The Nobel Peace Prize 1963

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1963 was awarded jointly to Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) and Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies) "for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN"

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