Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”

RECENT NOBEL LAUREATES

2015 Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet , “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”

2014 Kailash Satyarthi Malala Yousafzay India Pakistan “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”

2013 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “for its extensive efforts to eliminate
chemical weapons”

2012 European Union “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”

2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia Leymah Gbowee Liberia Tawakkul Karman Yemen “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”

2010 Liu Xiaobo China “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”

2009 Barack Obama U.S.“for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”

2008 Martti Ahtisaari Finland “for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”

Source: NobelPrize.org

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