2016 Nobel Peace Prize

July 2017 20px 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Juan Manuel Santos Norwegian Nobel Committee 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2016/summary/ 2016 laureate Santos Calderon Juam M.jpg "for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end." 2016 10 07 yes (announcement by Kaci Kullmann Five) 10 December 2016 (ceremony) Oslo, Norway 8 million SEK ($1M, €0.9M) 2015 Nobel Peace Prize 2017 The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos (b. 1951) "for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people."The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 - Press Release https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2016/press.html Nobel Media AB 7 October 2016 The conflict is the longest running war, and last remaining guerrilla struggle, in the Americas. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses"."Nobel Peace Prize", The Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century World History The announcement was made on 7 October at a press conference at the Nobel Peace Center, and the formal award ceremony took place on 10 December at the Oslo City Hall.The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/the-2016-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony/ NobelPrize.org 9 March 2021 The award was conferred only five days after the government's narrow defeat in the Colombian peace agreement referendum to ratify the final agreement on the peace process. The committee Chair Kaci Kullmann Five emphasized the effort and good intentions of Santos at the announcement press conference and also in the award citation: The Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasizes the importance of the fact that President Santos is now inviting all parties to participate in a broad-based national dialogue aimed at advancing the peace process. Even those who opposed the peace accord have welcomed such a dialogue. The Nobel Committee hopes that all parties will take their share of responsibility and participate constructively in the upcoming peace talks.Santos was first informed of the prize by his son in the pre-dawn of the day of the announcement. In his first public statement he declared, "This honourable distinction is not for me, it is for all the victims of the conflict. Together we will win the most important prize of all: PEACE."https://twitter.com/JuanManSantos/status/784367254129573888 Esta honrosa distinción no es para mí, es para todas las víctimas del conflicto. Juntos ganaremos el premio más importante de todos: LA PAZ 7 Oct 2016 Twitter es Santos Juan Manuel 7 October 2016 In the days following he also announced that the 8 million SEK prize (approximately 2.7 billion Colombian pesos) would be donated to support victims of the conflict.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37603836 Colombia's President Santos donates Nobel money to conflict victims 2016-10-09 BBC News en-GB 2016-10-10 Nominations 376 candidates received nominations for this year's prize included 228 individuals and 148 organizations – the largest ever number of nominees, the previous record being 278 in 2014.Nominations for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_intro/nominations-2016/ Nobelprize.org The Norwegian Nobel Institute 7 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092235/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_intro/nominations-2016/ 7 October 2016 dead dmy-all Notable other nominees included the "White Helmets" of the Syrian Conflicthttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/08/syria-white-helmets-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-160817161037355.html Syria's White Helmets nominated for Nobel Peace Prize www.aljazeera.com 2016-10-07 (who received several editorial endorsements from western newspapershttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/06/the-nobel-peace-prize-must-go-to-the-white-helmets--or-else-endo/ The Nobel Peace Prize must go to the White Helmets – or else endorse the murderous 'peace' of Putin The Telegraph 2016-10-07https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/05/the-guardian-view-on-the-nobel-peace-prize-give-it-to-syrias-white-helmets The Guardian view on the Nobel peace prize: give it to Syria's White Helmets 2016-10-05 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 2016-10-07https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/06/dear-nobel-committee-the-white-helmets-are-syria-heroes/dyZLCJh2OHGqc4bEKDrzOJ/story.html Dear Nobel Committee: The White Helmets are Syria's heroes - The Boston Globe BostonGlobe.com 2016-10-07); representative "Greek islanders", particularly those from Lesbos, for their response to the related refugee crisis;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-37558076 The Nobel Peace Prize: Who will win this year? British Broadcasting Corporation, UK 2016-10-07 Nadia Murad for her work in refugee advocacy; and Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege for work with victims of rape.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-peace-prize-odds-2016-1.3793961 Who might win the Nobel Peace Prize? A look at the early favourites CBC News 2016-10-07http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/nobel-peace-prize-greek-islanders-syrian-white-helmets-top-bets-3070395/ Nobel Peace Prize: Greek islanders, Syrian White Helmets top bets 2016-10-07 The Indian Express 2016-10-07 Further nominations included Svetlana Gannushkina, Ernest Moniz and Ali Akbar Salehi, and Edward Snowden.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/2016-nobel-peace-prize-top-contenders-white-helmets-snowden-n659471 Who are the top 2016 Nobel Peace Prize contenders? NBC News 2016-10-07 Gannushkina and Syrian Civil Defense had been jointly awarded the 2016 Right Livelihood Award in the weeks prior.