ICN Diario, 18 June 2022
The President of the Schengen Peace Foundation, Vicky Hansen, announced the appointment of José Félix Bentz, current president of the Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona and of the Fundación de Fomento Europeo and delegate in Catalonia of the Philippe Cousteau Foundation, as the new president of the WPF (World Peace Forum) at international level.
On Friday 17 June, the 10th edition of the “Luxembourg Peace Prizes” took place in the historic Schuman Building (seat of the first European Parliament, Luxembourg), where the candidacy of the city of Barcelona to host the next WPF (WORLD PEACE FORUM) 2023 was officially announced.
At the same event, the Barcelona Pau 2025 Association and the FC Barcelona Foundation were awarded the “Outstanding Public Peace Efforts” and “Outstanding Sports for Peace” prizes respectively.
The event was attended by the Spanish ambassador in Luxembourg, Bernardo de Sicart Escoda, the delegate of the Government of Catalonia in Brussels, Gorka Knörr, as well as representatives of PIMEC, Isabel Galobardes, the delegate in Madrid, Guillermo Muñoz, the president of the Pau Barcelona 2025 Association, Josep Cuellar, representatives of the FC Barcelona Foundation, Yolanda Anti and Jesús Majem, and members of the Philippe Cousteau Foundation.
At the end of the event, and to round off Barcelona’s presence and participation in the event, the President of the Schengen Peace Foundation, Vicky Hansen, announced the appointment of José Félix Bentz, current President of the Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona and of the Fundación de Fomento Europeo and delegate in Catalonia of the Philippe Cousteau Foundation, as the new President of the WPF (World Peace Forum) at the international level.
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