The 1907 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, of Italy, for his work as a key leader of the Italian peace movement and to Louis Renault, of France, for his work as a leading French international jurist and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Moneta coined the phrase that is now the motto of the European Union: In varietate unitas! (Unity in Diversity!)
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Since 1901 it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who 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 congresses” Over the next few months we’ll be introducing you to the past Nobel laureates, leading up to the award of the 2016 prize in October.
