The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1934
Number:	8-1
Nominee:
Name:	Mariano Hilario Cornejo
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1867
Year, death:	1942
Profession/Category:	Diplomat and jurist. Professor of Law and Sociology.
City:	Lima
Country:	PE (PERU)
Motivation:	Cornejo worked for a peaceful solution to the conflicts between Bolivia and Paraguay, and between Peru and Colombia. He had written "La lutte pour la paix" (1933) and "L'équilibre des continents" (1932). Cornejo contributed greatly to international peace work, but mostly he advocated peace in Latin America.
Nominator:
Name:	Jacob Ørbæk
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Norwegian parliament
City:	Oslo
Country:	NO (NORWAY)
Evaluation:	No
Comment:	Ørbæk emphasized that it would be of utmost significance if the peace prize were given to a representative of the Latin American continent.