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Organizations awarded Nobel Peace Prizes
- UNICEFOn the 11th of December 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 57(I) to create a new agency. This body was named the United Nations…
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementOn the evening of the 24th of June 1859, Jean-Henri Dunant arrived in the small town of Solferino. He had traveled to Italy to discuss business difficulties…
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeThe World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 1988.
- Amnesty InternationalOn the 19th of November 1960, a lawyer named Peter Benenson rode the London Underground and read a newspaper report about two Portuguese students.
- International Committee of the Red CrossOn the evening of the 24th of June 1859, Henry Dunant arrived in the small Italian town of Solferino. He had traveled from Geneva to meet French emperor…
- European UnionOn the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman stood before the French press to announce a radical new plan for Europe. He proposed placing French and German coal…
- United NationsThe United Nations Charter was signed on the 26th of June 1945 by representatives of fifty nations in San Francisco. This document officially established the…