2017 Nobel Peace Prize - wikipedia 2017 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize Awarded for Outstanding contributions to peace Date 6 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 06 ) Location Oslo Country Norway Presented by Norwegian Nobel Committee Reward ( s ) 9 million SEK ( $ 1.11 M, € 0.94 M ) First awarded 1901 2017 laureate International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Website nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace ← 2016 Nobel Peace Prize 2018 → The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( ICAN ) `` for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground - breaking efforts to achieve a treaty - based prohibition on such weapons, '' according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on October 6, 2017. The award announcement acknowledged the fact that `` the world 's nine nuclear - armed powers and their allies '' neither signed nor supported the treaty - based prohibition known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or nuclear ban treaty, yet in an interview Committee Chair Berit Reiss - Andersen told reporters that the award was intended to give `` encouragement to all players in the field '' to disarm. The award was hailed by civil society as well as governmental and intergovernmental representatives who support the nuclear ban treaty, but drew criticism from those opposed. At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony held in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2017, Setsuko Thurlow, an 85 - year - old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn jointly received a medal and diploma of the award on behalf of ICAN and delivered the Nobel lecture. Contents 1 Award 2 Congratulatory reactions 3 Critical reactions 4 Commentaries 5 Award funding 6 Award ceremony 7 Past Award recognition of disarmament efforts 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Award A global civil society coalition of 468 peace, human rights, environment, development and faith groups as of 2017, ICAN was recognized for its decade - long consensus - building support for the Humanitarian Pledge and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss - Andersen described ICAN 's work as having `` brought the debate forward by focusing so heavily on the humanitarian consequences of using nuclear arms. '' The Peace Prize announcement came in the midst of the 2017 North Korea crisis, uncertainty over certification of Iran 's compliance with the 2015 accord that limits Iran 's nuclear program, the Doomsday Clock assessment in January 2017 of the highest threat of nuclear war since 1953, heightened rhetoric between Indian and Pakistani military officials to target each other and retaliate with the early use nuclear weapons, Russia 's strategic doctrine calling for early use of nuclear weapons against any `` major NATO assault '' on its territory, and opposition by nuclear powers to the nuclear ban treaty and its ratification. In a telephone interview immediately after the announcement, ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn said that, the Cold War being long over, possession and use of weapons of mass destruction `` is no longer acceptable '' in the 21st century. In a formal statement, ICAN called the 2017 prize a tribute to `` the tireless efforts of many millions of campaigners and concerned citizens worldwide who, ever since the dawn of the atomic age, have loudly protested nuclear weapons '' and to `` the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- the hibakusha -- and victims of nuclear test explosions ''. Holding a press conference at UN Headquarters, in New York, the ICAN executive director said that disarmament campaign efforts of a `` new generation, '' of `` people who grew up after the Cold War and do n't understand why we still have the ( nuclear ) weapons, '' were in effect also being recognized by the award. Nominations for the prize numbered 318, including 215 individuals and 103 organizations, second highest to the record 376 nominations considered in 2016. Though the Nobel Committee does not release names being considered for 50 years, reportedly they included : Tong Jen and Onodera Toshitaki seeking justice for Chinese victims of wartime atrocities during World War II ; organizers Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini of the 2015 Iran Deal negotiations ; UNHCR and High Commissioner Filippo Grandi for their work on the rights and dignity of refugees ; Turkish journalists Cumhuriyet and Can Dündar ; The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) for their work securing Gambia 's political transition ; and the humanitarian White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defense, and Raed al Saleh. Congratulatory reactions Congratulatory messages in the days following the award announcement came from individual disarmament supporters as well as ICAN coalition organizations, other civil society groups, public figures, governments and the United Nations, including : survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings ( hibakusha ), The ATOM Project, Peace Boat, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Ploughshares Fund, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Germany, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, UK Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Austria, Canada 's New Democratic Party Critic for Foreign Affairs Hélène Laverdière, Mexico, and Nigeria. Twenty - three countries included congratulatory remarks in their statements at the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, including