Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1901
Number:35 - 8
 
Nominee:
Name: The Permanent International Peace Bureau
Profession:Central office for coordination of peace activities.
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910
 
Motivation:The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations.
 
Nominator:
Name:Samuel Baart de la Faille
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:The Hague
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
 
Comments: Dr. de la Faille wanted to draw the Norwegian Nobel Committee's attention to the following candidates as worthy recipients of the peace prize: 1. the International Peace Bureau and Ducommun 2. Passy 3. Dunant 4. Suttner 5. Bloch 6. ten Kate.