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/white-helmets-alternative-nobel-prize-winners-160922082500686.html White Helmets among 'alternative Nobel prize' winners www.aljazeera.com 2016-10-07((Reuters)) 22 September 2016 Syria's White Helmets share Sweden's "alternative Nobel" prize https://news.trust.org/item/20160922100040-2q01a 2016-10-07 Thomas Reuters Foundation News Six other Colombians, five of them victims of the Colombian armed conflict, had also been nominated.https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/proceso-de-paz/victimas-nominadas-al-premio-nobel-de-paz-2016-que-gano-santos/16720543 Cinco víctimas también habían sido nominadas al Nobel 2016 7 Oct 2016 ElTiempo.com 7 October 2016https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/paz/fotos-de-los-otros-colombianos-estaban-nominados-al-pre-galeria-659074 FOTOS DE LOS OTROS COLOMBIANOS QUE ESTABAN NOMINADOS AL PREMIO NOBEL DE PAZ 7 Oct 2016 ElEspectador.com 7 October 2016 The Venezuelan human rights organization Foro Penal, which provides legal assistance pro bono to people subject of arbitrary detentions and their relatives in the country, was nominated by a group of Spanish congressmen.4 October 2016 Foro Penal Venezolano nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz es El Carabobeño https://www.el-carabobeno.com/Foro-Penal-Venezolano-nominado-al-Premio-Nobel-de-la-Paz/ 5 April 2018 Reactions In a press release statement, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said that this year's prize "pays tribute to the audacity and perseverance of President Santos and all those who seek to build peace every day, step by step to heal the wounds of the country, in their families and communities."UNESCO welcomes the awarding of 2016 Nobel Peace Prize http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1610/S00037/unesco-welcomes-the-awarding-of-2016-nobel-peace-prize.htm Scoop Media 2016-10-08 Media coverage characterised the announcement as a surprise since the national referendum on October 2 was narrowly defeated.Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37585188 7 October 2016 BBChttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-to-juan-manuel-santos/7914448 Colombian President awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2016-10-07 ABC News en-AU 2016-10-07 Initial reports also expressed surprise that the prize was not awarded jointly with FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño, Santos' main negotiating partner.https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/oct/07/nobel-peace-prize-2016-announcement-live?page=with:block-57f79754e4b03258bcac54aa#block-57f79754e4b03258bcac54aa Nobel peace prize 2016: committee say award is 'tribute to the Colombian people' - live The Guardian 2016-10-07 Londoño, under the name Timoleon Jimenez, tweeted his reaction to the announcement: "The only award we want is peace with social justice for Colombia without paramilitarism, without retaliation or lies."Nobel peace prize 2016: committee say award is 'tribute to the Colombian people' - live https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/oct/07/nobel-peace-prize-2016-announcement-live The Guardian 2016-10-07 El único premio al que aspiramos es de la #PazConJusticiaSocial para #Colombia sin pamilitarismo, sin retaliaciones ni mentiras #PazALaCalle Syria Civil Defence, tweeting as "The White Helmets", congratulated Santos and wished for peace for the people of Colombia,https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/784323150137860097 The White Helmets on Twitter Twitter 2016-10-07 An hour later the Twitter account shared an image of a destroyed building with the text "At the time of the @NobelPrize announcement, @SyriaCivilDef center targeted in Hama. Back to work."https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/784337522306396160 The White Helmets on Twitter Twitter 2016-10-07 Álvaro Uribe, the leader of the movement to oppose the referendum and Santos' predecessor as Colombian president, congratulated him but also stated “I want him to lead to change these democracy-damaging peace accords.”https://twitter.com/AlvaroUribeVel/status/784362317018460160 Felicito el Nobel para el Presidente Santos, deseo que conduzca a cambiar acuerdos dañinos para la democracia 7 Oct 2016 Twitter es Vélez Álvaro Uribe 10 October 2016https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/americas/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-colombia.html Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Casey Nicholas 2016-10-07 The New York Times 0362-4331 2016-10-09 Ciarán Norris, writing in The Guardian, argued that awarding the prize solely to Santos, not to the White Helmets nor shared with a FARC leader, was a deliberate choice to lend its power in a way that might have the greatest direct impact in achieving peace. "The Nobel prize committee had an opportunity today, just days after a hard-fought peace risked being lost in the Colombian jungle, to provoke peace and kickstart that process. In so doing, they have demonstrated that where the international community may not always lend its support to securing peace in every conflict – Syria chief amongst them – they can sometimes provide the necessary momentum to see it through."https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/07/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos Juan Manuel Santos's Nobel prize could save the peace process in Colombia 2016-10-07 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 2016-10-07 Committee thumb|Five and Njølstad announcing the winner at the 7 October press conference The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee:https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/prize_awarder/committee.html The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2016 - Members Norwegian Nobel Committee 7 October 2016 Kaci Kullmann Five (Chair since March 2015, born 1951), former member of Parliament and cabinet minister for the Conservative Party. Member of the Committee since 2003. Berit Reiss-Andersen (Deputy chair, born 1954), advocate (barrister) and president of the Norwegian Bar Association, former state secretary for the Minister of Justice and the Police (representing the Labour Party). Member of the Committee since 2011. Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (1941–2021), member of Parliament for the Progress Party. Member of the Committee since 2000. Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), former Member of Parliament and President of the Storting and former Prime Minister for the Labour Party, current Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Chair of the committee from 2009 to March 2015. Henrik Syse (born 1966), Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Member of the Committee since 2015. Olav Njølstad (Committee secretary, born 1957), Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. References 30em External links Interview with Santos at NobelPrize.org Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize Category:Colombian peace process 2016 Category:October 2016 in Norway