Sweden and New Zealand. Pugwash President Sergio Duarte wrote that the award designation reflects `` growing public recognition '' of banning nuclear weapons as part of the international humanitarian norm to abolish weapons of mass destruction, citing examples of the abolition of bacteriological weapons in the 1970s and chemical weapons in the 1990s. He also called on State parties to make further progress at the UN High Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament slated for 2018, noting the role of civil society organizations such as ICAN in supporting such multilateral disarmament processes. UN Secretary - General António Guterres relayed in a press statement that the award `` recognizes the determined efforts of civil society to highlight the unconscionable humanitarian and environmental consequences that would result if they ( nuclear weapons ) were ever used again, '' noting that the first UN General Assembly resolution, in 1946, had `` established the goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. '' The UN 's top disarmament official Izumi Nakamitsu in a statement said that the 2017 Peace Prize `` recognizes once again the vital and indispensable role of civil society in advancing our common aspirations peace, security and a world free of nuclear weapons. '' Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev in a statement said the award designation was `` a very good decision '' and signified that `` a world without nuclear weapons -- there can not be any other goal ! '', also recalling a joint statement with then US President Ronald Reagan at the 1986 Reykjavik Summit that `` a nuclear war can not be won and must never be fought. '' Welcoming the implications of the Peace Prize announcement in an interview with RT, `` whistleblower '' William McNeilly defended his Wikileaked report in 2015 that claimed Trident nuclear programme safety and security failures and that sparked nuclear - deterrent debates in the UK the same year. New Zealand 's Green Party Spokesperson for Social Development, MP Jan Logie, said that `` Our Pacific Ocean and its peoples have suffered the terrible effects of nuclear explosions and today we acknowledge the survivors of nuclear weapons use and testing. This Nobel Prize honours them. '' Aging survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, known as hibakusha, have long campaigned to abolish nuclear weapons, often recounting the horrific suffering they endured and from which many more died. At gatherings to watch the broadcast Peace Prize announcement and in other press interviews, their reactions included : Toshiyuki Mimaki, 75, of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations : `` The young people 's activities have been recognized. '' Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council members, with a photograph of Sumiteru Taniguchi, who died in August 2017 at the age of 88, said it gave them new motivation to continue their work. Terumi Tanaka, former secretary - general of Nihon Hidankyo : `` We told the world about the inhumanity ( of nuclear weapons ). We laid the foundations for ICAN to do its work. '' Toshiki Fujimori, assistant secretary - general of the group, expressed hope that the award would `` speed up the flow of countries joining the treaty. '' Peace Boat founder Tatsuya Yoshioka said the award `` has the same value as if it were given to every hibakusha. '' Separately, the older brother of iconic Sadako Sasaki said he felt a sense of pride. Masahiro Sasaki, 76 : `` It 's wonderful that these low - profile, often unseen activities have been recognized. '' Sunao Tsuboi, 92 : `` Together with ICAN and many other people, we hibakusha will continue to seek a world without nuclear weapons as long as our lives last. '' Shigemitsu Tanaka, head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council : `` We want to take great delight as it helped build up a treaty banning nuclear weapons. We want to work together so that the nuclear disarmament treaty can be signed as soon as possible. '' Speaking at Bowling Green University with fellow Hiroshima bombing survivor Keiko Ogura, who founded Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace, Setsuko Thurlow likened ICAN 's work to other social movements eventually embraced by nations, saying `` it is our moral imperative to abolish nuclear weapons '' and that the Peace Prize for ICAN `` represents a break from the typical state perspective. '' Supporters from faith communities issued congratulatory statements, including : the Dalai Lama, Daisaku Ikeda, Father Shay Cullen, the Holy See, Pax Christi International, and the World Council of Churches. Critical reactions While the majority of reactions from the international community hailed the Nobel Committee 's decision, other reactions were critical about the announcement 's implications. NATO Secretary - General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO has in common with ICAN the goal of `` preserving peace and creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons '' and welcomes the attention drawn by the award announcement to nuclear non-proliferation issues, but that the nuclear ban treaty supported by ICAN `` risks undermining the progress we have made over the years, '' citing the existence of nuclear arms as the reason to maintain nuclear arsenals and for NATO remaining a nuclear alliance since the Cold War. In a press release Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg praised ICAN for promoting their common goal of a world free of nuclear weapons but reiterated that Norway