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The co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo, Mr Terumi Tanaka, Mr Shigemitsu Tanaka and Mr Toshiyuki Mimaki, with the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, at the award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway on 10 December 2024. Terumi Tanakare, representing Nihon Hidankyo, delivering the Nobel Peace Prize lecture at the award…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Full name: Ellen Johnson SirleafBorn: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, LiberiaDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Pioneering president Ellen Johnson…

Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Liu Xiaobo Full name: Liu XiaoboBorn: 28 December 1955, Changchun, ChinaDied: 13 July 2017, Shenyang, ChinaDate awarded: 8 October 2010 For people’s rights Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literature critic, author, university lecturer and human rights…

Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Barack H. Obama. Full name: Barack Hussein ObamaBorn: 4 August 1961, Honolulu, HI, USADate awarded: 9 October 2009 Trust in change Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii, on 4 August, 1961. His mother was from…

The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Al Gore, for their efforts to disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. Full name: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Native Name: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), for his efforts to disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. Al Gore. Full name: Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.Born: 31 March 1948, Washington,…