Wateler Peace Prize

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Wateler Peace Prize
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Wateler Peace Prize. The building on the image is the Peace Palace in The Hague. Translation from Latin of “Pacis Palmae Digniores Quam Tropaea Belli”: The Palms of Peace are More Honorable than the Trophies of War.

The Wateler Peace Prize is awarded annually by the Dutch Carnegie Foundation and is named for J.G.D. Wateler who, upon his death on 22 July 1927 "bequeathed his estate to the Dutch State, under the proviso that the annual revenue accruing from it should be expended upon the awarding of a prize to those who have made themselves meritorious in the cause of peace." [1]

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Laureates

1931Union Internationale des Associations pour la Société des Nations, Brussels
1932Vereeniging voor Volkenbond en Vrede, The Hague
1933Mr. Arthur Henderson
1934Afdeeling Nederland van den Wereldbond voor Internationale Vriendschap door de Kerken
1935Radio-Omroepdienst van den Volkenbond, Geneva
1936Haagsche Academie voor Internationaal Recht
1937 The Right Hon. Lord Baden-Powell
1938Nederlandsche Jeugd-Herberg Centrale; Oecomenische Vereeniging in Nederland
1939American Friends' Service Committee, Philadelphia; Friends' Service Council, London
1948H.Ch.G.J. van der Mandere, Wassenaar
1949 World Council of Churches, Geneva
1950Haagsche Academie voor Internationaal Recht
1951Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales à Genève
1952His Excellency Mr. D.U. Stikker
1953M. Jean Monnet, Paris
1954Nederlandse Raad der Europese Beweging, The Hague
1955Sir Anthony Eden, London
1956Mr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart
1957 UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
1958Dr. A. Pelt
1959Count Moens de Fernig, Brussels
1960Stichting Opbouwfonds Jeugdherbergen
1961Mlle Marguérite Nobs, Geneva
1962Dr. W.A. Visser 't Hooft
1963Dag Hammarskjøld Minnesfond, Stockholm
1964Jongeren Vrijwilligers Programma
1965 World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA), Geneva
1966Eduard van Beinum Stichting, Breukelen
1967 La Communauté de Taizé, France
1968Interkerkelijk Overleg in Radio Aangelegenheden (I.K.O.R.), special t.b.v. de Commissie voor de Wilde Ganzen Omroep
1969 Mrs. Martin Luther King, U.S.A.
1970Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht, Utrecht
1971International Social Service, Headquarters, Geneva
1972Prof. Dr. B.V.A. Röling, Groningen
1973Mrs. Alva Myrdal, Stockholm
1974Dr. Ir. A.H. Boerma (F.A.O.)
1975 Dr. H.A. Kissinger, Washington
1976Drs. M. Kohnstamm, Rome
1977H.E. Dr. Manfred Lachs, Former President and Judge of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
1980 Leger des Heils, The Netherlands
1981 Danny Kaye, U.S.A
1982Mr. Cornelis Brouwer, Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees, The Hague
1983Prof. Dr. H. Gmeiner, SOS Children's Villages International, Austria
1984Dr. J.H. van Roijen, Former Foreign Minister and Ambassador of the Netherlands
1985International Commission of Jurists, Geneva
1986UNIFIL Detachment, Schaarsbergen
1986Dr. Verghese Kurien, Chairman of National Dairy, India, known as the "Father of the White Revolution"
1987De Stichting Nederlandse Gehandicaptenraad, Utrecht
1988Sir Brian Urquhart, Former Under-Secretary-General U.N.O.
1989Artsen zonder grenzen Nederland (MSF the Netherlands/Médécins sans frontières Pays-Bas)
1990Prof. Dr Jiří Hájek, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
1991The City of Leyden, The Netherlands
1992Wilhelm Huber, SOS - Kinderdorpen International
1993Dr Krijn, his wife Mrs. Krijn-van Goudoever and their child (posthumously)
1994The Jewish Cultural and Humanitarian Society “La Benevolencia Sarajevo”
1995 M. van der Stoel
1996Ambassador Rolf Ekéus
1997Ambassador J. Ramaker
1998 Permanent Court of Arbitration
1999Het Liliane Fonds
2000/01The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2004 Theo van Boven
2006 Javier Solana
2008 Patrick Cammaert
2010 Peace One Day and its founder Jeremy Gilley [2]
2012 War Child
2014 Lakhdar Brahimi
2016 Sigrid Kaag
2018 Rudi Vranckx

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References

  1. ↑ THE WATELER FUND. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
  2. ↑ http://www.vredespaleis.nl/default.asp?pid=59&page=nieuws&id=22
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