The grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki-Hibakusha, received the Nobel Peace Prize(PP). For its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha have contributed greatly to the establishment of a nuclear taboo. So awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2024.

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Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)

the inventor of dynamite and holder of 355 patents, established the Nobel Prizes “for the Greatest Benefit to Mankind”. The foundations for the prize laid in 1895. Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The first Nobel Prizes awarded in 1901, five years after Nobel’s death.
Since 1901, the Nobel P has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe. for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and for work in peace. In 1969, another prize added “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”. The Prize includes a Nobel diploma, a medal, and 10 million Swedish crowns per prize. All Nobel Prizes awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway. Norway and Sweden situated in Scandinavia, northern Europe. Oslo is the capital of Norway and Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

• To date, the youngest Nobel PP Laureate is Malala Yousafzai, awarded the 2014 Peace Prize
  • The work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) honoured the most – three times – by a Nobel PP. In addition, the founder of the ICRC, Henry Dunant, awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
  • The Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel PP jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, is the only person who has declined the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • The Nobel PP 2014 awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai. “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”
  • The Nobel PP 1979 awarded to Mother Teresa.
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