Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1971
Number:44 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name:Hélder Câmara
Country:BRAZIL (BR)
 
Motivation:Hélder Câmara was nominated for his unique role in one of the poorest areas of Latin-America as a leader of the progressive minority of the Catholic Church. Furthermore, he has been a leading spokesman for non-violent methods to further social change and he has played an important international role by contributing to a greater understanding in industrialized countries of the social reality in one of the poorest areas in the world.
 
Nominator:
Name: members of the Swedish parliament
Country:SWEDEN (SE)