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The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' along with prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature was established in 1901 with funds bequeathed by [[Alfred Nobel]], a pioneer in the development of industrial explosives.  The prize, which is generally considered the most prestigious in the world, is awarded each year to individuals and organizations who are deemed to have done the most to advance the cause of world peace.  "In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control."<ref>The Nobel Foundation Electronic document, [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/], accessed June 2, 2008.</ref>  In recent years, [[Kofi Annan]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Muhammad Yunus]], [[Al Gore]] and [[Barack Obama]] have numbered among those awarded the prize. Earlier recipients have included [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] and [[Jane Addams]]
The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' along with prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature was established in 1901 with funds bequeathed by [[Alfred Nobel]], a pioneer in the development of industrial explosives.  The prize, which is generally considered the most prestigious in the world, is awarded each year to individuals and organizations who are deemed to have done the most to advance the cause of world peace.  "In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control."<ref>The Nobel Foundation Electronic document, [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/], accessed June 2, 2008.</ref>  In recent years, [[Kofi Annan]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Muhammad Yunus]], [[Al Gore]] and [[Barack Obama]] have numbered among those awarded the prize. Earlier recipients have included [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] and [[Jane Addams]]
==Recipients==
*2017 [[International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons]]
*2016 [[Juan Manuel Santos]]
*2015 National Dialogue Quartet (Tunisia)
*2014 [[Malala Yousafzai]] and [[Kailash Satyarthi]]. At 17, the former is the youngest ever winner of a Nobel prize
*2013 [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW)
*2012 [[European Union]] (EU)
*2011 [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], [[Leymah Gbowee]] and [[Tawakkul Karman]]
*2010 [[Liu Xiaobo]]
*2009 [[Barack Obama|Barack H. Obama]]
*2008 [[Martti Ahtisaari]]
*2007 [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC), [[Al Gore|Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.]]
*2006 [[Muhammad Yunus]], [[Grameen Bank]]
*2005 [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei
*2004 [[Wangari Muta Maathai]]
*2003 [[Shirin Ebadi]]
*2002 [[Jimmy Carter]]
*2001 [[United Nations]] (U.N.), [[Kofi Annan]]
*2000 [[Kim Dae-jung]]
*1999 [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
*1998 [[John Hume]], [[David Trimble]]
*1997 [[International Campaign to Ban Landmines]] (ICBL), [[Jody Williams]]
*1996 [[Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo]], [[José Ramos-Horta]]
*1995 [[Joseph Rotblat]], [[Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs]]
*1994 [[Yasser Arafat]], [[Shimon Peres]], [[Yitzhak Rabin]]
*1993 [[Nelson Mandela]], [[Frederik Willem de Klerk]]
*1992 [[Rigoberta Menchú Tum]]
*1991 [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]
*1990 [[Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]]
*1989 The [[14th Dalai Lama]] (Tenzin Gyatso)
*1988 [[United Nations Peacekeeping Forces]]
*1987 [[Oscar Arias Sánchez]]
*1986 [[Elie Wiesel]]
*1985 [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]]
*1984 [[Desmond Mpilo Tutu]]
*1983 [[Lech Wałęsa]]
*1982 [[Alva Myrdal]], [[Alfonso García Robles]]
*1981 [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR)
*1980 [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]]
*1979 [[Mother Teresa]]
*1978 [[Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat]], [[Menachem Begin]]
*1977 [[Amnesty International]]
*1976 [[Betty Williams]], [[Mairead Corrigan]]
*1975 [[Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov]]
*1974 [[Seán MacBride]], [[Eisaku Sato]]
*1973 [[Henry A. Kissinger]], [[Le Duc Tho]]
*1972 The prize money for 1972 was not awarded and instead allocated to the Main Fund<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1972/ Recipient for 1972]</ref>
*1971 [[Willy Brandt]]


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The Nobel Peace Prize along with prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature was established in 1901 with funds bequeathed by Alfred Nobel, a pioneer in the development of industrial explosives. The prize, which is generally considered the most prestigious in the world, is awarded each year to individuals and organizations who are deemed to have done the most to advance the cause of world peace. "In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control."[1] In recent years, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Yunus, Al Gore and Barack Obama have numbered among those awarded the prize. Earlier recipients have included Nicholas Murray Butler and Jane Addams

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  1. ↑ The Nobel Foundation Electronic document, http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/, accessed June 2, 2008.
  2. ↑ Recipient for 1972
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