| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 3 - 3 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante y Sirvén |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1865 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Profession: | Professor of International Law |
| University: | University of Havana |
| City: | Havana |
| Country: | CUBA (CU) |
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| Motivation: | Bustamante advocated international co-operation, especially in Latin America. He wanted to use international law as a means to achieve mutual understanding and to establish a common law system that could be used to solve international disputes. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Neftali Ponce |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Foreign Minister |
| Country: | ECUADOR (EC) |
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| Comments: |
Bustamante had been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration from 1908 to 1926, and he had been a member of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1921 to 1939. |
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