Nobel Peace Prize 1963

The Nobel Peace Prize 1963 was awarded jointly to Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) and Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) "for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN"

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