The Wateler Peace Prize is awarded annually by the Dutch Carnegie Foundation and is named for J.G.D. Wateler who, upon his death on 22 July 1927 "bequeathed his estate to the Dutch State, under the proviso that the annual revenue accruing from it should be expended upon the awarding of a prize to those who have made themselves meritorious in the cause of peace."

Laureates

{, class=wikitable , 1931 , Union Internationale des Associations pour la Société des Nations, Brussels , - , 1932 , Vereeniging voor Volkenbond en Vrede, The Hague , - , 1933 , Mr.

Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 and, uniquely, served three separate terms as Leader of t ...

, - , 1934 , Afdeeling Nederland van den Wereldbond voor Internationale Vriendschap door de Kerken , - , 1935 , Radio-Omroepdienst van den Volkenbond, Geneva , - , 1936 , Haagsche Academie voor Internationaal Recht , - , 1937 , The Right Hon. Lord Baden-Powell , - , 1938 , Nederlandsche Jeugd-Herberg Centrale; Oecomenische Vereeniging in Nederland , - , 1939 , American Friends' Service Committee, Philadelphia; Friends' Service Council, London , - , 1948 , H.Ch.G.J. van der Mandere, Wassenaar , - , 1949 ,

World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...

, Geneva , - , 1950 , Haagsche Academie voor Internationaal Recht , - , 1951 , Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales à Genève , - , 1952 , His Excellency Mr. D.U. Stikker , - , 1953 , M.

Jean Monnet Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (; 9 November 1888 – 16 March 1979) was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, administrator, and political visionary. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the ...

, Paris , - , 1954 , Nederlandse Raad der Europese Beweging, The Hague , - , 1955 , Sir

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

, London , - , 1956 , Mr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart , - , 1957 ,

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to c ...

(United Nations Children's Fund) , - , 1958 , Dr. A. Pelt , - , 1959 , Count Moens de Fernig, Brussels , - , 1960 , Stichting Opbouwfonds Jeugdherbergen , - , 1961 , Mlle Marguérite Nobs, Geneva , - , 1962 , Dr. W.A. Visser 't Hooft , - , 1963 , Dag Hammarskjøld Minnesfond, Stockholm , - , 1964 , Jongeren Vrijwilligers Programma , - , 1965 ,

World Federation of United Nations Associations The World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) (French: ''Fédération Mondiale des Associations pour les Nations Unies'', FMANU) was founded in 1946 as a Federation of national associations. Its objectives are to promote the values o ...

(WFUNA), Geneva , - , 1966 , Eduard van Beinum Stichting, Breukelen , - , 1967 , La Communauté de Taizé, France , - , 1968 , Interkerkelijk Overleg in Radio Aangelegenheden (I.K.O.R.), special t.b.v. de Commissie voor de Wilde Ganzen Omroep , - , 1969 , Mrs. Martin Luther King, U.S.A. , - , 1970 , Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht, Utrecht , - , 1971 , International Social Service, Headquarters, Geneva , - , 1972 , Prof. Dr. B.V.A. Röling, Groningen , - , 1973 , Mrs.

Alva Myrdal Alva Myrdal ( , ; née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace ...

, Stockholm , - , 1974 , Dr. Ir. A.H. Boerma (F.A.O.) , - , 1975 , Dr. H.A. Kissinger, Washington , - , 1976 , Drs. M. Kohnstamm, Rome , - , 1977 , H.E. Dr. Manfred Lachs, Former President and Judge of the International Court of Justice, The Hague , - , 1980 ,

Leger des Heils The Leger des Heils is the name of the Dutch arm of The Salvation Army. The Leger des Heils was largely established by a Dutch teacher, Gerrit Govaars, who together with the English officers Captain and Mrs Joseph K. Tyler, commenced Army work i ...

, The Netherlands , - , 1981 ,

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and ...

, U.S.A , - , 1982 , Mr. Cornelis Brouwer, Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees, The Hague , - , 1983 , Prof. Dr. H. Gmeiner, SOS Children's Villages International, Austria , - , 1984 , Dr. J.H. van Roijen, Former Foreign Minister and Ambassador of the Netherlands , - , 1985 , International Commission of Jurists, Geneva , - , 1986 , UNIFIL Detachment, Schaarsbergen , - , 1986 , Dr.

Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 - 9 September 2012), known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India, was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry a ...

, Chairman of National Dairy, India, known as the ''"Father of the White Revolution"'' , - , 1987 , De Stichting Nederlandse Gehandicaptenraad, Utrecht , - , 1988 , Sir

Brian Urquhart Major Sir Brian Edward Urquhart ( ) (28 February 1919 – 2 January 2021) was a British international civil servant and World War II veteran, and author. He played a significant role in the founding of the United Nations. He went on to serve as ...

, Former Under-Secretary-General U.N.O. , - , 1989 , Artsen zonder grenzen Nederland (MSF the Netherlands/Médécins sans frontières Pays-Bas) , - , 1990 , Prof. Dr

Jiří Hájek Jiří Hájek (; 6 June 1913 in Krhanice near Benešov – 22 October 1993 in Prague) was a Czech politician and diplomat. Together with Václav Havel, Zdeněk Mlynář, and Pavel Kohout, Hájek was one of the founding members and architects of ...

, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic , - , 1991 , The City of

Leyden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

, The Netherlands , - , 1992 , Wilhelm Huber, SOS - Kinderdorpen International , - , 1993 , Dr Krijn, his wife Mrs. Krijn-van Goudoever and their child (posthumously) , - , 1994 , The Jewish Cultural and Humanitarian Society “La Benevolencia Sarajevo” , - , 1995 , M. van der Stoel , - , 1996 , Ambassador Rolf Ekéus , - , 1997 , Ambassador J. Ramaker , - , 1998 ,

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization located in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes that a ...

, - , 1999 , Het Liliane Fonds , - , 2000/01 , The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (

UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integrat ...

) , - , 2004 ,

Theo van Boven Theodoor Cornelis (Theo) van Boven (born 16 May 1934, Voorburg) is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law. In 1977, he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Right ...

, - , 2006 ,

Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NA ...

, - , 2008 ,

Patrick Cammaert Major General Patrick Cammaert (, born April 11, 1950, Nijmegen) is a retired

, - , 2010 , Peace One Day and its founder

Jeremy Gilley Jeremy Francis Gilley (born 1969) is an English actor, filmmaker and founder of the nonprofit organisation Peace One Day. Early life Born in 1969, Gilley spent his early years in Southampton, Hampshire. Gilley was educated at St Mary's College ...

{{Cite web, url=http://www.vredespaleis.nl/default.asp?pid=59&page=nieuws&id=22, title=Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize 2010 | Peace Palace , - , 2012 , War Child , - , 2014 ,

Lakhdar Brahimi Lakhdar Brahimi ( Algerian pronunciation: ; ar, الأخضر الإبراهيمي; '; born 1 January 1934) is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was M ...

, - , 2016 ,

Sigrid Kaag Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag (; born 2 November 1961) is a Dutch diplomat and politician, serving as Minister of Finance and First Deputy Prime Minister in the Fourth Rutte cabinet. She previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 May 20 ...

, - , 2018 , Rudi Vranckx , - , 2022 ,

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), otherwise known as the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, works to prevent and resolve armed conflicts around the world through mediation and discreet diplomacy. A non-profit organisation bas ...

References

*Vredespaleis
list of laureates
Peace awards Dutch awards

Laureates

See also

References