Thursday, January 9, 2014

List of all Nobel Peace Prizes awarded

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 94 times to 126 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2013, 101 individuals and 25 organizations. Since the International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times (in 1917, 1944 and 1963), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize two times (in 1954 and 1981), there are 22 individual organizations which have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize


YearAwardeeCountryGiven for
1901Henry DunantSwitzerlandFor his role in founding the International Committee of the Red Cross
1901Frédéric PassyFrance"[For] being one of the main founders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and also the main organizer of the first Universal Peace Congress"
1902Élie DucommunSwitzerland"[For his role as] the first honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau"
1902Charles Albert Gobat "[For his role as the] first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union"
1903William Randal CremerUnited Kingdom"[For his role as the] the 'first father' of the Inter-Parliamentary Union"
1904Institute of International LawBelgium"[F]or its efforts as an unofficial body to formulate the general principles of the science of international law"
1905Bertha von SuttnerAustria-HungaryFor authoring Lay Down Your Arms and contributing to the creation of the Prize
1906Theodore RooseveltUnited States" his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese war and for his interest in arbitration, having provided the Hague arbitration court with its very first case"
1907Ernesto Teodoro MonetaItaly"[For his work as a] key leader of the Italian peace movement"
1907Louis RenaultFrance"[For his work as a] leading French international jurist and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague"
1908Klas Pontus ArnoldsonSweden"[For his work as] founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League"
1908Fredrik BajerDenmark"[For being] the foremost peace advocate in Scandinavia, combining work in the Inter-Parliamentary Union with being the first president of the International Peace Bureau"
1909Auguste BeernaertBelgium"[For being a] representative to the two Hague conferences, and a leading figure in the Inter-Parliamentary Union"
1909Paul Henri d'Estournelles de ConstantFrance"[For] combined diplomatic work for Franco-German and Franco-British understanding with a distinguished career in international arbitration"
1910Permanent International Peace BureauSwitzerland"[For acting] as a link between the peace societies of the various countries"
1911Tobias AsserNetherlands"[For being a] member of the Court of Arbitration as well as the initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law"
1911Alfred FriedAustria-Hungary"[For his work as] founder of the German Peace Society"
1912Elihu RootUnited States"[F]or his strong interest in international arbitration and for his plan for a world court"
1913Henri La FontaineBelgium"[For his work as] head of the International Peace Bureau"
1914   
1915   
1916   
1917International Committee of the Red CrossSwitzerland"[For undertaking] the tremendous task of trying to protect the rights of the many prisoners of war on all sides [of World War I], including their right to establish contacts with their families"
1918   
1919Woodrow WilsonUnited States"[F]or his crucial role in establishing the League"
1920Léon BourgeoisFrance"[For his participation] in both the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907" and for his work towards "what became the League to such an extent that he was frequently called its 'spiritual father'"
1921Hjalmar BrantingSweden"[F]or his work in the League of Nations"
1921Christian LangeNorway"[For his work as] the first secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee" and "the secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union"
1922Fridtjof NansenNorway"[For] his work in aiding the millions in Russia struggling against famine" and "his work for the refugees in Asia Minor and Thrace"
1923   
1924   
1925Austen ChamberlainUnited KingdomFor work on the Locarno Treaties
1925Charles G. DawesUnited States"[F]or [work on] the Dawes Plan for German reparations which was seen as having provided the economic underpinning of the Locarno Pact of 1925"
1926Aristide BriandFranceFor work on the Locarno Treaties
1926Gustav StresemannGermany 
1927Ferdinand BuissonFrance"[For] contributions to Franco-German popular reconciliation"
1927Ludwig QuiddeGermany 
1928   
1929Frank B. KelloggUnited States"[F]or the Kellogg-Briand pact, whose signatories agreed to settle all conflicts by peaceful means and renounced war as an instrument of national policy"
