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UWC Wins 2017 Luxembourg Peace Prize

3 July 2017

UWC Receives Award for Outstanding Peace Education

UWC is pleased to announce that on 30 June 2017, UWC was presented with the sixth annual Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Peace Education. This award seeks to recognize educational organizations fostering a culture of peace globally, and is presented each year as part of the World Peace Forum, an event organised by the Schengen Peace Foundation.


UWC was represented in Luxembourg by UWC International Board Vice-Chair Jill Longson. The Luxembourg Peace Prize was founded in 2012, and honours leaders and innovators in the following fields: Peace Activism, Peace Education, Peace Organization, Public Peace Efforts, Peace Support, Peace Technology, Youth Peacemaking, Peace Process, Environmental Peace and Peace Journalism.

For more information on the Luxembourg Peace Prize and its distinguished laureates, please visit its website

Attendees of the sixth annual Luxembourg Peace Prize awards ceremony stand around the United Nations Flag Mandala, presented by Mr. Patrick Petit from the World Peace Prayer Society, Japan. 
Photos: Luxembourg Peace Prize