Nobel Prize Winners in Peace

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Ten Years of Nobel Prize Winners in Peace

Year	Recipient	Major Reason
2001	The United Nations and Kofi Annan
2000	Kim Dae Jung	for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular
1999	Doctors Without Borders	Recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents
1988	United Nations peacekeeping forces	Role in reducing tensions where an armistice has been arranged
1989	Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), Tibet	Nonviolent campaign to end Chinese domination of Tibet
1990	Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Russia	Role in promoting openness in U.S.S.R., helping end Cold War, allowing independence in Eastern Europe
1991	Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar	Peaceful struggle for democracy, human rights, ethnic conciliation
1992	Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemala	Peaceful campaigning for Native Americans and other ethnic peoples' rights
1993	Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk, South Africa.	For peace in South Africa
1994	Yasser Arafat, Gaza Strip, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Israel	For peace in Middle East
1995	Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Britain	For their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and in the longer run to eliminate such a
1996	Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo -- Bishop of East Timor José Ramos-Horta, international spokesman for East Timor's cause since 1975	For their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor (Indonesia)
1997	International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and Jody Williams	For their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines
1998	John Hume and David Trimble, Northern Irealand	For their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

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