Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1901 |
Number: | 35 - 8 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | The Permanent International Peace Bureau |
Profession: | Central office for coordination of peace activities. |
City: | Bern |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910 |
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Motivation: | The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Samuel Baart de la Faille |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
City: | The Hague |
Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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Comments: |
Dr. de la Faille wanted to draw the Norwegian Nobel Committee's attention to the following candidates as worthy recipients of the peace prize: 1. the International Peace Bureau and Ducommun 2. Passy 3. Dunant 4. Suttner 5. Bloch 6. ten Kate. |
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