How does the Nobel Peace Prize work? - Adeline Cuvelier and Toril Rokseth

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Among the top prestigious awards in the world, the Nobel Peace Prize has honored some of the most celebrated and revered international figures and organizations in history. But how does the nomination process work? And who exactly is eligible? Adeline Cuvelier and Toril Rokseth detail the specifics of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Lesson by Toril Rokseth and Adeline Cuvelier (of Nobel Peace Center), animation by Zedem Media.

[@thegreatafrican3367]

Fun fact: Vilakazi Street in South Africa is the only street in the world to house two Nobel peace prize winners; Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu

[@lizard5341]

That's so cool :D

[@ahasiikuyu8001]

Thanks to those chappie gums they tell a lot. In Namibia a primary school is named in honour of Martii Artisaari

[@daudkharal1328]

not anymore. The two Nobel prize in economics winners last year lived across the street in Stanford

[@Coolgiy67]

@@daudkharal1328 yup I saw a video about that where he had to wake up his friend cause he was sleeping 😂

[@isaaclow9661]

@@daudkharal1328 but but but but…..the category is peace, not physics

[@MinecraftCutiepie]

In Norway there's a common belief/rumour that says Alfred Nobel was accidentally presumed dead before his actual death, when they misprinted it in his local newspaper. Alfred discovered he wasn't very popular among the people when he saw all the bad things they wrote about him after "his passing", saying he was a terrible person for benifiting war with his invention of dynamite. Since he did not want to be remembered only for war, he decided to create the peace prize and leave something good behind in the world... at least that's what my seventh-grade teacher told me :P

[@turun_ambartanen]

can confirm, read about that too. don't know which scientist it was but it could have been Alfred Nobel indeed.

[@tinoh.3413]

I've heard about this as well, from what I read one of the obituaries called him the "merchant of death"

[@PokePresto]

It is true it was a french newspaper that printed alfred nobel the merchant of death was dead when it in reality was his brother. When Nobel read this he created the nobel prizes.

[@MinecraftCutiepie]

Axel F Thank you for clearing up the story for me! :) I wasn't clear on all the details

[@heidielliott4396]

BlueBerryKing a

[@evahdarth4406]

One day I will win this in the literature category.

[@sma5929]

Good luck!

[@evahdarth4406]

Thanks ... I'll definitely need it

[@optimusprime7791]

@@suvidjain1014 😂😂😂😂

[@tariqkhanPathanKabuliwala]

good luck 👍🏻

[@justinjohndiegor9518]

Sana all

[@PujaDevi-nr8qk]

The animations and sound design of TED-Ed videos are just wow. And I also love the voice of this narrator.

[@Super27051973]

Me too, he has a crunchy voice

[@noodlesthe1st]

The guy who invented knock knock jokes really deserves the no bell prize.

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

Well that's *WEIRD*. Sounds like a joke I might hear at *SCHOOL*

[@itratabbas7669]

Aadarsh Balireddy Well obviously you don't go to school as you don't know the diffence between here and hear.

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

Filthy Knarf Lol I just realized that. It's just a typo, but that was a good one.

[@joshuajerryabraham2731]

Nice pun man that made my day

[@vero-kd8vg]

AYYYYYYYYYY

[@standoughope]

Every time that I see a TED-Ed upload on a specific topic I secretly hope that for some random reason that very topic comes up among friends or family so that I can look educated. I know, it's lame. =(

[@FRIENDLYROZI]

or you have the power to change the conversation and can bring up the topic yourself :)

[@_Niko11001]

There's nothing wrong with wanting to educate and seem educated. Sharing knowledge is powerful.

[@pootlovato8285]

Ryan Swanson its not lame at all. It sucks that our society makes us feel being dumb means being cool when in fact its the opposite. Everyone is attracted to knowledgable people as long as they dont act pretentious.

[@standoughope]

Ricardo Hernández I'll consider it seeing that your suggestion was made in a polite manner.

