE
Lakhdar Brahimi
Special Representative of the
Rewarded on November 5, 2010 / Lakhdar Brahimi, for his efforts towards national reconciliation
Secretary General of the United Nations
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Poverty, bad governance, corruption, all combine in many cases
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and corruption, creating a vicious cycle that inevitably spills over bor-
ders and contaminates other communities in a thousand different,
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Born in Algeria in 1934, Lakhdar Brahimi began his political career at an early
age: representative of the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) in Southeast Asia,
Permanent Representative to the League of Arab States in Cairo, Ambassador
to the United Kingdom, the President of Algeria’s Diplomatic Adviser to Egypt
and Sudan, Foreign Minister of Algeria, and Assistant Secretary General of the
Arab League. In 1993 he became Special Representative of the Secretary Ge-
neral of the United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and as
such was sent to South Africa, Haiti, Nigeria, Cameroon, Burundi, and Sudan.
In 1989 as Special Envoy of the Tripartite Committee of the Arab League
in Lebanon, Lakhdar Brahimi successfully negotiated an agreement ending the #89"NF@:8EAE"@90B@#O"
17 year civil war: the Taif Agreement.
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ning and respect for the interlocutor, the ability to create an atmos-
phere of trust, his delegation succeeded in opening the dialogue
between the UN and the Iraqi Presidency. He returned in 1998
>%W*('( ')$"-+4/&.+V$,+A""'"+&$+5((&+4/&.+U'22'5+W!00(/"@+L"+PFFX3+'0+
L"+MNOP3+I'8.2'%+Q%'./5/+'11(6&(2+./0+,%0&+R6$)/&/1')+5/"(D04((6S+ Special Adviser to the Secretary General of the UN, he contributed
mission. The Algerian President Chadli Benjedid asked him to re- to the creation of the transitional government.
concile Yasser Arafat and Syrian President Hafez Assad in the af-
termath of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. In 1989, he returned as :IH$*(,G+*(
part of an Arab Tripartite Committee comprising Algeria, Morocco, From 1997 to 1999, Lakhdar Brahimi was the UN’s Special Repre-
and Saudi Arabia, mandated by the Arab League of which he was sentative to Afghanistan and in 2001, he returned with the res-
Deputy Secretary. This discussion would lead to the Taif Agree- ponsibility of rebuilding the country. He devised a political and
5("&0+&.'&+4(%(+%'&/,(2+/"+?$9(5>(%+$#+&.'&+*('%+'"2+&.(+("2+$#+ military agreement allowing Afghans to create their own transitional
&.(+I(>'"$"+1$"=/1&@ government and prepare the new Afghan Constitution.
7

10. AN INTERNATIONAL JURY
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
November 5, 2010
I consider that there is no better investment in the future of our planet than
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a world for generations to come that is safer and better than it is now or ever has
been before.
Michel Camdessus
June 15, 2009
It is urgent to make known the institutions, governments, men or women who are
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11. AN EXPERTS COMMITTEE
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projects to be submitted to the Jury. tor in mobilizing political action in situa-
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"(%/5!&%'$%-$+%'7&+!42$."40%'4&8/"$-%.$&#"'- media are, almost by nature, indifferent
tifying individuals who help solve them. !%$ +%'7&+!$ 0."("'!&%'<$ I6"'$ "("'!4$ !6)!$
This therefore implies a thorough knowledge of situations unfa- could be covered by journalists do occur, it is already too late. How
miliar to the public. Therein lies the biggest challenge for the Prize !6"'$ )."$ ;"$ !%$ !)/B$ )8%5!$ +%10/">$ )'#$ &'!)',&8/"$ &445"4$ 8"-%."$
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of, because their success is silent. We speak of wars but not efforts, which most often, must occur in utter contradiction with
%-$ 0")+"<$ @6"$ ,%)/$ %-$ !6"$ F.&G"$ )'#$ %-$ !6"$ ;%.B$ %-$ %5.$ ">0".!4 how media function.
is to highlight those who work in apparent indifference.
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Prevention highlights a serious anomaly The Prize is only two years old and
in the attitude of the international com- I do not think we are yet capable of esta-
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cant resources to address the devasta- ;6&+6$&4$*'"<$E&("$&'#&(&#5)/4$6)("$)/.")#9$
ting effects of crises, but is incapable of doing what is necessary been distinguished since 2009. When we
to prevent them. The problem is that humanitarian disasters are look at their respective careers, we can see a variety of paths and
reported in real time by the media with an emotional impact ."4%5.+"4<$@6&4$#&(".4&!9$&4$)$+6)//"',"$-%.$!6"$L>0".!4$)'#$!6"$M5.9<$
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action. In contrast, prevention, with the goal of avoiding a nega- !%$+%'7&+!$0."("'!&%'<
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provokes emotion in public opinion, and therefore no pressure on rable economic or social conditions. An organization that works
decision makers. Moreover, nobody can prove that without preven- ;&!6$ !6&4$ )4$ )$ ,5&#"/&'"2$ ;%5/#$ +%'!.&85!"$ !%$ 0."("'!&',$ +%'7&+!4$
tive action, the crisis would have taken place. Prevention requires ;&!6&'$&!4$4%+&"!9<$N%;"(".2$3$!6&'B$.";).#&',$40"+&*+$&'!".("'!&%'4$
vision and courage. With its Prize, the Fondation Chirac wants to ."/)!"#$ !%$ !6"$ ">&4!"'+"$ %-$ )'$ &#"'!&*)8/"$ .&4B$ %-$ ).1"#$ +%'7&+!$
attract media attention and public opinion on the efforts of these constitutes a more solid anchor for both Fondation Prizes. Those
women and men, institutions, and civil society who have shown that have been awarded to date fully satisfy this criterion.
true vision and courage.
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for the Great Lakes Region of Africa until 2007 (Cultural and Geopolitical consultants specia- of the University for Peace (Costa Rica)
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at the International Crisis Group (ICG)
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9

