Nobel Peace Prize

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The Nobel Peace Prize (pronounced with the stress on the second syllable of Nobel) is one of bequested by the industrialist and inventor . Four of the five prizes are awarded in each year, but Nobel had stipulated in his will that the Peace Prize could not be awarded in Sweden. Instead the capital of was chosen as the award site and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which members are chosen by the , is appointed to select the laureate for the Peace Prize.

According to the will of Alfred Nobel the prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving an issue, rather than upon the resolution of the issue. In this way, the Nobel Peace Prize differs from all the other Nobel prizes.

Laureates

This is a list of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates:

(Switzerland), founder of the and initiator of the . : (France), founder and president of the .

(Switzerland) and , honorary secretaries of the in Berne.

(UK), secretary of the .

(Gent, Belgium).

, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau (Austria), writer, honorary president of the .

(USA), president of the United States, for drawing up the peace treaty in the .

(Italy), president of the . : (France), professor of International Law.

(Sweden), founder of the . : (Denmark), honorary president of the .

(Belgium), member of the . : (France), founder and president of the French parliamentary group for international arbitration. Founder of the

Bureau International Permanent de la Paix (), Berne.

(Netherlands), initiator of the in The Hague. : (Austria), founder of .

(USA), for initiating various arbitration agreements.

(Belgium), president of the .

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Not awarded.

International , Geneva.

Not awarded.

(USA) for founding the .

, president of the Council of the .

(Sweden), prime minister, Swedish delegate to the Council of the . : (Norway), secretary-general of the

(Norway), Norwegian delegate to the , originator of the for refugees.

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Not awarded.

Sir (UK) for the . : (USA), chairman of the and originator of the .

(France) for the . : (Germany) for the .

(France), founder and president of the . : (Germany), delegate to numerous peace conferences.

Not awarded.

(USA) for the .

Archbishop (Sweden), leader of the ecumenical movement.

(USA), international president of the : (USA) for promoting the .

Not awarded.

(UK), writer, member of the Executive Committee of the and the .

(UK), chairman of the

(Germany), pacifist journalist.

(Argentina), president of the and mediator in a conflict between and .

, founder and president of the .

, Geneva.

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Not awarded.

International Committee of the (awarded retroactively in 1945).

(USA) for co-initiating the .

(USA), honorary international president of the : (USA), chairman of the and president of the

The Friends Service Council (UK) and The American Friends Service Committee (USA), on behalf of the , better known as the .

Not awarded.

(UK), director , president , president .

for mediating in (1948).

(France), president of the , vice president of the , vice president of the , member of the , delegate to the UN.

(France) for founding the in .

American Secretary of State for the .

The Office of the .

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Not awarded.

(Canada), president of the 7th session of the General Assembly.

(Belgium), leader of , a relief organization for refugees.

(UK), for his lifelong ardent work for international peace and co-operation.

(South Africa), president of the (African National Congress).

(Sweden), secretary-general of the (awarded posthumously).

(USA) for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.

International Committee of the , Geneva. : League of Societies, Geneva.

(USA), campaigner for civil rights.

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Not awarded.

(France), president of the .

(I.L.O.), Geneva.

(USA), for research at the .

(Germany), for 's Ostpolitik, embodying a new attitude towards Eastern Europe and .

Not awarded.

Secretary of State (USA) and Foreign Minister (Vietnam, declined) for the peace accord.

(Ireland), president of the and the Commission of of the . : (Japan), prime minister.

(USSR) for his campaigning for human rights.

and , founders of the (later renamed ).

, London, for its campaign against torture.

President (Egypt) and Prime Minister (Israel) for negotiating peace between and .

(India)

(Argentina), human rights

The Office of the .

(Sweden) and (Mexico), delegates to the General Assembly on Disarmament.

(Poland), founder of and campaigner for human rights.

Bishop (South Africa) for his work against .

, Boston.

(USA).

(Costa Rica) for initiating peace negotations in .

The , New York.

, the 14th .

President (USSR) for helping to end the .

(Burma), opposition leader and human rights advocate.

(Guatemala), for campaigning for human rights, especially for indigenous peoples.

President (South Africa) and Former President (South Africa).

PLO Chairman (Palestine), Foreign Minister (Israel) and Prime Minister (Israel), for concluding the .

(/) and the , for their efforts in the fight against nuclear arms.

() and (East Timor) for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor.

(ICBL) and () for their work for the banning and clearing of .

(UK) and (UK) for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the .

, Brussels.

President () for his work for democracy and human rights, and in particular for peace and reconciliation with .

The and its secretary-general ()

- former President of USA "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"

, human rights activist and democracy campaigner

See also: ,

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