World Peace Council Prizes
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - World Peace Council Prizes
OR:
World Peace Council Prizes on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The
World Peace Council The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization with the self-described goals of advocating for universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass ...
(WPC), a pro-Soviet non-governmental organization, has awarded a number of prizes, beginning in 1950. These have been awarded to individuals, organisations, peoples, and places. Typically, several winners would be voted at one WPC congress; these, or their representative, would receive their prize at a later congress, or from a WPC delegation. Extra prizes were awarded in 1959 and 1964, to mark the WPC's 10th and 15th anniversaries. The awards include: *International Peace Prize established at the first World Congress of Peace held in April 1949, in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. The original 1949 regulations envisaged prizes for art, literature, film, or industrial work which advanced the cause of peace among nations. In 1951, the WPC recategorised three distinct awards: **International Peace Prize, last awarded in 1957. **Honorary International Peace Prize, for posthumous award. **Medal of Peace, renamed in 1959 the Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace, in honour of
Frédéric Joliot-Curie Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (; ; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist and husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, with whom he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of Induced radioactivity. T ...
, who led the WPC till his death in 1958. This medal has been awarded in silver, but the highest WPC honour is the gold medal. *Ho Chi Minh Award, a leadership award established in honour of
Ho Chi Minh (: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime ...
(not to be confused with the Ho Chi Minh Prizes awarded by the Vietnamese government). *Amilcar Cabral Award, established in 1973 in honour of
Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (; – ) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremo ...
, for contributions to "the struggle against
imperialism Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power (economic and ...
and
colonialism Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their relig ...
". (The Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau governments also award Amilcar Cabral prizes.) The WPC was allied with the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
and followed its foreign policy line during the
Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
. Some recipients of its prizes have also won the
Lenin Peace Prize The International Lenin Peace Prize (russian: международная Ленинская премия мира, ''mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira)'' was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a pane ...
, a separate prize awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government.


List of award winners

{, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Date ! Awardee ! Type ! Country ! Award ! Notes ! Refs , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Czechoslovakia , , Honorary International Peace Prize , , Posthumous. , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Spain , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Chile , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , United States , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Turkey , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Poland , , International Peace Prize , , For her 1948 film ''Ostatni etap'' ("
The Last Stage ''The Last Stage'' (Polish: ''Ostatni etap'') is a 1948 Polish feature film directed and co-written by Wanda Jakubowska, depicting her experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. The film was one of the early cinematic e ...
") , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Brazil , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , France , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Romania , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Italy , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , Czechoslovakia , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , , , Person , , France , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1950 , , ''Al-Tariq'' , , Work , , Lebanon , , Gold Medal , , Journal. , , , - , 1950 , , ''Iunost' mira'' (''Юность мира'', "Youth of the World") , , Work , , Soviet Union / Hungary , , Gold Medal , , Documentary about the 1949
World Youth Festival The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947. History The festival has been held regularly since 1947 as an ev ...
in Budapest. , , , - , 1950 , ,
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
, , Place , , Poland , , Honorary International Peace Prize , , An exceptional award to the city as "a symbol of peaceful restoration". , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Bulgaria , , Honorary International Peace Prize , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Mexico , , International Peace Prize , , Member of the Comite por la Paz Mexicano , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , India , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , United States , , International Peace Prize , , Won the
Lenin Peace Prize The International Lenin Peace Prize (russian: международная Ленинская премия мира, ''mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira)'' was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a pane ...
in 1959. , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , France , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Iceland , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Germany DR , , International Peace Prize , , For directing '' Das verurteilte Dorf'' ("The condemned village"). , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Germany DR , , International Peace Prize , , For co-writing ''Das verurteilte Dorf'' ("The condemned village"). , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Germany DR , , International Peace Prize , , For co-writing ''Das verurteilte Dorf'' ("The condemned village"). , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , France , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Czechoslovakia , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Australia , , Gold Medal , , For his novel ''
The Diplomat ''The Diplomat'' is an international online news magazine covering politics, society, and culture in the Indo-Pacific region. It is based in Washington, D.C. It was originally an Australian bi-monthly print magazine, founded by Minh Bui Jones ...
''. , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Brazil , , Gold Medal , , For his orchestral work ''Canto de Amor e Paz''. , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Argentina , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Japan , , Gold Medal , , For Hiroshima panels , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Japan , , Gold Medal , , For Hiroshima panels , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Iran , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , France, , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Romania, , Gold Medal , , For sculpture "Korean partisans" , , , - , 1953 , ,
Carlos Augusto León Carlos Augusto León Arocha (Caracas, October 20, 1914 – May 13, 1997) was a Venezuelan poet, essayist, historian, politician and scientist. He gained a doctorate degree in physical science and mathematics from the Central University of Ven ...
