by Susan | Jul 2, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1902 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two Swiss: Élie Ducommun, for his role as the first honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau and Charles Albert Gobat, For his role as the first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In his toast to...
by Susan | Jul 1, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1901 Nobel Peace Prize — the first! — was awarded to Henry Dunant, of Switzerland, for his role in founding the International Committee of the Red Cross and to Frédéric Passy, of France, for being one of the main founders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and also...