"for their work for a better organized and

more peaceful world"

While clearly underlining the U.N.'s
traditional responsibility for peace and
security, Annan also emphasized its
obligations with regard to human rights.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2000

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2008
Martti Ahtisaari "for his important
efforts, on several continents and over
more than three decades, to resolve
international conflicts"
The Nobel Peace Prize 2002
Kim Dae-jung
"for his work for democracy and human
rights in South Korea and in East Asia in
general, and for peace and reconciliation
with North Korea in particular"
Through his "sunshine policy", Kim Dae-
jung attempted to overcome more than
fifty years of war and hostility between
North and South Korea.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1998

Jimmy Carter
"for his decades of untiring effort to find
John Hume and David Trimble
peaceful solutions to international
"for their efforts to find a peaceful
conflicts, to advance democracy and
solution to the conflict in Northern
human rights, and to promote economic
Ireland"
and social development"
Awarding the Nobel Prize to Hume and
During his time as President of the
Trimble expressed the desire for lasting
United States, Carter's mediation was a
peace in Northern Ireland, and to provide
vital contribution to the Camp David
inspiration for peaceful solutions to other
Accords between Israel and Egypt.
religious, ethnic and national conflicts
The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 around the world.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1996

United Nations (U.N.) and Kofi

Annan
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José
Ramos-Horta
"for their work towards a just and
peaceful solution to the conflict in East
Timor"
Belo and Ramos-Horta sought diplomatic
solutions to the conflict in East Timor
based on the people's right to self-
determination.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1994
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and
Yitzhak Rabin
"for their efforts to create peace in the
Middle East"
Through the Oslo Accords Arafat, Peres
and Rabin made substantial contributions
to a process through which peace and
cooperation could replace war and hate.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1987
Oscar Arias Sánchez
"for his work for peace in Central
America, efforts which led to the accord
signed in Guatemala on August 7 this
year"
As the main architect of the peace plan,
President Arias made an outstanding
contribution to the possible return of
stability and peace to a region long torn
by strife and civil war.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1978
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat and
Menachem Begin
Sadat and Begin received the Peace Prize
for their contribution to the two frame
agreements on peace in the Middle East,
and on peace between Egypt and Israel.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1971
Willy Brandt
For decades, Brandt tirelessly sought
peace in Eastern Europe.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1961
Dag Hammarskjöld
Through his "method of quiet
diplomacy", Hammarskjöld placed great
importance on the solution of disputes
through the medium of private discussion
between representatives of the individual
countries.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1957
Lester Bowles Pearson
In the 1950s, Pearson played a key role
in most of the important conferences
held for the solution of international
problems.
First published 10 October 2008.