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The 1901 Nobel Peace Prize was the first peace prize resulting from Alfred Nobel's will to recognize in the preceding year those who "have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
As of October 2023, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals and 27 organizations; 19 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than for any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations ...
Nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. [7] Only two recipients have won multiple Peace Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944 and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). [6]
There are Nobel Prizes for different categories, though not every prize is awarded each year. In fact, one category has only been handed out 55 times.
The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 6 in Oslo. The leader of the U.S. civil rights movement was "the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a ...
Beernaert won the Nobel Peace Prize for "inter-parliamentary work and [appearances] at the international peace conferences at the Hague in 1899 and 1907." He was also prime minister of Belgium ...
Won the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize but was awarded in absentia because he was imprisoned and was refused a passport by the government of Germany. [377] Carlos Saavedra Lamas [hv] 1 November 1878 Buenos Aires, Argentina 5 May 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1935, 1936, 1937 [378] Won the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize. [379] Miguel Ángel Araújo 1858
For being meritorious in the cause of peace (since 1931) Norway: Nobel Peace Prize: Norwegian Nobel Committee: For doing the most or best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies. and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses (since 1901) Norway: Student Peace Prize: Student Peace Prize ...