The exhibit includes the following sections:

HISTORY of the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE and NOBEL LAUREATES FROM the 20th Century Description of the founder Alfred Nobel, and early Nobel Prize winners including the first recipient in 1901, Jean Henry Dunant, and the first woman Laureate, Bertha von Suttner in 1905.

The historical section also illustrates the work of the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen, who organized the first international refugee relief operation in the 1920's, President Woodrow Wilson, who first proposed the creation of the League of Nations, as well as Dag Hammarskjold, Albert Lutuli, Andrej Sakharov, and Oscar Arias Sanchez, among others.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS of LIVING NOBEL LAUREATES
Images from the collection of French photographer Micheline Pelletier who traveled around the world to capture the living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on film. The selection includes the following Laureates: Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Kim Dae Jung, Mikhail Gorbachev, Elie Wiesel, Rigoberta Menchu,Ramos Horta, Lech Walesa, Adolfo Esquivel, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Jody Williams, among others.

ARTISTS PORTFOLIO "Art for Freedom" Contemporary artworks by 17 Norwegian artists who donate this collection of lithographs and etchings each year to the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

"A DAY IN THE LIFE " PHOTOGRAPHS OF SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN in AFRICA and SOUTH Asia Photos of the UN Secretary-General on the road, by Tomas Muscionico and David Burnett, presented by Contact Press Images and Time Magazine.

TRIBUTE TO THE UN STAFF who shared the 2001 Peace Prize with UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan. United Nations staff: 2001 Nobel Peace Laureates. The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize is a fitting tribute to the work and dedication of UN civilian staff, humanitarian workers and peacekeepers,
many of whom have paid the ultimate price in the service of the Organization. In awarding the Peace Prize in two equal portions, both to the
Secretary-general and to the United Nations, the Nobel Committee recognizes “the broad mission of peace that UN staff members carry out every day in
every part of the world.” Unsung and often unnoticed, UN staff members help protect the vulnerable, feed the hungry and cure the sick. Today, they are engaged in clearing minefields in Afghanistan and Angola, providing basic security in the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping improve the rule of law in Kosovo, distributing food among the hungry in North Korea and comforting fleeing refugees in Sierra Leone. UN peace keepers, stationed in 15 locations scattered over our continents, stand in the middle between warring groups and help maintain peace. In discharging their duties, UN staff members have risked death. Many of them have been attacked, raped and kidnapped. Since 1948, at least 1700 peace keepers and civilians have lost their lives while on duty. In the last 12 months alone, 67 peace keepers and civilian personnel have died. These are everyday heroes who never make headlines. In gratitude and appreciation, we dedicate the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize to all those serving the United Nations, past, present and future.

CREDITS:
The Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Exhibition
is presented by:
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
Royal Norwegian Consulate General
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
The Norwegian Nobel Institute
United Nations Department of Public Information

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