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Article: Nobel Peace Prize
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- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Nobel Peace Prize
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The
Nobel Peace Prize
is an annual award established by Alfred Nobel and, according to his will, given to
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the person who shall have done the most or best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
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Nobel gave the Norwegians the exclusive task of selecting each year
’
s recipient, as opposed to the Swedes, who award each of the other Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Committee consists of five members selected by the Norwegian parliament (known as the
“
Storting
”
). Since the prize
’
s inception, all committee members have been ...
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