12. 2009 FONDATION CHIRAC PRIZE LAUREATES
Imam Muhammad Ashafa
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I want to say thank you, thank you very much,
to the Fondation Chirac for having propelled us
to another level of local and international commit-
ment. This Prize has catapulted us to the top and
made us aware of those who, confronted with
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working with religious and political leaders to era-
dicate religious motivated violence around the
world.
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November 6, 2009
Rewarded on November 6, 2009 / Imam Muham-
mad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, for preventing
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The Kaduna State, where they originate, crystallizes all the country’s ten-
THEIR COMMITMENT
sions. Six million people live there, half Muslim and half Christian. Its capital
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fought in opposing religious groups, “religious activists, programmed to hate while evangelizing and Islamizing at all cost (...), we were
both victims of a situation that we helped create.” they explained. However, through the reinterpretation of their faith, each progressively
rejected violence and committed, together, to reconciliation against the will of their communities. The groups to which they had belonged,
struck by their evolution from aggressive militantism towards activism for peace, followed their lead.
Their example helped to appease
their society. “Accepting the other
for what he is. Creating spaces
where others can be what they
want, without having to disappear
within the crowd.” Muhammad
Ashafa et James Wuye are com-
mitted to spreading their model
of inter-religious dialogue beyond
Kaduna, to other sensitive areas
of Nigeria, and abroad.
Imam Ashafa and the Pastor Wuye
go beyond communities. They talk
to all sides, encouraging them
to come together around symbolic
actions such as “peace marches”.
Through their mediation, those
who ignored each other or were
involved in confrontations with
each other, learn to accept the
other’s differences. Both men
also participate in international
conferences (Iraq, Sudan, Bel-
gium, etc..) where they share
their experience and expertise.
10

13. 2009 SPECIAL JURY PRIZE LAUREATE
Park Jae-Kyu
Kyungnam University President
and former South Korean
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In the end, it is worthwhile to be determined, to be persistent,
and never give up, as proven by the dramatic change in interna-
tional relations between the 1960s to 1970s and now.
Professor at Kyungnam University, he founded in 1972 the Institute
of Studies for the Far East (IFES) to promote peace between the two
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versity. In late 1999, Kim Dae-Jung, President of the Republic of Korea,
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tion and reconciliation with North Korea. He returned to the presidency
of Kyungnam University in 2003. Park Jae-Kyu is the author of books
on Korean Relations: The Politics of North Korea ; The Foreign Relations
of North Korea and Nuclear Proliferation in Developing Countries.
Park Jae-Kyu played a major role in the
“Sunshine Policy”. Initiated by President HIS COMMITMENT
Kim Dae-Jung in the early 21st century, this +$%"['.%*("3%(,(G64*
policy has been marked by the summit and
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since the armistice of 1953. The Nobel
Peace Prize distinguished the efforts of
President Kim Dae-Jung. However, Park
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Korea and his positions in favor of inter-Ko-
rean dialogue were crucial to the Summit’s
success, in the opinion of many observers.
He helped to lay the institutional founda-
tions.
Although this step was followed by set-
backs and recent events have underlined
the instability of the situation (the sinking
of the Cheonan in April 2010, the attack
on the island of Yeongpyeong in Decem-
ber 2010), progress in 2000 showed that
inter-Korean relations can change course,
move from confrontation to cooperation,
and thus warm up. A positive process, the
result of Park Jae-Kyu’s extensive work,
was initiated.
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Naguib Sawiris
Chairman of Orascom Telecom Holding
Early on, the primary donor to risk of their lives, in preventing wars and communal vio-
the Fondation Chirac Prize, lence, despite the utter lack of media interest. The support
Egyptian Naguib Sawiris was of Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom Telecom Holding,
intrigued by the idea of an for the Fondation Chirac Prize, illustrates his desire to send
international tribute publicly a strong message to Egypt and the international community
offered to those who are fully about the importance of actions undertaken in the service
engaged, sometimes at the of peace.
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ignore Jacques Chirac’s stance efforts of President Chirac for they highlight anonymous individuals
during the Iraq War. I live in a who prevent wars. We must honor them. Finally, my family belongs
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ever threatened by
intolerance, obscu- It was within the walls of the Quai Branly Museum that on Fri-
rantism, fanaticism, day, November 5, 2010, President Jacques Chirac and members
and standardization, of the Jury, responsible for honoring individuals working for peace
the preservation of and reconciliation in the world, awarded Prizes to Mr. Mario Giro
cultural diversity and the recognition of the plurality of the arts re- and Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi. This strongly symbolic act, in a place
quire the commitment of all men. Art has always been a mediator %0"'$!%$">+6)',"2$;&//2$3$6%0"2$/")#$!%$'";$+)//&',4$)'#$6"/0$85&/#$
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to democratization, is a factor for rapprochement and a guarantee
of mutual enrichment.
David de Rothschild
President of The Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah
After the Holocaust, Created in 2000, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah
we can no longer say works to transmit knowledge about anti-Semitic persecution
we did not know. Whene- and violations of human rights perpetrated during the Second
ver hatred, racism, and World War, to help Holocaust survivors, and to encourage in-
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