This year's Nobel Peace Prize is an important acknowledgement of what women have been demanding for years: the equal involvement of women in all peace, security and democracy decisions.
What the Nobel Peace Prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other human beings, outside the isolated area in which I lived, to restore a sense of reality to me.
And I know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.
Though the Nobel Peace Prize nominations list is a highly secretive one, the Nobel Foundation have recently said that there are a record 376 candidates for this year's prize, of which 228 are individuals and 148 are organizations.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize celebrates the strength, the courage and the vision, the stories of a man and a woman who have risked their own lives to help, protect and save others.
His Holiness expressed hope that"this year's Nobel Peace Prize will serve to encourage many other individuals and organizations committed to resolving conflict through dialogue and peaceful means, rather than resort to force.".
This morning President Obama was correct in noting“And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.”.
Reiss-Andersen added:'This year's Peace Prize is also a call upon these states to initiate serious negotiations with a view to the gradual, balanced and carefully monitored elimination of the almost 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world'.
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo on December 10, 2011 to three women"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.".
Urging nuclear-armed states to be involved in steps toward realizing a nuclear weapon-free world, the committee said,"This year's Peace Prize is therefore also a call upon these states to initiate serious negotiations with a view to the gradual, balanced and carefully monitored elimination of the almost 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world.".
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