The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Jody Williams, for their efforts to ban and remove anti-personnel landmines. Full name: International Campaign to Ban LandminesNative name: International Campaign to Ban LandminesFounded: 1992, USADate awarded: 10 October 1997 Turning point for a landmine-free world There are currently 100 million anti-personnel…

José Ramos-Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Jointly with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. José Ramos-Horta Full name: José Ramos-HortaBorn: 26 December 1949, Dili, East TimorDate awarded: 11 October 1996 Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister and President After its liberation from Indonesia,…

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with José Ramos-Horta, for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Full name: Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloBorn: 3 February 1948, Wailacama, East TimorDate awarded: 11 October 1996 The courageous bishop of peace Shortly after…

has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1996, in two equal parts, to Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. In 1975 Indonesia took control of East Timor and began systematically oppressing the people. In the years that…

Joseph Rotblat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, for his efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics. Joseph Rotblat. Full name: Joseph RotblatBorn: 4 November 1908, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)Died: 31 August 2005, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 13 October 1995 Scientist…

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,…