Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1938 |
Number: | 37 - 2 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | The Nansen International Office for Refugees |
Profession: | International aid organization established in 1931 |
City: | Geneva |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1938 | |
Motivation: | The Nansen International Office for Refugees was nominated for its efforts to advocate worldwide humanitarianism and brotherhood. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Bo Östen Undén |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1886 |
Year, Death: | 1974 |
Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament, the Institute of International Law |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
Comments: | The Nansen International Office for Refugees had been initiated by the League of Nations. The organization continued the work of Nansen (League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1921-30) after his death. |
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