, , Person , , Venezuela , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Colombia , , Gold Medal , , , , , - , 1953 , , , , Person , , Finland , , Gold Medal , , For statue entitled "Peace". , , , - , 1954 , , , , Person , , United Kingdom , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1954 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1955 , , , , Person , , Hungary , , Honorary International Peace Prize , , Posthumous award , , , - , 1955 , , , , Person , , France, , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1955 , , , , Person , , Netherlands , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1955 , , , , Person , , Italy , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1955 , , , , Person , , Brazil , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1956 , , , , Person , , France , , Honorary International Peace Prize , , Posthumous award , , , - , 1956 , , , , Person , , United States , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1956 , , , , Person , , China PR , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1956 , , , , Person , , Greece , , International Peace Prize , , , , , - , 1957 , , , , Person , , United Kingdom , , International Peace Prize , , Refused award. , , , - , 1957 , , , , Person , , China PR , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Greece , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Goa , , Gold medal , , Posthumous award , , , - , 1959 , ,
Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the ideals of national liberation and Third World solidarity. The organization is based in Egypt and has around 26-50 staff. The ...
, , Organisation , , International , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , Mouvement de la Paix , , Organisation , , France , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , Czechoslovak Peace Committee , , Organisation , , Czechoslovakia , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Romania , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Lebanon , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Chile , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Canada , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , ? , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Australia , , Medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Australia , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , India , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1959 , , , , Person , , Cuba , , Joliot-Curie silver medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Italy , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Jubilee Silver medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Jubilee Silver medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Jubilee Silver medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Jubilee Silver medal , , , , , - , 1960 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Medal , , , , , - , 1961 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Gold medal , , Marking his 70th birthday. , , , - , 1961 , , , , Person , , France , , Gold medal , , Marking her 80th birthday. , , , - , 1961 , ,
World Federation of Democratic Youth The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as left-wing and anti-imperialist. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, ...
, , Organisation , , International , , Gold medal , , , , , - , ? , , Political prisoners in
Francoist Spain Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...
, , Persons , , Spain , , Gold medal , , , , , - , ? , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Grand Silver medal , , , , , - , ? , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Medal , , , , , - , ? , , , , Person , , Mexico , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1963 , , , , Person , , Greece , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1963 , , , , Person , , Greece , , Gold medal , , Posthumous award , , , - , 1963 , , , , Person , , Kenya , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Spain , , Gold medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Iraq , , Gold medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Algeria , , Gold medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Hungary, , Gold medal , , Marking his 75th birthday. , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Italy, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Germany DR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Germany FR , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , United Kingdom , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Poland, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Cyprus, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Argentina, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Venezuela, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , France, , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union / Poland , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , ,
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
, , Place , , Japan , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , ,
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
, , Place , , Japan , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , South Africa , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1964 , , , , Person , , Poland , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1965 , , , , Person , , Egypt , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1965 , , , , Person , , Sudan , , Gold medal , , , , , - , 1965 , , , , Person , , Australia , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1965 , , , , Person , , Australia , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1966 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1966 , , , , Person , , Angola , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1966 , , , , Person , , Cuba , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1968 , , , , Person , , Chile , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1969 , , , , Person , , Hungary , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1969 , , , , Person , , Mongolia , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1969 , , , , Person , , United Kingdom , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1969 , , , , Person , , Peru , , Joliot-Curie medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1970 , , , , Person , , India , , Joliot-Curie medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1971 , , , , Person , , United States , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , Posthumous award, accepted by
Ralph Abernathy Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. As a leader of the civil rights movement, he was a close friend and ...
of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., who had a large role in the American civi ...
. , , , - , 1971 , ,
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum ( pl, Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau) is a museum on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim (German: ''Auschwitz''), Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwi ...
, , Organisation , , Poland , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1972 , , , , Person , , Guinea-Bissau / Cape Verde , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1972 , , , , Person , , Cuba , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1972 , , , , Person , , Mongolia , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1972 , , , , Person , , Egypt , , Joliot-Curie medal , , Posthumous award. , , , - , 1972 , , , , Person , , Chile , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1972 , ,
Coalition for Peace and Justice A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...
, , Organisation , , United States , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1972 , ,
Organization of African Unity The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; french: Organisation de l'unité africaine, OUA) was an intergovernmental organization established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 32 signatory governments. One of the main heads for OAU's ...
, , Organisation , , International , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1972 , , "the people of Lao fighting for independence and freedom" , , Place , , Laos , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1973 , , , , Person , , Belgium , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1973 , , , , Person , , Bangladesh , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1974 , , , , Person , , Poland , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , , , Person , , Finland , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , , , Person , , Palestine , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , , , Person , , Cyprus, , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , Government of
North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...
, , Organisation , , Vietnam DR , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , Government of
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
, , Organisation , , Vietnam Rep , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , ,
United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 was passed on 6 November 1962 in response to the racist policies of apartheid established by the South African Government. Condemnation of apartheid The resolution deemed apartheid and the polici ...
