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The 1965 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations agency United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (founded in 1946) "for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states." The agency became the eighth organization awarded with a Nobel Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1965 was awarded to United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) "for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states"
Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes; he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. [6] At 17 years of age, Malala Yousafzai, the 2014 recipient, is the youngest to be awarded the Peace Prize.
YearLaureate (birth/death)CountryRationaleNarges Mohammadi (born 1972)Iran"for her fight against the oppression of ...Centre for Civil Liberties (founded ...Ukraine"The Peace Prize laureates represent ...Memorial (founded 1989)Russia"The Peace Prize laureates represent ...Ales Bialiatski (born 1962)Belarus"The Peace Prize laureates represent ...The organization's work was strengthened when the UN adopted a Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959. According to the Nobel Committee, UNICEF's activities marked a breakthrough for the idea of solidarity between nations, which helped to reduce the difference between rich and poor states.
Unlike the other prizes, the Peace Prize may be awarded to an institution. It is conferred by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. The table provides a list of winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
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A comprehensive list of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2022-1901 ( also available in alphabetical arrangement )