The Nobel Peace Prize Award was first given in 1901. Abiy AHmed Ali, PhD., Prime Minister of Etiyopiya, was the 100th recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Many have commented on whether Abiy has deservedly received the award, or if Issaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea, should have had been a co-recipient. Abiy received the award because the Nobel Award committee was able to give a final decision, which was essentially a political decision. Who were the other winners and for what reasons? Peace Prize Awards are not given only to those who actually achieved peace between countries. An award could also be given for efforts related to achieving peace. You could win one, too. Here is a summary:
2019: Abiy Ahmed Ali, Etiyopiya. "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".
2018: Denis Mukwege, DR Congo; Nadia Murad, Iraq. For efforts to end the use of sexual violence s a weapon of war and armed conflict.
2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia.
2016: Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia. For efforts to end a 50-year civil war.
2015: National Dialogue Quartet, Tunisia. For efforts to build democracy after revolution.
2014: Kailash Satyarthi, India; Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan. For struggle to better children's rights.
2013: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Netherlands.
2012: European Union: for advancing peace, reconciliation, human rights, and democracy.
2011: Ellen J. Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia: "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
2010: Liu Xiaobo, China: "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".
2009: Barack Obama, USA: "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
2008: Martti Ahtisaari, Finland: "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".
2007: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore, USA: for spreading knowledge on climate change.
2006: Muhammad Yunus, Garmeen Bank, Bangladesh: "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below".
2005: International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria, Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt: for their efforts to ensure nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and not military uses.
2004: Wangari Maathai, Kenya: "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace".
2003: Shirin Ebadi, Iran: "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children".
2002: Jimmy Carter, USA: "for his ... effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development".
2001: United Nations, USA, Kofi Annan, Ghana: "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world".
2000: Kim Dae-jung, S.Korea: "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".
1999: Medicins Sans Frontieres, France: "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents".
1998: John Hume, David Trimble, N.Ireland: "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland".
1997: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams, USA: "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines".
1996: Carlos F.X. Belo, Jose Ramos-Horta, E.Timor: "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".
1995: Joseph Rotblat, UK, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Canada: "for efforts to diminish or eliminate nuclear arms in international politics.
1994: Yasser Arafat, PLO, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Israel: "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East".
1993: Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, S.Africa: "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa".