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 BACKGROUND
 According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who
"shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for
the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion
of peace congresses.
 Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded to by a committee
of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament.
 Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as
a prize category. As he was a trained chemical engineer, the categories for
chemistry and physics were obvious choices. The reasoning behind the peace
prize is less clear. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, his friendship
with Bertha von Suttner, a peace activist and later recipient of the prize,
profoundly influenced his decision to include peace as a category.Some Nobel
scholars suggest it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive
forces. His inventions included dynamite and ballistite, both of which were used
violently during his lifetime. Ballistite was used in war and the
Irish Republican Brotherhood, an Irish nationalist organization, carried out
dynamite attacks in the 1880s.Nobel was also instrumental in turning Bofors
from an iron and steel company to an armaments company.
 Definition
 The Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Swedish: Nobels
fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish
industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel,
along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine,
and Literature. Since 1901, it has been awarded annually (with
some exceptions) to those who have "done the most or the best
work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of
standing armies and for the holding and promotion of
peace congresses."[1]
 Per Alfred Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the
Norwegian Nobel Committee, a 5-member committee appointed by
the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on
December 10 in Oslo City Hall each year. The prize was formerly
awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law
(1947–89), the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–46) and the
Parliament (1901–04).
list of the nobel peace prize winners
over the past ten years

"for her efforts for democracy

Shirin Ebadi Iran and human rights. She has
2003
focused especially on the
struggle for the rights of women
and children."

Wangari "for her contribution to

2004 Kenya sustainable development,
Muta
Maathai democracy and peace

"for her contribution to

International At United
omic 2004 sustainable development,
Nations democracy and peace
Energy
Agency
 "for their efforts to prevent
nuclear energy from being used
Mohamed for military purposes and to
2005 Egypt
ElBaradei ensure that nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes is used in the
safest possible way

"for advancing economic and

social opportunities for the
Muhammad
2006 Bangladesh poor, especially women,
through their pioneering
Yunus
microcredit work

"for advancing economic

and social opportunities for
Grameen Bangladesh the poor, especially women,
2006
Bank
through their pioneering
microcredit work
 "for advancing economic
Intergovernmenta and social opportunities for
l Panel on Climat Bangladesh the poor, especially women,
e Change 2006
through their pioneering
microcredit work

"for their efforts to build up and

disseminate greater knowledge
about man-made climate change,
Al Gore 2007 United States and to lay the foundations for the
measures that are needed to
counteract such change

"for his efforts on

several continents
Martti and over more than
2008 Finland
Ahtisaari three decades, to
resolve international
conflicts
 for his extraordinary
Barack United efforts to strengthen
2009
Obama States international diplomacy
and cooperation
between peoples.

or his long and non-

violent struggle for
Liu Xiaobo[G 2010 China fundamental human
rights in China

"for their non-violent

Ellen Johns struggle for the safety of
on
2011 Liberia women and for
Sirleaf
women's rights to full
participation in peace-
building work
 "for their non-violent
Leymah struggle for the safety of
2011 Liberia women and for
Gbowee
women's rights to full
participation in peace-
building work

for their non-violent

struggle for the safety of
Tawakkul women and for
2011 Yemen
Karman women's rights to full
participation in peace-
building work

for [having] over six decades

European contributed to the
2012 Europe
Union (EU) advancement of peace and
reconciliation, democracy and
human rights in Europe.
 Organisation
for the Prohibiti for its extensive efforts
on of Chemical 2013 International to eliminate chemical
Weapons weapons
 nobel peace prize yasser arafat
 Yasser Arafat, 1994
 Palestinian Authority
 Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and
Shimon Peres awarded jointly "for
their efforts to create peace in the
Middle East" with
 conclusion of the Oslo accords and
subsequently following them up.
 Abdelaziz Bouteflika nominated as
candidate for 2008 Nobel Peace Prize
GENEVA, November 22, 2007 (KUNA) -- A group of Algerians living abroad
representing the Algerian Committee in Europe presented on Thursday the Algerian
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as a candidate for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

Committee members named the Algerian President for a number of reasons among
them putting an end to the Ethiopia-Eritrea bloody conflict and using his diplomatic
skills in putting an end to a long war between Iraq and Iran.

His most important contribution, the Committee said, was bringing peace and
reconciliation to the people of Algeria and through awarding him the 2008 Nobel
Peace Prize the Nobel Committee would be supporting and strengthening the peace
process in Algeria.

The Committee represented its campaign at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva and was
represented by a number of Algerians abroad, among them Dr. Abdellatif Bettayeb
living in the United Kingdom, Gamal Benmabrouk from Switzerland, Tarek Chirouf
from Geneva, Nacer Sefta from Hungary and an Algerian journalist from Algiers,
Mohamed Kerrouche.