Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1949
Number:3 - 4
 
Nominee:
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)
 
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.
 
Nominator:
Name:Ignazio Molino
Gender:M
Profession:Foreign Minister
City:Panama City
Country:PANAMA (PA)
 
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.