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

Year:	1948
Number:	1-6
Nominee:
Name:	Oswaldo Euclides de Sousa Aranha
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1892
Year, death:	1960
Profession/Category:	Foreign Minister. Ambassador to USA (1934-37, 1938-44). Delegate to UN 1946-47.
Country:	BR (BRAZIL)
Motivation:	Aranha was nominated for his peace efforts when he was serving as Brazilian ambassador to the USA, and for his work while serving as president of the UNO.
Nominator:
Name:	83 members of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
Profession/Category:	Members of parliament
City:	Rio de Janeiro
Country:	BR (BRAZIL)
Evaluation:	No
Comment:	Aranha was president of the UN General Assembly in 1947.