1930Nathan SöderblomSweden"[F]or his efforts to involve the churches not only in work for ecumenical unity, but also for world peace"
1931Jane AddamsUnited States"[F]or her social reform work" and "leading the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom"
1931Nicholas Murray Butler "[For his promotion] of the Briand-Kellogg pact" and for his work as the "leader of the more establishment-oriented part of the American peace movement"
1932   
1933Norman AngellUnited KingdomFor authoring The Great Illusion and for being a "supporter of the League of Nations as well as an influential publicist [and] educator for peace in general"
1934Arthur HendersonUnited Kingdom"[F]or his work for the League, particularly its efforts in disarmament"
1935Carl von OssietzkyGermany"[For his] struggle against Germany's rearmament"
1936Carlos Saavedra LamasArgentina"[F]or his mediation of an end to the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia"
1937Robert CecilUnited KingdomFor his work with the League of Nations
1938Nansen International Office for RefugeesLeague of NationsFor its work in aiding refugees
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1944International Committee of the Red CrossSwitzerland"[F]or the great work it has performed during the war in behalf of humanity"
1945Cordell HullUnited States"[For] his fight against isolationism at home, his efforts to create a peace bloc of states on the American continents, and his work for the United Nations Organization"
1946Emily Greene BalchUnited States"Formerly Professor of History and Sociology; Honorary International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom"
1946John Raleigh Mott "Chairman, International Missionary Council; President, World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations"
1947Friends Service CouncilUnited Kingdom"compassion for others and the desire to help them"
1947American Friends Service CommitteeUnited States 
1948   
1949The Lord Boyd-OrrUnited Kingdom"Physician; Alimentary Politician; Prominent organizer and Director, General Food and Agricultural Organization; President, National Peace Council and World Union of Peace Organizations"
1950Ralph BuncheUnited States"Professor, Harvard University Cambridge, MA; Director, division of Trusteeship, U.N.; Acting Mediator in Palestine, 1948"
1951Léon JouhauxFrance"President of the International Committee of the European Council, vice president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, vice president of the World Federation of Trade Unions, member of the ILO Council, delegate to the United Nations"
1952Albert SchweitzerFrance"Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon)"
1953George Catlett MarshallUnited States"General President American Red Cross; Former Secretary of State and of Defense; Delegate U.N.; Originator of [the] 'Marshall Plan'"
1954United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations"An international relief organization founded by the U.N. in 1951"
1955   
1956   
1957Lester Bowles PearsonCanada"former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada; former President of the 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly";["for his role in trying to end the Suez conflict and to solve the Middle East question through the United Nations."
1958Georges PireBelgium"Father in the Dominican Order; Leader of the relief organization for refugees "L'Europe du Coeur au Service du Monde""
1959Philip J. Noel-BakerUnited Kingdom"Member of Parliament; lifelong ardent worker for international peace and co-operation"
1960Albert LutuliSouth Africa"President of the African National Congress," "was in the very forefront of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa."
1961Dag HammarskjöldSweden"Secretary General of the U.N.," awarded "for strengthening the organization."
1962Linus Carl PaulingUnited States"for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing"
1963International Committee of the Red CrossSwitzerlandFor their work in the protection of human rights in the ICRC's 100 years of existence.
1963League of Red Cross Societies  
1964Martin Luther King, Jr.United StatesCampaigner for civil rights, "first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence."
1965United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)United Nations"An international aid organization."
1966   
1967   
1968René CassinFrance"President of the European Court for Human Rights"
1969International Labour OrganizationUnited Nations 
1970Norman E. BorlaugUnited States"International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center;" "for his contributions to the "green revolution" that was having such an impact on food production particularly in Asia and in Latin America."
