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The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats. It was founded in 1957 by Joseph Rotblat and Bertrand Russell in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, following the ...
The Nobel Peace Prize was first awarded in 1901 to Frédéric Passy and Henry Dunant, who shared a prize of 150,782 Swedish kronor (equal to 7,731,004 kronor in 2008), and most recently in 2023 to Narges Mohammadi .
This list is a work in progress and should be cross checked with other sources. (A more comprehensive list is available at the United Nations System article.)UN specialized agencies are:- •FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization. •ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization. •IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development.
This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable ...
Muriel Duckworth (1908–2009) – Canadian pacifist, feminist and community activist, founder of Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace. Élie Ducommun (1833–1906) – Swiss pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Peggy Duff (1910–1981) – British peace activist, socialist, founder and first General Secretary of CND.
Nobel Peace Prize. · 1970 →. The 1969 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations agency International Labour Organization (founded in 1919) "for creating international legislation insuring certain norms for working conditions in every country." [1] The agency became the ninth organization awarded with a Nobel Prize.
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding. Women Cross DMZ. Women's Federation for World Peace. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Women's Peace Union. World Academy of Art and Science. World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention. World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (b. 1976) "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea ." [ 1] The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 11 October 2019.