[@026ERNEST]

Ryan Swanson Don't do it please

[@xy1374]

All the controversies surrounding some of the people who won the Peace prize makes me think of this quote. Anyone who speaks in favour of peace without stating precisely the conditions of this peace must at once be suspect of speaking only about that kind of peace in which he and his group thrives best.

[@esteruwu1671]

my grandmother’s grandfather was a nobel peace prize laureate. he put his earnings into a bank for until all his children had died. then it was to be used as a scholarship for all his direct descendants whom studied theology at uppsala university. then it was changed so it could be awarded to his direct descendants whom studied any subject at uppsala university. that nobel prize money will now provide me a scholarship for medical school :)

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

May be plausible...

[@QueHounG]

Thor: If you believe in peace, then let us keep it. Ultron: I think you're confusing 'peace' with 'quiet'.

[@bless6346]

ressa’s win made me question this award now.😶

[@Bankstercide]

The Peace Prize would gain a great deal more credibility if heads of state were automatically disqualified.

[@ahva2280]

*peace

[@Bankstercide]

***** Sure, but signing on the dotted line isn't the same thing as dedicating their lives to promoting peace.

[@Bankstercide]

***** Sure, but that's the problem; people get carried away with what _may_ happen, instead of what _does_ happen. A good example is the award to Le Duc Tho, who turned down the award because of that very reason: there was no peace in Vietnam yet. Another example is the award to Obama. Where was the peace that he actually achieved? Given the current state of the Middle East, the Committee definitely jumped the gun.

[@mimull1378]

John Doe its under no political influences its its own thing, its 100% independent of politics and if it was not china 🇨🇳 wouldn't blame Norway 🇳🇴 for some guy the nobel comity chose and refuse to buy or fish because of it. So it is not depended on politics. They choose who they choose based on their own opinion and they discuses it, they do not care about politics, they care about peace and people that wants to restore the peace or bring the peace ✌️ and they are not allowed to talk about this whit the political parties about their decisions nor is the political parties allowed to ask

[@Suja_Varghese]

@@thomasharlovic7470 , Gandhi's not a head of state.

[@adrianafetzer]

its so great to watch someone from your country (Rigoberta Menchu) get a nobel price for something that really made your home a much better place to live.

[@sumanadatta6350]

This video is really important for the school project I am doing on this Peace Prize.Thank you TEDed!

[@jerryto803]

That chilling feeling at the end of every TED video...

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

Fun fact: my Language teacher is still pissed because Borges never got a Nobel Prize.

[@nosilap7385]

same here. relatable

[@Monica-op4ev]

I´ve been told it was beacuse of some political comments, im not sure tho but it checks out

[@wandaregno8407]

Argentina Argentina🇦🇷

[@t.miranda176]

Borges did deserve it. 😪

[@eiyyyuuu]

Yesterday, a Filipino was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time. She is Maria Ressa

[@andreslee5157]

what is next? saint?

[@jahd5790]

A win for the fake news community and the western destabilizers

[@missiznohname2915]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eiyyyuuu]

@@jahd5790 the fake news community is led by Ms. Mocha Uson and the promoters of historical revisionism. Ms. Ressa is a journalist

[@eiyyyuuu]

@@andreslee5157 no

[@nettogames4268]

Who's the one narrating all of these? His voice is absolutely wonderful!

[@SultanSaad]

It would be great if you guys make some lessons about the other types of nobel prize.

[@derpydoopieUnT]

There was a Vietnamese general who was awarded the Nobel prize back in the 60s, but he didn’t take it, he said: “I’m not taking the prize till Vietnam is united” or something like that :D

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

You're probably refering to Le Duc Tho who declined the prize in 1973.

[@kimhoa7633]

This is kinda weird but what does the prize has to do with the civil war. It's not even from the Americans, he could have received it and used the award to financially support the northern troops.

[@thedigitalodometer945]

@@kimhoa7633 I don't know Le Duc Tho's story, but I imagine he declined the Peace Prize because it wouldn't make sense to receive a "Peace Prize" when you're a general in your country's civil war.

[@tmq0311....]

