The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
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"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Alfred Nobel was interested in social issues and was engaged in the peace movement. His acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner (who was later awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize) influenced his own views on peace. Perhaps his peace interest was also because his inventions were used in warfare and assassination attempts? Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Nobel mentioned in his will.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting (Parliament of Norway).
Olav Njølstad, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, answers questions about the Nobel Peace Prize.
Questions and answersNobel Peace Prizes have been awarded 1901-2017.
Peace Prizes have been divided between three persons.
women have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize so far.
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Peace Prize Laureate, Le Duc Tho, has declined the Nobel Peace Prize.
Peace Prize Laureates have been under arrest at the time of the award: German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
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Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the Peace Prize was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees.
More about the Nobel Peace Prize during the past centuryThe Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times - in 1917, 1944 and 1963
The Red Cross: Three-Time Recipient of the Peace PrizeHenry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross in 1863, was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. In accordance with his wishes he was carried to his grave «like a dog».
Read Henry Dunant's biographyThe Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Press releaseListen to the call when Olav Njølstad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivers the news to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
Listen to the callFollowing the announcement, Kaci Kullman Five, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and Olav Njølstad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, were interviewed about the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
Watch the interviewRead or listen to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' Nobel Lecture "Peace in Colombia: From the Impossible to the Possible".
Juan Manuel Santos' Nobel LectureThe 2015 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.
Press releaseListen to telephone interviews with the four representatives for the awarded key organizations in the National Dialogue Quartet.
Interviews and transcriptsAfter the announcement of the Peace Prize, Kaci Kullmann Five of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was interviewed about the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.
Watch the video interviewAll four representatives for the awarded key organizations in the National Dialogue Quartet delivered one part each of the Nobel Lecture at the Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
Read the lectureThe Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai.
More about the Peace PrizeIn his Nobel Lecture, Kailash Satyarthi, called for "a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace."
Malala Yousafzai dedicated her Peace Prize to "those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change."
In this interview clip, Kailash Satyarthi shares some memorable moments from the Nobel Days in Oslo, Norway.