Nominating the Nobel
Alan Quilley writes about Quaker involvement in the Nobel Peace Prize
In the autumn of 2012 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union. At the time I found this news of particular interest because I am presently completing my first year as the British representative on the American Friends Service Committee’s Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Committee. Each year, a five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee chooses who is to receive the prize. This committee is appointed by the Norwegian parliament. They have to make their choice from a wide range of nominations submitted. Last year these numbered 241. In most years one of these nominations comes from ‘The Quakers’.
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