As a Vietnamese, he won't take it because the other general who bombed his homeland can have it too He said:"i won't take Nobel peace prize with that guy who wage wars"

[@thedigitalodometer945]

@@tmq0311.... Who was the other general?

[@keremidi2raupotreba780]

I know that I am 2 years late but the statement for the missing loriegts is true for the literature prize too. A Bulgarian writer named Pencho Slaveykov (Пенчо Славейков) was nominated but he sadly passed away before he could receive the prize.

[@rohitchaku5173]

Wow, watching this in 2019 after what happened in Myanmar, I can say that this did not age well.

[@debateeverything7435]

Would you mind summarizing what happened? I’d like to get more informed

[@emmanuelokoye1575]

@@debateeverything7435 Seconded

[@babyboo9252]

Emmanuel Okoye Rohingya Crisis

[@aquibalamLUMOS]

@@debateeverything7435 Basically Aung San suu Kyi as head of Myanmar govt supported/didn't do much to stop the Rohingya genocide where the army killed thousands and lakhs of people got displaced from their homes.

[@Diatribe55]

No it did not, lmao xDD

[@jeanmarsamad1615]

I wonder who nominated Maria Ressa?

[@warrenwarren38]

Maybe money involve

[@foxtratromeo2213]

I iyak nyo nalang yan!lilipas din yan!😂

[@borresjankyle7897]

C.I.A

[@shawndrumm3090]

Ironically they give them to war criminals.

[@melancholiabitch2095]

Like Obama

[@marryyaa577]

exacccttttly

[@Vegito_Fanpage]

Shawn Drumm I genuinely don't know what you are talking about. Probably because I don't actively research Nobel Prizes.

[@saw7191]

Aung San Suu Kyi

[@benu7930]

@@saw7191 yes. Kissinger and the likes

[@nicholasfairhurst356]

From Guatemalans everywhere, thanks so much for adding Rigoberta Menchú to the map at 0:25.

[@anasiftekharahmed9842]

5:45 this made me laugh and cry at the same time

[@vatsaldoshi4337]

If only people knew what joke are you talking about you would have many more likes 😂😂. Rohingyas be like 😐

[@techpriest5452]

@@vatsaldoshi4337 rohingyas be like💀

[@balikakamble1433]

wonderful journey of Nobel peace prize. 😊. thank you so much for the wonderful video.

[@stoicism1239]

0:29 Gandhi has never won Nobel prize. Dammit they didn't give him when he was alive.

[@reiseninaba8540]

the fact that people like Obama won it makes even more mad.

[@UnpredictableSB]

Wait, Obama won? What about his drone strikes?

[@CaptainTimo]

I think the fact that that S.O.B was awarded that has defiled the whole Nobel Peace Prize. Its like, he got one, do you wanna stand in the same category ?

[@SerenGetter]

Yep, Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, right before launching a war in Libya in 2011.

[@lauzhenzhoa]

He was nominated for two Nobel Peace Prize but won none of them.Thats so sad.

[@user-ci2lg1lw5b]

노벨상이 어떻게 주어지는지와 누구에게 주어지는지에 대하여 배웠습니다. 또 노벨상이 어떻게 만들어 졌는지에 대하여 배우는 시간이 되었습니다. 좋은 시간 감사합니다.

[@idolstephentv8230]

In my opinion, the Philippines is now doubting this award that was given to Maria Ressa.

[@pretzela318]

Cry all you want, the Palace has already recognized her award

[@leronm5039]

Nice! I hope they make videos on how the other Nobel prizes work too, especially Economics (it seems the least clear how this one is awarded).

[@adrielsebastian5216]

Well for one, it's not *actually* a Nobel prize, it's a prize awarded by the Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central Bank), BUT it is referred to as a Nobel Prize by the Nobel Foundation and the laureates are given the prizes along with those in other categories.

[@veecins9605]

it's now on my recommended videos because of ressa

[@ferntumatum6819]

and now the value of this award went down.

