Peace Awards | MCQs

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to Narges Mohammadi.

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

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Barack Obama was 44th President of USA from 2009 to 2017 

Barack Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 

Reason of Noble Prize: "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

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Mohamed ElBaradei was an Egyptian diplomat and scholar.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, along with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

He received for their efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and prevent nuclear proliferation.

He served as the Director General of the IAEA from 1997 to 2009.

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Yasir Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 alongside Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

They were recognized for their efforts in establishing peace in the Middle East through the Oslo Accords.

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Full Name: Kofi Atta Annan

Born: April 8, 1938, in Kumasi, Ghana

Died: August 18, 2018, in Bern, Switzerland

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006)

First black African to hold the post

Major Achievements:

Promoted human rights, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and HIV/AIDS awareness

Played a key role in reforming the UN and promoting global peace

Shared the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations

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Juan Manuel Santos was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU)

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

List of Peace Prizes from 1901 to 2023

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In 2022 Peace Prize is awarded to human rights:

1. Advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus,
2. The Russian human rights organization Memorial
3. The Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties
   

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Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

For their discoveries vaccines against COVID-19