Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1920 |
Number: | 13 - 3 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1856 |
Year, Death: | 1924 |
Profession: | President (1913-1921). |
City: | Washington, DC |
State: | DC |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1919 | |
Motivation: | Wilson advocated international law and arbitration. In January 1917 he had made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the belligerents to end the war, calling for a "peace without victory". After the USA had entered the war, Wilson outlined his view on a post-war settlement through his "Fourteen points". These became the guiding principles for the Paris Peace Conference (1919-20), and included the establishment of the League of Nations. However, Wilson failed to obtain ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, and the USA did not join the League of Nations. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Milenko R Vesnitch |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Serbian ambassador to Paris. Member of the Institute of International Law. |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Comments: | In 1920 Wilson received the reserved prize for 1919. Serbia was at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Today it is part of Yugoslavia. |
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