by Susan | Aug 25, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The Prize was not awarded in 1972. The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger, of the United States, and to Le Duc Tho, of North Vietnam, for the Paris agreement intended to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam war and a withdrawal of the American...
by Susan | Aug 24, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1971 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in western Europe through the EEC and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe....
by Susan | Aug 23, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1970 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Norman E. Borlaug, of the United States, Director of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center; for his contributions to the “green revolution” that was having such an impact on food production...
by Susan | Aug 22, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Uncategorized
The 1969 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Labour Organization. The preamble to the ILO’s constitution states, “Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice.” This award was presented 50...
by Susan | Aug 21, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded in 1966 or 1967. The 1968 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to René Cassin, of France, President of the European Court for Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, who died in 1962, was the chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human...
by Susan | Aug 20, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1965 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In her presentation speech, Mrs. Aase Lionaes, a member of the Nobel Committee, said this, which is still true today: “Today the people of the developing countries are...