[@diktrishabiswas]

This is literally well explained, stacked with Infos and literally worth watching

[@yondertz]

The 2021 is meeeeeeehhhhhh

[@riihikuiva]

Finland (nearly) mentioned. 😅Thanks TedEd for all the great learning videos. 😊

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

:)

[@jda1997]

That lady from media won this thing. 🤦‍♂️

[@astraeusgodofthestars676]

Can you also do a video about Ramon Magsaysay award-it's the equivalent of Nobel Peace Price of Asia. Thanks TedEd 🕊️

[@sixthcavalier]

As a Guatemalan, I think Rigoberta Menchú does deserve her prize. Guatemala had one of THE longest civil wars in history, lasting nearly 40 years and still showing its aftermath today. Rigoberta Menchú puts her life at risk merely by supporting indigenous people, and it's sad that a country like mine, violent and ignorant, has nobel prizes for Literature and Peace.

[@HonestArse]

thank you for explaining :)

[@jakkritpongphadung6857]

ขอบคุณครับ สำหรับการบรรยายไทย

[@ShadowMatrix02]

Thank you for this. I already watched this before but I wanted to came back because I'm so happy that I watched this. Just a few minutes ago my teacher is asking why the people are happy when Nobel died and I said that he invwnted the dynamite which lead to WW1 and etc. I'm so proud because I was the only one who knew that on our class. You may not able to read this but thank you!

[@ThangNguyen-ko5ze]

You guys deserve more views

[@dashadavydova5608]

All these years of waiting to know that something important happens on my bday, I did NOT expect THIS, so the Nobel prize lauriete is announced on my birthday, o h my god, December 10th rocks

[@anubhav.music28]

Awesome video. Got the required info+interesting facts.

[@nannet7209]

The formula is Someone dont like their government + he/she tell the international community that his/her government is abusive of power + criticize his/her government = he/she gets nobel prize

[@ravenaloro1767]

if that's the criteria for Nobel peace prize, going by your "formula", everybody would a prize.

[@Really_Brooks]

The nobel peace prize is a joke. Look at who won it in 2019 and how he started a war

[@joermnyc]

Also good to note, the medal for the other prizes is a different design.

[@lemonslisterine1862]

I got to shake hands with the Dalai Lama once. He was at this Buddhist temple in California, and my master had to pay a lot of money in order for me to shake his hand. I didn't understand what he was saying in other speeches that he did, but he used English in this event, which was a surprise.

[@t.miranda176]

So you paid to greet someone who made a vow of poverty?

[@ChanwooPark-me1wc]

생각해보니까 노벨상 중 평화상만이 학문에 관련한 상이 아니었네요. 지금까지 한 번도 이상함을 느낀 적이 없었는데 이 영상을 보고 알게 되었습니다. 노벨 평화상을 받는 데 이렇게 복잡한 절차가 필요한지 미처 몰랐습니다. 좋은 영상 감사합니다!

[@jafrtc1993]

Fun fact: Many Filipinos are still pissed when Maria Ressa won the Nobel prize for peace.

[@jmr1920]

thanks to Loida Nicolas Lewis influence on high places

[@phillip6215]

I'm still trying to make sense why she won 😂

[@librarosas1105]

@@phillip6215 You just need common sense and a bit of research dear. LOL

[@phillip6215]

@@librarosas1105 i think it's actually you who needs it 🤭

[@umbreondark7837]

Yet the malacanyang palace congratulated her. Keep up trolls.

[@muhamadmirzaazribindzulzal5447]

Your content is amazing.

[@kevinestrada977]

When I was a teenager, my family and I went to a book fair in Los Angeles, and I saw Rigoberta Menchu Tum from a distance. I am a Guatemalan-American. Maybe I would like to win a Nobel prize, maybe in the peace category or in the literature category.

[@jeffdamicog1105]

At times I feel like its a lottery. Misses on true winners and dishing out undeserving ones

[@pareshchandradas6024]

Along with Malala Yousoufzai , Kailash Satyarthi had also won the Nobel Peace Prize , which they forgot to mention

[@MrBlues113]

According to the criteria from which the Nobel peace price was founded, Juan Manuel Santos totally deserves one.

