World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
Coat of arms
Official organization
Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates
Headquarters
Official languages
7 languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
Polish
Correspondents
6 states
Ghana
Italy
Japan
Poland
Russia
South Africa
Leaders
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President / Chair
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Co-Chair
Walter Veltroni
Website
nobelforpeace-summits .org
a.
Via IV Novembre 157, 00187 Roma.
b.
Bldg 14, 39 Leningradsky Prospect, Moscow 125167.
The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates is an annual event in the field of peacemaking , attracting Nobel Peace Prize laureates, high-profile leaders and organizations from around the globe. The Summit, created by Vadim Zagladin and the Gorbachev Foundation, is chaired by former Soviet President and Nobel Peace laureate Mikhail Gorbachev and co-chaired by former Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni . The event is organized by Permanent Secretariat of The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, created in 2006: a non-profit organization based in Rome and Moscow. Summits have taken place annually from 1999.
The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was scheduled to convene in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2014, but was later cancelled and relocated to Rome, Italy in December 2014, following several Nobel Peace laureates pulling out of the event after the South African government failed to issue a visa to the 14th Dalai Lama .[1] It was reported that China had thanked South Africa for not issuing the Dalai Lama a visa. China was reported as being against the true autonomy of Tibet , something that the Dalai Lama supports.[2]
The 15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, as for the decision taken by Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in May 2015, will move to Europe after the withdrawal of the participation of the Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed, who announced in December 2014 it would have been held in Atlanta, USA ,[3] the withdrawal of support of the Carter and Turner families and the resignation of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus as chair of Yunus Creative Lab.[4]
Summits
The summits have been hosted in various countries:
Date
Host country
Host city
Participants
14th
12–14 December 2014
Italy
Rome
14th Dalai Lama , Shirin Ebadi , Leymah Gbowee , Tawakkol Karman , Mairead Corrigan , José Ramos-Horta , David Trimble , Betty Williams , Jody Williams , American Friends Service Committee , Amnesty International , European Union , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , International Labour Organization , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , International Peace Bureau , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , United Nations
13th
21–23 October 2013
Poland
Warsaw
Muhammad Yunus , 14th Dalai Lama , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Shirin Ebadi , Lech Wałęsa , Mairead Corrigan , Betty Williams , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , Amnesty International , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , European Union
12th
23–25 April 2012
United States
Chicago
Mikhail Gorbachev , Muhammad Yunus , 14th Dalai Lama , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Jimmy Carter , Shirin Ebadi , Jody Williams , Lech Wałęsa , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , International Committee of the Red Cross , Amnesty International , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
11th
12–14 November 2010
Japan
Hiroshima
Mikhail Gorbachev , 14th Dalai Lama , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Lech Wałęsa , Mohamed ElBaradei , Mairead Maguire , Shirin Ebadi , Jody Williams , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , International Labour Organization , International Committee of the Red Cross , International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , Médecins Sans Frontières , Amnesty International
10th
9–11 November 2009
Germany
Berlin
Mikhail Gorbachev , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Lech Wałęsa , Muhammad Yunus , Mairead Maguire , Betty Williams , Ahmed Kathrada (representing Nelson Mandela ), United Nations , International Committee of the Red Cross , Amnesty International , International Labour Organization , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , American Friends Service Committee , International Peace Bureau
9th
11–13 December 2008
France
Paris
Mikhail Gorbachev , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Lech Wałęsa , John Hume , Mairead Maguire , Betty Williams , United Nations (Department of Peacekeeping Operations ), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement , International Labour Organization , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , United Nations Children's Fund
8th
13–15 December 2007
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , 14th Dalai Lama , Mairead Maguire , Muhammad Yunus , Lech Wałęsa , Betty Williams , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , Institut de Droit International , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Committee of the Red Cross , United Nations Children's Fund , United Nations , International Labour Organization , Médecins Sans Frontières , International Atomic Energy Agency , Amnesty International , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , International Campaign to Ban Landmines
7th
17–19 November 2006
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Lech Wałęsa , Mairead Maguire , Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo , Rita Levi-Montalcini , Juan Somavía , Jeremy Rifkin , International Atomic Energy Agency
6th
24–26 November 2005
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Lech Wałęsa , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Betty Williams , Mairead Maguire , Rigoberta Menchú , Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , American Friends Service Committee , Amnesty International , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , Médecins Sans Frontières , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , International Labour Organization , International Peace Bureau , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , United Nations Children's Fund
5th
10–12 November 2004
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Kim Dae-jung , Lech Wałęsa , José Ramos-Horta , Betty Williams , Mairead Maguire , Rigoberta Menchú , Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo , Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Joseph Rotblat , American Friends Service Committee , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , United Nations Children's Fund , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , International Labour Organization , International Peace Bureau , Institut de Droit International , Médecins Sans Frontières , Amnesty International
4th
27–30 November 2003
Italy
Rome
14th Dalai Lama , Mikhail Gorbachev , Mairead Maguire , Shimon Peres , Óscar Arias , Lech Wałęsa , Betty Williams , Jody Williams , American Friends Service Committee , Amnesty International , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , International Labour Organization , United Nations (Department of Peacekeeping Operations ), United Nations Children's Fund , Institut de Droit International , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Peace Bureau , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
3rd
18–21 October 2002
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Rigoberta Menchú , Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Joseph Rotblat , Lech Wałęsa , Betty Williams , Institut de Droit International , International Peace Bureau , American Friends Service Committee , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , International Labour Organization , United Nations (Department of Peacekeeping Operations ), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , Médecins Sans Frontières , Amnesty International
2nd
11–12 November 2000
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Lech Wałęsa , Joseph Rotblat , Betty Williams , Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , International Labour Organization , International Committee of the Red Cross , International Peace Bureau , Médecins Sans Frontières , United Nations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , American Friends Service Committee , Amnesty International , Institut de Droit International , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War , International Campaign to Ban Landmines , United Nations Children's Fund
1st
21–22 April 1999
Italy
Rome
Mikhail Gorbachev , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Betty Williams , Rigoberta Menchú , Shimon Peres , Joseph Rotblat , David Trimble
Peace Summit Award
Every year, during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Nobel laureates honour with the Peace Summit Award the men or women of peace chosen from personalities from the world of culture and entertainment who have stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world and have made an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Before 2006, it was known as the Man of Peace Award .
Award for Social Activism
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Prizes
Laureates
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by criterion
by country
by religion
by year
by university affiliation
by occupation
Committees and
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1 Nobel Memorial Prize (not one of the original Nobel Prizes).