Nobel Peace Prize 1994

Yasser Arafat

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

Prize share: 1/3

Shimon Peres

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

Prize share: 1/3

Yitzhak Rabin

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 was awarded jointly to Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East"

To cite this section
MLA style: The Nobel Peace Prize 1994. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Fri. 5 Dec 2025. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1994/summary/>

Streams during Nobel Week

Watch the 2025 Nobel Prize lectures, Nobel Week Dialogue, the prize award ceremonies in Oslo and Stockholm and Nobel Peace Prize Forum here at nobelprize.org.

Explore prizes and laureates

Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.