will not sign the ban treaty, echoing NATO 's stance. Similarly, spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin believes the award decision should be respected and that Russia as a member of the nuclear club both supports nuclear non-proliferation and maintains its position expressed by President Vladimir Putin that `` there is no alternative to nuclear parity '' in global security measures. The government of Australia as of October 9, 2017 did not comment on the award designation but, through its spokesperson, acknowledged `` the commitment of ICAN and its supporters to promoting awareness of the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons '' and restated the government 's position that `` so long as the threat of nuclear attack exists, US extended deterrence will serve Australia 's fundamental national security interests. '' The USA reacted by saying in its statement that the award announcement `` does not change the U.S. position on the treaty '' which in its view `` risks undermining existing efforts to address global proliferation and security challenges, '' and that `` no state possessing nuclear weapons or which depends upon such weapons for its security supports '' the ban treaty. When asked to clarify whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wanted to congratulate ICAN, the prime minister 's office did not respond, though in a June 2017 statement Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland 's press secretary said that `` Canada remains firmly committed to concrete steps towards global nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. '' Commentaries The Economist questioned the appropriateness of ICAN 's winning of the prize, arguing it was doubtful their nuclear - ban treaty effort would do anything to advance global peace due to its rejection by the world 's nuclear powers. Award funding On October 20, 2017, Euronews reported that, through research with German broadcaster ZDF into Nobel Prize Foundation index funds investments, German campaign group Facing Finance had determined that the Peace Prize award was funded in part by Foundation investments in companies contributing to nuclear weapons programs, including Textron, Lockheed Martin and Ratheon, and urged ICAN not to accept the 9 million SEK award money. According to Agence France - Presse, the head of the Nobel Institute Olav Njolstad was confronted on October 26, 2017 with the revelation confirmed by environmental group The Future in Our Hands, and Foundation director Lars Heikensten said the following day that `` ( a ) t the latest, by March next year ( 2018 ) we will have no investment in anything that is connected with any kind of production which is classified as connected with nuclear weapons. '' Award ceremony A day ahead of the December 10th award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, ICAN installed outside the Norwegian Parliament building 1,000 red and blue paper cranes made by children in Hiroshima. Past award recognition of disarmament efforts After the first wartime use of nuclear weapons, in 1946, the Peace Prize began to recognize nuclear disarmament efforts : ( 1959 ) Philip Noel - Baker ( 1962 ) Linus Pauling ( 1974 ) Eisaku Satō ( 1982 ) Alva Myrdal and Alfonso Garcia Robles ( 1985 ) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War ( 1990 ) Mikhail Gorbachev ( 1995 ) Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs ( 2005 ) International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei In the award presentation speech on December 10, 2017, Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss - Andersen recalled that `` twelve Peace Prizes have been awarded, in whole or in part, '' to honor `` efforts against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament, '' and included 2009 Nobelist Barak Obama. See also Concerns about nuclear weapons Humanitarian Initiative Nobel Prize controversies Nuclear disarmament Nuclear holocaust Nuclear weapons debate Nuclear weapons in popular culture Public opinion on nuclear issues References Jump up ^ `` The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 ''. www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 06. ^ Jump up to : Gladstone, Rick ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Group Opposing Nuclear Weapons ''. The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Anti-nuclear weapon campaigner ICAN receives 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Xinhuanet. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` About ICAN : Partner organizations ''. ICAN. October 19, 2017. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 - Prize Announcement ''. Nobel AB Media 2014. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Adomaitis, Nerijus ; Miles, John ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel Peace Prize goes to group dedicated to abolishing nuclear weapons ''. Business Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ John, Tara ( October 6, 2017 ). `` 5 Reasons Why ICAN Won the Nobel Peace Prize ''. Time magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` ICAN : consigning the atomic bomb to history ''. The Hindu. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Patrick Galey / AFP ( October 2, 2017 ). `` The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to ICAN, a group working for nuclear disarmament ''. PRI. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons receives the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Deutsche Welle ( DW ). October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP - JiJi, Reuters, Kyodo, AP ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. The Japan Times. Retrieved October 7, 2017. