Nobel Peace Prize Flashcards
2013
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
“for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”
2012
European Union
“for having over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”
2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 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
“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”
2007
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Al Gore
“for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”
2006
Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)
“for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work”
2005
International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt)
“for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way”
2004
Wangari Muta Maathai (Kenya)
“for her contribution for sustainable development, democracy and peace”
2003
Shirin Ebadi (Iran)
“for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused on the struggle for the rights of women and children”
2002
Jimmy Carter
“for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”
2001
United Nations Kofi Annan (Ghana)
“for their work for a better organised and more peaceful world”
2000
Kim Dae-jung (South Korea)
“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”
