“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”

“for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”

“for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”

“for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”

“for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea”

“for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons”

“for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”

“for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”

“for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”

“for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”

“for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”

“for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”

“for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”

“for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”

“for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children”

“for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”

“for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular”

“in recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents”

“for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples”

“for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights”

“for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations”

“for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people”

“for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations”

“for his work for lasting peace in Central America”

“for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”

“for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war”

“for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa”

“for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland”

“for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees”

“for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America”

“for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity”

“for worldwide respect for human rights”

“for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations”

“for his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world”

“for his contribution to stabilize conditions in the Pacific rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”

“for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West”

“for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution”

“for creating international legislation insuring certain norms for working conditions in every country”

“for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration”

“for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states”

“for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population”

“for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West”

“for developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter”

“for his non-violent struggle against apartheid”

“for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace”

“for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity”

“for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis”

“for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world”

“for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe”

“for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”

“for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations”

“for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949”

“for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war”

“for her lifelong work for the cause of peace”

“for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries”

“for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations”

“for the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity”

“for having carried on the work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe”

“for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace”

“for his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935”

“for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace”

“for his untiring struggle and his courageous efforts as Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1931-34”

“for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace”

“for promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality'”

“for his crucial role in bringing about the Briand-Kellogg Pact”

“for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty”

“for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan”

“for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees”

“for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations”

“for his role as founder of the League of Nations”

“for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families”

“for his unparalleled contribution to the organization of peaceful internationalism”

“for bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries”

“for his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations”

“for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations”

“for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries, and helping them to organize the world rallies of the international peace movement”

“for his work in the press and in peace meetings, both public and private, for an understanding between France and Italy”

“for his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences”

“for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia”

“for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war”

“for its striving in public law to develop peaceful ties between nations and to make the laws of war more humane”

“for his longstanding and devoted effort in favour of the ideas of peace and arbitration”

“for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau”

“for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union”

“for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding”

“for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration”