The noble peace prize – A history
In the 1890’s, Norwegian, Alfred Nobel donated his large fortune to the Nobel prizes.
He dedicated the award to “The person who shall 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 congress”.
The united nations General Kofi Annan (Left) were chosen.
“ For their work for a better organized and more peaceful world...achieve peace and security in the world and of international mobilization
aimed at meeting the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges”
Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, shared the first Nobel peace prize in 1901 with Frederic Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time.
In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel peace prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.
The nobel peace prize has been awarded to 120 laureates – 97 times to individuals and 23 times to organizations.
Of the 97 individuals awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 12 are women.
The work of the Red cross has been awarded 3 times. Others such as Amnesty international and International Panel on Climate change.
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