, , Organisation , , International , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , ,
United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation The United Nations Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, or the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24), is a committee of ...
, , Organisation , , International , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1975 , , , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , Considered a riposte to
Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov ( rus, Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ˈdmʲitrʲɪjevʲɪtɕ ˈsaxərəf; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, nobel laureate and activist for nu ...
's 1975
Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...
. , , , - , 1976 , , , , Person , , Mozambique , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1977 , ,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, , Place , , Vietnam , , Joliot-Curie medal , , Presented to
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (10 July 1910 – 24 December 1996) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National As ...
. The Vietnamese government had earlier awarded the WPC its Friendship Order. , , , - , 1977 , , ''
World Marxist Review ''Problems of Peace and Socialism'' (September 1958–June 1990, Russian: ''Проблемы мира и социализма)'', also commonly known as ''World Marxist Review'' (WMR), the name of its English-language edition, was a monthly theore ...
'' , , Work , , Czechoslovakia , , , , , , , - , 1977 , , , , Person , , Romania , , Joliot-Curie medal , , The award was delayed by Soviet objections, but pushed through by
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
. , , , - , 1978 , , , , Person , , Ethiopia , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1979 , , {{sortname , Laos President Souphanouvong , , Person, , Laos, , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , {{cite book, title=Non-alignment and the struggle for peace, national independence, and social progress, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fo_zAAAAMAAJ, year=1979, publisher=World Peace Council, page=15 , - , 1979 , , {{sortname, Michael, Manley , , Person , , Jamaica , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1980 , , {{sortname, Heng , Samrin , , Person , , Kampuchea , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , {{cite book, title=Summary of world broadcasts, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2jVAAAAMAAJ , access-date=21 July 2010 , volume=Far East, part 3 , year=1980 , publisher=
BBC Monitoring BBC Monitoring (BBCM) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors, and reports on, mass media worldwide using open-source intelligence. Based at New Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters in central London, it has ...
, quote=in Phnom Penh on 21st May the WPC's Joliot Curie peace medal would be conferred on the President of the KPRC, Heng Samrin. , - , 1980 , , {{sortname, Yasser, Arafat , , Person , , Palestine , , Ho Chi Minh award , , , , {{cite book, last=Shultz, first=Richard H., title=The Soviet Union and revolutionary warfare: principles, practices, and regional comparisons, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtebWixsIdYC&pg=PA231, access-date=20 July 2010, year=1988, publisher=Hoover Press, isbn=978-0-8179-8711-4, page=231 , - , 1980 , , {{sortname , Federico , Sotolongo Guerra , , Person , , Cuba , , Medal , , , , , - , 1981 , ,
Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after ...
, , Organisation , , Nicaragua , , Ho Chi Minh award , , , , , - , 1981 , , {{sortname , Líber , Seregni , , Seregni, Liber , , Person , , Uruguay , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1983 , , {{sortname, Enuga Sreenivasulu , Reddy , , Person , , India , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , Director of the UN Centre against Apartheid , , , - , 1983 , , {{sortname, Yusuf , Maitama Sule , , Person , , Nigeria , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , Chairman of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid , , , - , 1985 , , {{sortname, James E. , Jackson , , Person , , United States , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1986 , ,
African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...
, , Organisation , , South Africa , , Ho Chi Minh award , , Accepted by
Oliver Tambo Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 191724 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991. Biography Higher education Oliv ...
. , , , - , 1986 , , {{sortname, Sam, Nujoma , , Person , , Namibia , , Ho Chi Minh award , , , , , - , 1986 , ,
Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
, , Place , ,
Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...
, , Town of Peace , , , , , - , 1988 , , {{sortname, Julius , Nyerere , , Person , , Tanzania , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , , - , 1988 , , {{sortname, , Pimen I of Moscow , , Person , , Soviet Union , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , 1989 , , {{sortname , Daniel , Ortega , , Person , , Nicaragua , , Joliot-Curie gold medal , , , , , - , ? , , {{sortname, P. J., Patterson , , Person , , Jamaica , , Joliot-Curie medal , , , , In 2002, the WPC denied news reports that it had given a prize to
Meles Zenawi Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigrinya and ; , born Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian soldier and politician who served as President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his ...
.{{cite news, url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200207230538.html, title=Ethiopia: Peace Council Says No Award Has Been Given, date=23 July 2002, work= AllAfrica.com, access-date=22 July 2010


References

* {{cite book, last=Chandra , first=Romesh , title=Defending and building world peace: selected speeches and statements, February 1967 – March 1979 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSxnAAAAMAAJ, access-date=20 July 2010, year=1980, publisher=People's Publishing House * {{cite book, title=Asia yearbook, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1muAAAAIAAJ, year=1972, publisher=Far Eastern economic review {{reflist > {{DEFAULTSORT:World Peace Council Prizes Peace awards Lists of award winners World Peace Council