2019 Nobel Peace Prize

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Nobel prize medal.svg 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed with LI Yong 2018 (cropped).jpeg
"for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."
Date
Location Oslo, Norway
Presented by Norwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)9.0 million SEK (830.000 €)
First award1901
Website Official website
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The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (born 1976) "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea." [1] The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 11 October 2019.

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One year after Abiy received the prize, he presided over the outbreak of the Tigray War, which saw hundreds of thousands of casualties and led to the displacement of more than 800,000 persons. [2] In response to the outbreak of hostilities, the Norwegian Nobel Committee released a statement in January 2022 which called the humanitarian situation "extremely serious"; said the lack of delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray was "unacceptable"; and observed that "As Prime Minister and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy Ahmed has a special responsibility to end the conflict and help to create peace." [3]

Since Abiy was awarded the prize, his leadership during Tigray War has been characterized by media organizations such as The Guardian, Der Spiegel, NPR, and CNN as genocidal. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Candidates

Nominations confirmed by the various News Agencies
ImageNomineeCountryMotivationsNominator(s)Source
Donald Trump official portrait.jpg Donald Trump (born 1946)Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his efforts to make peace with North Korea and handling its nuclear program." Luke Messer, member of the American Republican Party [8] [9]
Zoran Zaev official portrait 2020 (cropped).jpg Zoran Zaev (born 1974)Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia "for their efforts to end a 27-year dispute through a historic agreement between their countries."members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
3 members of the European Parliament 		[10] [11] [12]
Alexis Tsipras, prime minister of Greece.jpg Alexis Tsipras (born 1974)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Greta Thunberg urges MEPs to show climate leadership (49618310531) (cropped).jpg Greta Thunberg (born 2003)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "for her influential activism to make world leaders open their eyes to global climate crisis." Freddy André Øvstegård, Mona Fagerås, and Lars Haltbrekken, members of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party [13] [14] [15]
Ilwad Elman 2012 by Eunice Lau in her fim Through the Fire (cropped).png Ilwad Elman (born 1989)Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		"for her work with the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Somalia." [16]
Jacinda Ardern 2020.jpg Jacinda Ardern (born 1980)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand "for her quick response to tackle the situation after the Christchurch terror attack." [17] [15]
Jose Andres Puerta 2012 Shankbone.JPG José Andrés (born 1969)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		"for his work on food and hunger humanitarianism, and his disaster relief efforts with World Central Kitchen." John Delaney, member of the American Democratic Party [18] [19]
Abiy Ahmed at the African Union 2018.jpg Abiy Ahmed (born 1976)Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia "for establishing a peace treaty to end the Eritrean–Ethiopian War." [15]
Raoni le 24 septembre 2011.JPG Raoni Metuktire (born 1932)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for his lifelong efforts to protect nature and the rights of indigenous people in the Amazon."Darcy Ribeiro Foundation [15] [20] [21]
RichardsonAmb.jpg Bill Richardson (born 1947)Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for decades of work on behalf of hostages and prisoners held in several nations, including North Korea." Tom Udall, member of American Democratic Party [22] [23]
Professor Ilham Tohti (cropped).jpg Ilham Tohti (born 1969)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China "for his commitment to peaceful interethnic dialogue between Uyghurs and China's Han majority."members of the U.S. House of Representatives [24]
Dr. Mark Kline.png Mark Kline Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his work with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care and treatment." Texas Children's Hospital [25]
RSF 2020 logo min.svg Reporters Without Borders (founded in 1985)Flag of France.svg  France "for promoting media freedom and protecting journalists around the world." [15]
Foro Penal (founded in 2005)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela "for their work fighting injustice and being guarantors of freedom for each of the political prisoners arbitrarily detained during the regime of Nicolás Maduro." [26]
Blank.png Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and the Traditional Arts (founded in 1977)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico " for the lifelong commitment of the center to peacefully preserve a culture and the spiritual connection the Huichol people have with the land."Drugs Peace Institute [27]

Nobel Committee

Tasked with reviewing nominations from September of the previous year through February 1 and ultimately selecting the Prize winners, [28] the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for 2019 were: [29]

References

  1. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2019". The Nobel Peace Prize. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "UNICEF Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9 - September 2022 - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb". 29 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2019".
  4. ↑ "The Nobel committee should resign over the atrocities in Tigray". The Guardian. 7 June 2021. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Mackintosh, Eliza (3 November 2021). "Ethiopia is at war with itself. Here's what you need to know about the conflict". CNN. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Schaap, Fritz (28 October 2021). "Ethiopia's Chosen One: A Brutal War Waged By a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate". Der Spiegel. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Abdelfatah, Rund (23 July 2023). "The Hidden War". NPR. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Suzanne Nguyen (2 May 2018). "House lawmakers nominate Trump for 2019 Nobel Peace prize". king5.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Abe nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize at request of U.S., report says". The Japan Times . 17 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Sinisa Jakov Marusic (17 December 2018). "Macedonian, Greek PMs to be Nominated for Nobel Prize". Balkan Insight . Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Members of European Parliament nominate Tsipras and Zaev for Nobel Peace Prize". European Western Balkans . 28 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Macedonian, Greek leaders see Nobel Peace Prize nomination". Associated Press . 18 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  13. ↑ Vagianos, Alanna (14 March 2019). "16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  14. ↑ hermesauto (15 March 2019). "Nobel Peace Prize nomination for student climate campaigner Greta Thunberg". The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Rory Sullivan (11 October 2019). "A schoolgirl, a prime minister and an indigenous leader: Meet the Nobel Peace Prize favorites". CNN . Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  16. ↑ Magdalene Mukami (28 January 2019). "Somali rights advocate nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". HuffPost . Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Nobel Peace Prize 2019 favourites: New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern". The National . 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  18. ↑ Tim Carman (26 November 2018). "José Andrés is nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, congressman confirms". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  19. ↑ Cady Lang (27 November 2018). "Chef José Andrés Nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize". Time . Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  20. ↑ Jack Dutton (9 October 2019). "Nobel Peace Prize 2019 favourites: Brazil's Raoni Metuktire". The National . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  21. ↑ Yara Simon (16 September 2019). "Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Fighting for the Amazon". Remezcla . Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for work in North Korea". Washington Post . 30 January 2019.
  23. ↑ "Bill Richardson nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". American Ambassadors Live!. 1 February 2019.
  24. ↑ "US Lawmakers Nominate Jailed Uyghur Academic Ilham Tohti to Receive Nobel Peace Prize". Radio Free Asia. 30 January 2019.
  25. ↑ "Pediatric AIDS chief doctor steps down at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston". Houston Chronicle . 26 February 2020.
  26. ↑ "Foro Penal fue nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz". VPItv (in Spanish). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  27. ↑ "2019 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination". thehuicholcenter.org. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  28. ↑ "News Navigator: Why is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Norway?". Mainichi Daily News. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  29. ↑ "The Norwegian Nobel Committee". The Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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