UNESCO / FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY PEACE PRIZE

The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a non-governmental organization that has been working for over 30 years to locate the families of children kidnapped and "disappeared" during the military dictatorship in Argentina, received the 2010 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize at UNESCO headquarters today in the presence of the Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Côte d'Ivoire Alassane Dramane Ouattara and several other Heads of State or Government. UNESCO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:50
• Production Date: 14 September 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: ARGENTINA
• MAMS Id: U110914k

Description

STORY: UNESCO / FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY PEACE PRIZE
TRT: 00.50
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE; 14 SEPTEMBER 2011, PARIS, FRANCE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President of Argentina arrives to the UNESCO headquarters and is greeted by Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General
2. Various shots, Kirchner and Bokova at a ceremony prior to the award ceremony
3. Various shots, Irina hands award to Grandmother Estela de Carloto
4. Wide shot, audience
5. Med shot, Kirchner and Carloto
6. Wide shot, Audience

Storyline

The Grandmothers of the “Plaza de Mayo”, a non-governmental organization that has been working for over 30 years to locate the families of children kidnapped and “disappeared” during the military dictatorship in Argentina, received the 2010 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize at UNESCO headquarters today at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.

The ‘Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo’ were represented at the ceremony by Estela de Carlotto, President of the Organization, on whose behalf she will receive a cheque for USD $150.000, a gold medal and a peace diploma, Carloto was also accompanied by Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

The ‘Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo’ was founded in 1977 to locate the biological families of children kidnapped during the political repression of the military dictatorship in Argentina. It seeks to ensure that such violations of children’s rights never happen again by demanding the prosecution of all those responsible for the tragedy.

The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize - created in 1989 and awarded by UNESCO annually – honours people, institutions and organizations that have contributed significantly to the promotion, research, preservation or maintaining of peace, mindful of the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO.

Previous laureates of the Prize include Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. De Klerk; Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat; King Juan Carlos of Spain and former US President Jimmy Carter; Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari; and the former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.