1971Willy BrandtWest Germany"Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; for West Germany's Ostpolitik"
1972   
1973Henry KissingerUnited States"For the 1973 Paris agreement intended to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam war and a withdrawal of the American forces"
1973Le Duc ThoNorth Vietnam 
1974Seán MacBrideIreland"President of the International Peace Bureau; President of the Commission of Namibia.""For his strong interest in human rights: piloting the European Convention on Human Rights through the Council of Europe, helping found and then lead Amnesty International and serving as secretary-general of the International Commission of Jurists"
1974Eisaku SatōJapan"Prime Minister of Japan," "for his renunciation of the nuclear option for Japan and his efforts to further regional reconciliation"
1975Andrei Dmitrievich SakharovSoviet Union"[for his] struggle for human rights, for disarmament, and for cooperation between all nations"
1976Betty WilliamsUnited Kingdom/Ireland"Founder[s] of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People)"
1976Mairead Corrigan  
1977Amnesty InternationalUnited Kingdom"[for] protecting the human rights of prisoners of conscience"
1978Mohamed Anwar Al-SadatEgypt"for the Camp David Agreement, which brought about a negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"
1978Menachem BeginIsrael 
1979Mother TeresaIndia"Founder of Missionaries of Charity"
1980Adolfo Pérez EsquivelArgentina"Human rights leader;" "founded non-violent human rights organizations to fight the military junta that was ruling his country (Argentina)."
1981United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations"An international relief organization founded by the U.N. in 1951"
1982Alva MyrdalSweden"[for] their magnificent work in the disarmament negotiations of the United Nations, where they have both played crucial roles and won international recognition"
1982Alfonso García RoblesMexico 
1983Lech WałęsaPoland"Founder of Solidarność; campaigner for human rights"
1984Desmond TutuSouth Africa"Bishop of Johannesburg; former Secretary General, South African Council of Churches"
1985International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear WarUnited StatesFor "authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare. The committee believes that this in turn contributes to an increase in the pressure of public opposition to the proliferation of atomic weapons and to a redefining of priorities, with greater attention being paid to health and other humanitarian issues."
1986Elie WieselUnited States"Chairman of "The President's Commission on the Holocaust""
1987Óscar AriasCosta Rica"for his work for peace in Central America, efforts which led to the accord signed in Guatemala on August 7 this year"
1988United Nations Peace-Keeping ForcesUnited Nations"[for] their efforts [that] have made important contributions towards the realization of one of the fundamental tenets of the United Nations"
198814th Dalai Lama In his struggle for the liberation of Tibet [he] consistently has opposed the use of violence. He has instead advocated peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people.
1990Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevSoviet UnionPresident of the Soviet Union, "for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community"
1991Aung San Suu KyiBurma"for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights"
1992Rigoberta MenchúGuatemala"for her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples"
1993Nelson MandelaSouth Africa"for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"
1993Frederik Willem de Klerk  
1994Yasser ArafatPalestine"to honour a political act which called for great courage on both sides, and which has opened up opportunities for a new development towards fraternity in the Middle East."
1994Yitzhak RabinIsrael 
1994Shimon Peres  
1995Joseph RotblatUnited Kingdom"for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms"
1995Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsCanada 
1996Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloEast Timor"for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor."
1996José Ramos-Horta  
1997International Campaign to Ban LandminesSwitzerland"for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines"
1997Jody WilliamsUnited States 
1998John HumeIreland"for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland"
1998David TrimbleUnited Kingdom 
1999Médecins Sans FrontièresSwitzerland"in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents"
2000Kim Dae-jungSouth Korea"for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular"
2001United NationsUnited Nations"for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"
2001Kofi AnnanGhana 
2002Jimmy CarterUnited States"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"
2003Shirin EbadiIran"for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."
2004Wangari Muta MaathaiKenya"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
2005International Atomic Energy AgencyUnited Nations"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"
2005Mohamed ElBaradeiEgypt 
2006Muhammad YunusBangladesh"for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work"
2006Grameen Bank  
2007Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeUnited Nations"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"
2007Al GoreUnited States 
2008Martti AhtisaariFinland"for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"
2009Barack ObamaUnited States"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
2010Liu XiaoboChina"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"
2011Ellen Johnson SirleafLiberia"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work"
2011Leymah Gbowee  
2011Tawakkul KarmanYemen 
2012European Union (EU)Europe"for [having] over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."
2013Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsInternational"for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons."

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