Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to the United Nations System and representatives
(1945 - 2007)
2007:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Prize, divided equally with Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr., was awarded "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". (Nobelprize.org)
2005:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General
Prize awarded "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way". (Nobelprize.org)
2001:
United
Nations and Kofi Annan
Prize awarded for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world
1988:
United
Nations Peace-keeping Forces
Prize awarded for its peace-keeping operations
1981:
Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Prize awarded for its assistance to Asian refugees
1974:
Sean
MacBride, Ireland, 1904-1988
President of the International Peace Bureau, Geneva and UN Commissioner for Namibia.
The prize, awarded for his work of promoting the cause of human rights, was divided equally with the Prime Minister of Japan, Eisaku Sato
1969:
International
Labour Organization
Prize awarded for its progress in establishing workers' rights and protections
1965:
United
Nations Children's Fund
Prize awarded for its work in helping save lives of the world's children
1961:
Dag
Hammarskjöld, Sweden, 1905-1961.
UN Secretary-General (awarded the Prize posthumously)
The Prize was awarded posthumously for his work in helping settle the Congo crisis
1957:
Lester
Bowles Pearson, Canada, 1897-1972.
President of the 7th UN General Assembly (1952)
Prize awarded for a lifetime of work for peace and for leading UN efforts to resolve the Suez Canal crisis
1954:
Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
for its assistance to refugees
Price awarded in 1955 for 1954;
1950:
Ralph
Bunche, USA, 1904-1971
Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Director of the
UN Division of Trusteeship, mediator in Palestine in 1948
for his leadership in the armistice agreements signed in 1949 by Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
1949:
Lord
John Boyd Orr, United Kingdom, 1880-1971
first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
1945:
Cordell
Hull, USA, ex-Secretary of State, 1871-1955
for his leadership in establishing the UN
