The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Joseph Rotblat, for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics. Full name: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsNative name: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsFounded: 1957, Pugwash, CanadaDate awarded: 13 October 1995 Reducing…

Yitzhak Rabin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, for his efforts to create peace in the Middle East. Yitzhak Rabin Full name: Yitzhak RabinBorn: 1 March 1922, Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)Died: 4 November 1995, Tel Aviv, IsraelDate awarded: 14 October 1994 From militarism to reconciliation The…

Shimon Peres was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly, with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, for his efforts to create peace in the Middle East. Shimon Peres Full name: Shimon PeresBorn: 16 August 1923, Vishneva, Poland (now Belarus)Died: 28 September 2016, Tel Aviv, IsraelDate awarded: 14 October 1994 Reconciling with the Palestinians When the Arab-Israeli war…

Yasser Arafat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, for his efforts to create peace in the Middle East. Yasser Arafat Full name: Yasser ArafatBorn: 24 August 1929, Cairo, EgyptDied: 11 November 2004, Paris, FranceDate awarded: 14 October 1994 For negotiations with Israel The young Arafat experienced the Arabs’ crushing…

Frederik Willem de Klerk was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Nelson Mandela, for his work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. F.W. de Klerk Full name: Frederik Willem de KlerkBorn: 18 March 1936, Johannesburg, South AfricaDied: 11 November 2021, Cape Town,…

Rigoberta Menchú Tum was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle for social justice and reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. Rigoberta Menchú Tum Full name: Rigoberta Menchú TumBorn: 9 January 1959, Aldea Chimel, GuatemalaDate awarded: 16 October 1992 Promoting the rights of indigenous peoples 1992 marked the 500th anniversary…

Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi. Full name: Aung San Suu KyiBorn: 19 June 1945, Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)Date awarded: 14 October 1991 Champion of democracy Aung San Suu Kyi led the opposition to the…

Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the radical changes that brought the Cold War to an end. Mikhail Gorbachev Full name: Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevBorn: 2 March 1931, Privolnoye, USSR (now Russia)Died: 30 August 2022, Moscow, RussiaDate awarded: 15 October 1990 From the Cold War to cooperation The Cold…

The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations. Full name: United Nations Peacekeeping ForcesNative name: United Nations Peacekeeping ForcesFounded: 1948, New York, NY, USADate awarded: 29 September 1988 The Blue Helmets Toward the end of the Cold War, the Norwegian Nobel Committee showed its…

The 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the Tibetan people. The 14th Dalai Lama Full name: The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)Born: 6 July 1935, Taktser, Tibet (now China)Date awarded: 5 October…