Fondation Chirac

• conflict prevention
• access to water and sanitation
• access to quality medicines and healthcare
• access to land resources
• and preservation of cultural diversity

History

• Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize.
• Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of Colombia.
• Abdou Diouf, former President of Senegal.
• Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, former President of Mauritania.
• Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize.
• Youssou N'Dour, artist, Minister of Tourism and Culture of Senegal.

  Organizational structure

Board of the Fondation Chirac

• Jacques Chirac : President
• Jean-Pierre Lafon : Vice-President
• Bernard Vatier: Vice-President and legal advisor.
• Valérie Terranova: Council Secretary
• Marie-Hélène Bérard: Treasurer

  Board of Directors

• Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Photographer, journalist, writer and environmentalist.
• Marie-Hélène Bérard, President and CEO of MHB SA.
• Michel Camdessus, Director of the Treasury, Governor of the Bank of France, and Director General of the International Monetary Fund.
• Catherine Colonna, Ambassador of France to UNESCO until 2010.
• Geneviève Ferone, Director of Sustainable Development at Veolia Environnement.
• Marc Gentilini, President of the Pan-African Organization against AIDS and Honorary President and Member of the French National Academy of Medicine.
• Jean-Pierre Lafon, Ambassador of France.
• Tristan Lecomte, Founder and President of Fair Trade importers Alter Eco.
• Stéphane Martin, President of the public establishment of the Quai Branly Museum.
• Fadi Nahas, Ecuadorian Honorary Consul General in Turkey and Chairman of NA Plus SA.
• René Ricol, President of Ricol Lasteyrie.
• Jean-Michel Severino, Director of the French Development Agency from 2001 to 2010.
• Valérie Terranova, strategy consultant.
• Bernard Vatier, Lawyer, former President of the Paris bar.

  Honour Committee

• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of thé Federal Republic of Brazil, founder of the “Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development".
• François Cheng, Member of the Académie française.
• Joaquim Alberto Chissano, President of the Republic of Mozambique, President of the “Chissano Foundation”.
• Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada.
• Abdou Diouf, President of the Republic of Senegal, Secretary General of the International Organization of French-speaking communities.
• Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of the Republic of Iceland, UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for languages.
• Enrique V. Iglesias, President of the InterAmerican Development Bank, former Minister of Foreign Affaires of Uruguay.
• Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.
• Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO.
• Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize 1992, President of Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation.
• Louis Michel, Member of the Federal Parliament of Belgium, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and Vice Prime Minister.
• Youssou N’Dour, artist, goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the FAO, and Amnesty International.
• Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Economist and Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• Andres Pastrana Arango, President of the Republic of Colombia.
• Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio.
• Ismaïl Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
• Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
• Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia.
• Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Director of the Grameen Bank.