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Cunningham, Melissa ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel peace prize awarded to Melbourne - born International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ''. The Age ( Australia ). Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Anthony, Ted ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel says to Korea nuke players : We are watching ''. The Times of Israel. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Mitra, Arun ( October 9, 2017 ). `` Staving off nuclear weapons ''. Millennium Post ( India ). Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Michael T. Klare ( October 12, 2017 ). `` ICAN Drops the Bomb on Nuclear Weapons ''. The Nation ( US ). Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Fihn, Beatrice ( October 6, 2017 ). `` International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( ICAN ) -- Interview '' ( Interview ). Interview with Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. Nobel Media AB 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Statement on Nobel Peace Prize 2017 ''. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nobel peace prize is tribute to anti-nuclear campaigners, says Ican director -- video ''. The Guardian. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` UN Treaty ' beginning of the end for nuclear weapons, ' say Nobel Peace Prize winners ''. UN News Centre. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ NBC News ( October 6, 2017 ). `` 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ''. MSN News. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Wijnen, Pieter ( March 3, 2017 ). `` Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 ''. Norway Today. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Chinese and Japanese wartime justice seekers co-nominated for 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. China Daily. March 23, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nobel Peace Prize 2017 : PRIO Director 's Shortlist ''. PRIO. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Anti-nuclear weapons group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Al Jazeera. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Perrigo, Billy ( October 6, 2017 ). `` How the World is Reacting to ICAN Winning the Nobel Peace Prize ''. Time magazine. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize ''. Oxfam International. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Henley, John ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel peace prize 2017 : International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins award -- as it happened ''. The Guardian ( UK ). Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP ( Agence France - Presse ) ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Japan A-bomb survivors hail ICAN Nobel Peace Prize win ''. France24. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Receives The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. AsianMirror. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` For a world without nuclear weapons ''. The Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` NTI Congratulates 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN ''. Nuclear Threat Initiative. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Gallhofer, George - Wilhelm ( October 12, 2017 ). Statement by Austria ( Speech ). 72nd UNGA - First Committee ; Nuclear Weapons Cluster ( 12th Meeting ). New York ( UN HQ ) : Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, New York. Retrieved October 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nigeria Congratulates ICANW On The Award 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, Calls For A Nuclear Free World ''. ARM ( African Ripples Magazine ). October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017. Jump up ^ `` InternationaL Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( ICAN ) Has Been Awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` NDP statement on ICAN being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ''. New Democratic Party of Canada ( NDP ). October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Mexico Congratulates the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons '' ( Press release ). gob.mx ( Government of Mexico ). Retrieved October 18, 2017. Jump up ^ Dearie, James ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Organization working to abolish nuclear weapons awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Omirgazy, Dana ( October 10, 2017 ). `` ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador congratulates ICAN for Nobel Prize win ''. The Astana Times ( Kazakhstan ). Retrieved October 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Ploughshares Fund ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Grantee ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. Ploughshares Fund. Retrieved October 23, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Smith, Marie - Danielle ( October 26, 2017 ). `` ' Astonishing ' : Justin Trudeau criticized for not congratulating Nobel Peace Prize winners, keeping Canada out of nuclear treaty ''. The National Post. Retrieved October 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN Significant for Nuclear Disarmament ''. IDN / InDepthNews. October 8, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Spokesman for UN Secretary - General António Guterres ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Secretary - General Applauds International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on Winning Nobel Peace Prize, Hailing Determined Efforts of Civil Society '' ( Press release ). United Nations. