Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1908
Number:26 - 7
 
Nominee:
Name: The Permanent International Peace Bureau
Profession:Central office through which peace activities could be coordinated
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910
 
Motivation:The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations.
 
Nominator:
Name:Henri Marie La Fontaine
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1854
Year, Death:1943
Profession:President of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
University:Free University of Brussels
City:Brussels
Country:BELGIUM (BE)
 
Comments: La Fontaine referred to the desicion made by the Munich Congress to recommend the Permanent International Peace Bureau for the peace prize.