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In reply to the discussion: Trump's transparent desire for the Nobel Peace Prize is not playing well [View all]canetoad
(21,105 posts)25. From the Nobel website
About the Nobel Peace Prize
With regard to the Peace Prize, the will of Alfred Nobel stipulated that it was to be awarded to the person "who shall 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". Over the course of time the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded in recognition of many different kinds of peace work and concepts of peace.
In the earliest years of the Peace Prize - up to World War I - the prize was often awarded to pioneers of the organized peace movement. In the inter-war years, the focus shifted to active politicians who sought to promote international peace, stability and justice by means of diplomacy and international agreements, but prizes were also awarded for humanitarian work (Nansen, the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize.
https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-prize/about-the-nobel-peace-prize/
With regard to the Peace Prize, the will of Alfred Nobel stipulated that it was to be awarded to the person "who shall 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". Over the course of time the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded in recognition of many different kinds of peace work and concepts of peace.
In the earliest years of the Peace Prize - up to World War I - the prize was often awarded to pioneers of the organized peace movement. In the inter-war years, the focus shifted to active politicians who sought to promote international peace, stability and justice by means of diplomacy and international agreements, but prizes were also awarded for humanitarian work (Nansen, the League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize.
https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-prize/about-the-nobel-peace-prize/
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Trump's transparent desire for the Nobel Peace Prize is not playing well [View all]
Ocelot II
Aug 2025
OP
Norway is one of the richest countries in the world; they don't need his money,
Ocelot II
Aug 2025
#2
He's doing a fairly decent job of pre-trashing..."only awarded to liberals". When he's not
allegorical oracle
Aug 2025
#27
That was the most controversial award ever, and ultimately it was so embarrassing for the Nobel Committee
Ocelot II
Aug 2025
#42
The controversy over the 1973 award wasn't necessarily just because it was given to Kissinger;
Ocelot II
Aug 2025
#44
It isn't so much the transparent desire, it is the refusal to do ANYTHING worthy
RockRaven
Aug 2025
#3
The committee that awarded the prize to Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Barack Obama is not going to award one to him
question everything
Aug 2025
#6
Constantly trolling and mocking the world, as if this scum deserves anything but a prison cell
Blues Heron
Aug 2025
#8
If they should EVER award Trump a Nobel Peace Prize that would taint every previous recipents award.
usaf-vet
Aug 2025
#15