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Statement by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons '' ( pdf ). UNODA. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Serebryakov, Dmitry ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev welcomes decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN ''. Tass. Retrieved October 18, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trident nuclear weapons whistleblower McNeilly welcomes ICAN Nobel Peace Prize win ''. RT International. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Soussi, Alasdair. `` Whistleblower reignites UK 's nuclear - deterrent debate ''. www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ reporter, Libby Brooks Scotland ( 2015 - 05 - 21 ). `` SNP secures Westminster debate on Trident safety ''. The Guardian. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand ( October 7, 2017 ). `` Greens candidate was key player in anti-nuclear campaign ''. Wellington Scoop ( New Zealand ). Retrieved October 23, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP - Jiji, Reuters, Kyodo, AP. `` Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize ''. The Japan Times. Retrieved October 23, 2017. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Kyodo ( October 7, 2017 ). `` A-bomb survivors hail ICAN 's 2017 Nobel Peace Prize win ''. Japan Times. Retrieved October 23, 2017. Jump up ^ LaPointe, Roger ( October 19, 2017 ). `` From horror, the hope for peace : Hiroshima survivors share their stories at BGSU ''. Sentinel - Tribune ( Bowling Green, Ohio, US ). Retrieved October 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Monlam, Tenzin ( October 7, 2017 ). `` Dalai Lama congratulates ICAN on winning 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Phayul.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Anderson, Joan ( October 6, 2017 ). `` ICAN Nobel Peace Prize marks new phase in quest to rid world of nuclear weapons : President of SGI Buddhist association applauds award '' ( Press release ). Religion News Service. Retrieved October 18, 2017. Jump up ^ Flanagan, Eimear ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Nobel Peace Prize : Irish priest nominee praises Ican ''. BBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2017. Jump up ^ Bernardito Auza ( October 10, 2017 ). Statement of H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza ( PDF ) ( Speech ). General Debate of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. New York. Retrieved November 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Martinez, Alice Kooij ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Pax Christi International congratulates ICAN on the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize '' ( Press release ). Brussels : Pax Christi International. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 16. Jump up ^ `` WCC congratulates Nobel Peace Prize laureate ICAN ''. WCC. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Herszenhorn, David M ( October 8, 2017 ) ( October 6, 2017 ). `` NATO chief criticizes treaty pushed by Nobel Peace Prize winner ''. Politico. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Office of the Prime Minister ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Prime Minister Solberg congratulates ICAN on Nobel Peace Prize '' ( Press release ). Government of Norway. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Kremlin : We Are ' Not Upset ' Over Nobel Peace Prize Not Being Awarded to Putin ''. Sputnik ( news agency ). October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP ( Agence - France Presse ) ( October 6, 2017 ). `` Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize ''. The Nation ( Pakistan ). Retrieved October 17, 2017. Jump up ^ Esposito, Brad ( October 9, 2017 ). `` Australia 's Nobel Peace Prize Winners Expected A Little More Love From The PM ''. BuzzFeedNews. Retrieved October 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Latest : US : Nobel Peace Choice Does n't Change US Stance ''. The Associated Press. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017. Jump up ^ `` This year 's Nobel peace prize rewards a nice but pointless idea ''. The Economist. 6 October 2017. Jump up ^ EuroNews ( October 20, 2017 ). `` Nobel Peace Prize ' invests in nuclear weapon companies ' ''. EuroNews. Retrieved October 20, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP / ec ( October 28, 2017 ). `` Nobel prize money will no longer be ' invested ' in nuclear weapons ''. ChannelNewsAsia ( Singapore ). Retrieved October 29, 2017. Jump up ^ AFP ( October 27, 2017 ). `` Nobel prize money will no longer be ' invested ' in nuclear weapons ''. France 24. Retrieved November 1, 2017. Jump up ^ David Keyton, AP ( December 9, 2017 ). `` Nobel Laureate : if Atomic Bombs Exist, Disaster Inevitable ''. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Waxman, Olivia B ( October 6, 2017 ). `` The Long Nuclear History Behind the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. Time. Retrieved October 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` All Nobel Peace Prizes ''. