World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
Coat of arms
Official organization
Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates
Headquarters
Official languages
Correspondents
Leaders
 -  President / Chair Mikhail Gorbachev
 -  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 Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed, on December 14, 2014 during the closing ceremony of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, announced the 15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, to take place in Atlanta, United States of America in the presence of Mrs. Laura Seydel Turner, Chair, Sustainability Committee[3]This 15th World Summit is planned for November 2015 and will also award the annual International Children’s Peace Prize. [4]

In early 2015 Mayor Kasim Reed withdrew the city of Atlanta's support citing concerns citing with the CEO of Yunus Creative Lab, Mohammad Bhuiyan, and his wife and business partner, Shamima Amin. In April 2015, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus resigned from his the Yunus Creative Lab that has been leading the planning for and governance of the 15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. [5] The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates convened an extraordinary meeting in Rome on May 2-3, 2015 in order to take the final decision.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SA Nobel Peace summit suspended - reports". News24. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "China ‘thanks’ SA over Dalai Lama visa". City Press. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mayor Reed announces XV World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to take place in Atlanta". World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. 15 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Saporta, Maria. "Atlanta’s 2015 summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners taking shape". SaportaReport. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nobel Laureate behind planned Atlanta peace summit withdraws". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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