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The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' is one of several Nobel Prizes set up by Alfred Nobel in his last will and testament. The peace prize is awarded to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/shortfacts.html Facts on the Nobel Peace Prizes] Nobel Prize, accessed January 2013</ref> The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded "93 times to 94 124 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2012, 100 individuals and 19 24 organizations since 1901." <ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/ All Nobel Peace Prize Laureates], Nobel Prize, accessed September 17, 2007.January 2013</ref>
==Recipients==
*2012 - The [[European Union]]
*2011 - [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], [[Leymah Gbowee]], [[Tawakkol Karman]]
*2010 - [[Liu Xiaobo]]
*2009 - [[Barack Obama]]
*1905 - [[Bertha von Suttner]]
*1904 - [[Institute of International Law]]
*1903 - [[Randal Cremer ]]
*1902 - [[Élie Ducommun]], [[Albert Gobat]]
*1901 - [[Henry Dunant]], [[Frédéric Passy]]
