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UNESCO Peace Prize 2022

March 3 , 2023 634 days 897 0
  • Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel received a prestigious UNESCO Peace Prize 2022.
  • Merkel was hailed for welcoming more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers to Germany in 2015 and 2016.
  • She was elected as first women Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and served 16 years.
  • UNESCO’s Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize was created in 1989.
  • It honours living individuals and active public or private bodies or institutions that have made significant contribution to peace.

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