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved October 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Domonoske, Camila ( October 6, 2017 ). `` International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize ''. National Public Radio ( NPR ). Retrieved October 9, 2017. Advancing disarmament and arms control is one of the central criteria for awarding the Peace Prize, along with the promotion of peace talks and the `` promotion of fraternity between nations. '' Jump up ^ Reiss - Andersen, Berit ( December 10, 2017 ). Award Ceremony Speech ( Speech ). 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony. Oslo City Hall : Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2017. External links Award Presentation Speech by Berit Reiss - Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee ( in English ) Nobel Lecture, delivered by Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow ( in English ) Nuclear weapons : In conversation with ICAN -- Al Jazeera interview with Rebecca Johnson, founding co-chair of ICAN and member of the organization 's International Steering Group, December 9, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize General topics Laureates Committee ( members ) Institute Center Concert Oslo Spektrum Oslo City Hall World Summit By year 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 Nobel Prize laureates Chemistry Jacques Dubochet ( Switzerland ) Joachim Frank ( Germany ) Richard Henderson ( United Kingdom ) Literature Kazuo Ishiguro ( United Kingdom ) Peace ( 2017 ) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( Switzerland ) Physics Rainer Weiss ( United States ) Barry Barish ( United States ) Kip Thorne ( United States ) Physiology or Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall ( United States ) Michael Rosbash ( United States ) Michael W. Young ( United States ) Economic Sciences Richard Thaler ( United States ) Nobel Prize recipients 1990 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize 1901 -- 1925 1901 Henry Dunant / Frédéric Passy 1902 Élie Ducommun / Charles Gobat 1903 Randal Cremer 1904 Institut de Droit International 1905 Bertha von Suttner 1906 Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Ernesto Moneta / Louis Renault 1908 Klas Arnoldson / Fredrik Bajer 1909 A.M.F. Beernaert / Paul Estournelles de Constant 1910 International Peace Bureau 1911 Tobias Asser / Alfred Fried 1912 Elihu Root 1913 Henri La Fontaine 1914 1915 1916 1917 International Committee of the Red Cross 1918 1919 Woodrow Wilson 1920 Léon Bourgeois 1921 Hjalmar Branting / Christian Lange 1922 Fridtjof Nansen 1923 1924 1925 Austen Chamberlain / Charles Dawes 1926 -- 1950 1926 Aristide Briand / Gustav Stresemann 1927 Ferdinand Buisson / Ludwig Quidde 1928 1929 Frank B. Kellogg 1930 Nathan Söderblom 1931 Jane Addams / Nicholas Butler 1932 1933 Norman Angell 1934 Arthur Henderson 1935 Carl von Ossietzky 1936 Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1937 Robert Cecil 1938 Nansen International Office for Refugees 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 International Committee of the Red Cross 1945 Cordell Hull 1946 Emily Balch / John Mott 1947 Friends Service Council / American Friends Service Committee 1948 1949 John Boyd Orr 1950 Ralph Bunche 1951 -- 1975 1951 Léon Jouhaux 1952 Albert Schweitzer 1953 George Marshall 1954 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1955 1956 1957 Lester B. Pearson 1958 Georges Pire 1959 Philip Noel - Baker 1960 Albert Lutuli 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld 1962 Linus Pauling 1963 International Committee of the Red Cross / League of Red Cross Societies 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. 1965 UNICEF 1966 1967 1968 René Cassin 1969 International Labour Organization 1970 Norman Borlaug 1971 Willy Brandt 1972 1973 Lê Đức Thọ ( declined award ) / Henry Kissinger 1974 Seán MacBride / Eisaku Satō 1975 Andrei Sakharov 1976 -- 2000 1976 Betty Williams / Mairead Corrigan 1977 Amnesty International 1978 Anwar Sadat / Menachem Begin 1979 Mother Teresa 1980 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel 1981 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1982 Alva Myrdal / Alfonso García Robles 1983 Lech Wałęsa 1984 Desmond Tutu 1985 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1986 Elie Wiesel 1987 Óscar Arias 1988 UN Peacekeeping Forces 1989 Tenzin Gyatso ( 14th Dalai Lama ) 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi 1992 Rigoberta Menchú 1993 Nelson Mandela / F.W. de Klerk 1994 Shimon Peres / Yitzhak Rabin / Yasser Arafat 1995 Pugwash Conferences / Joseph Rotblat 1996 Carlos Belo / José Ramos - Horta 1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines / Jody Williams 1998 John Hume / David Trimble 1999 Médecins Sans Frontières 2000 Kim Dae - jung 2001 -- present 2001 United Nations / Kofi Annan 2002 Jimmy Carter 2003 Shirin Ebadi 2004 Wangari Maathai 2005 International Atomic Energy Agency / Mohamed ElBaradei 2006 Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus 2007 Al Gore / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2008 Martti Ahtisaari 2009 Barack Obama 2010 Liu Xiaobo 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Leymah Gbowee / Tawakkol Karman 2012 European Union 2013 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 2014 Kailash Satyarthi / Malala Yousafzai 2015 Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet 2016 Juan Manuel Santos 2017 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_Nobel_Peace_Prize&oldid=815802553 '' Categories : 2017 awards Nobel Peace Prize 2017 in Switzerland 2017 in Norway Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 December 2017, at 06 : 49. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who won the nobel prize for peace in 2017
Answer: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)