Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1931
Number:8 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Aristide Pierre Henri Briand
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1862
Year, Death:1932
Profession:Jurist and journalist. Member of parliament. Former Prime Minister. Foreign Minister
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1926
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Peter Rochegune Munch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1870
Year, Death:1948
Profession:Historian. Foreign Minister.
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
 
Motivation:Briand was nominated for his plan to create a European Union. The plan was first presented in the League of Nations in 1929, and in 1930 the French government put forth a memorandum on the issue. The League then decided to establish a study commission on the subject with Briand as its chairman. Munch was nominated for his long-standing and energetic advocacy of international disarmament, both as a Danish statesman and as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
 
Nominator:
Name:Georg Cohn
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law. Member of the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
University:University of Copenhagen
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)