[@MrBlues113]

NatyCalderón Buena Naty

[@sansantiagoTV2]

And he got one.

[@darkfightlight1939]

He just got one....

[@anhtutran4630]

the nobel peace prize is a big honor for anyone who get it, but there are had some person who refused it,and there is one in my country,he is Le Duc Tho and he get a nobel peace prize with Henry Kissinger in 1973,but he refused it because the peace did'nt exist yet.Hope you love this fun fact

[@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432]

The TT part in Martti Ahtisaari is a long T. Iy is pronounced longer than the normal English T. Same with the AA.

[@oscarwind4266]

Love how Teddy won one. Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.

[@JAKKAL]

best channel ever

[@thomasr.jackson2940]

While the purpose of the video was primarily about the "how" of the prize, it seems odd not to even mention the controversies around the awards. There are several recipients that are believed to be simple unworthy of the award, and the committee has been accused of using the award more as a political platform than a recognition of accomplishment. Avoiding these realities of "how" the prize works made the video come across as less an educational piece, and more a saccharin grade school booster lesson. I am not often disappointed in these videos, but I am this one.

[@linkandzelda6003]

Maria Ressa brought me here

[@InfectionFever]

These people have definitely inspired, especially Aung. She has inspired me to fight against her.

[@oddeye3516]

Lol. That's illegally funny thou. Btw I'm from Myanmar

[@fahimmostafa9852]

I was prompted to post a long reply for including her in this video for similar reason.

[@fahimmostafa9852]

@Mayank Cartoon I agree on how future developments are unpredictable and I don't blame the nobel committee for having recognized her when they did. The award cannot be rescinded, however, as conscionable human beings we need to acknowledge her failures. She is a disappointment of epic proportion, a failure in the face of peace and an apostle of double standards. While my heart goes out to the people of Myanmar, I can only endorse what Martin Luther King said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. If only Aung and greater Myanmar understood what he meant, the plight of the Rohingyas wouldn't have culminated, in some form or other, into a collective social degeneration and moral corruption of an entire nation. May god bless them.

[@rodadaignre467]

It is an inspiring video for all ages.

[@readytowork4638]

This is the way life should be. In the service of others!

[@strange_and_magnificent]

The animation is great 👍🏻.

[@jawa4251]

I have a test on the Nobel prize and the article it linked i didn’t really understand but this vid helped a lot thx

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

Glad the video helped! :)

[@tjrsasea]

May I know what software did you guys use to create such amazing animations and videos? Thank you!! :)

[@melani3149]

I would love to know too :)

[@erikhamburger3936]

I would like to know as well : beautiful video!!

[@eiriannasokoli4555]

yeah me too:)

[@flowersintheKitchen]

Sameee!

[@fahd9759]

try blender www.blender.org/

[@cinnamonbun2251]

Serves me right for reading the comments...

[@markrobertcastillo3461]

Fun fact: Maria Ressa, the CEO of Rappler is the first Filipino Recipient of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.

[@jessiemayfield6749]

Awesome video as always ☺️

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

Thank you, Jessie!

[@oro7114]

What about the Nobel meme prize

[@erilassila409]

Proud Finn here. Yay for Martti Ahtisaari! ❤ he is our former president and an all round awesome man.

[@checkma8s]

I nominate Gina Lopez from the Philippines for her outstanding efforts in preserving the environment . a Nobel peace

[@drixdrix6720]

Congrats Maria Ressa

[@itsrockitt]

hey Ted Ed what software did you use for that video?

[@nwim]

Can you make a video about Deja Vu.

[@Ottmar555]

I've just been in this place before!

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

I remember them doing a video about Deja Vu already.

[@nwim]

Charlie Clumsy can you share the link for me

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Đăng Nguyên Nguyễn Sorry, that was only a joke. A deja vu joke.

[@mananrbt1557]

ll0ltf

[@hannara566]

I think they can pave the way so that we can act in peace. This is exactly why novel prize is exist!

[@amanprakash278]

Why the Kailash Satyarthi's is not shown in the list at 00:19 seconds as he also got Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai

[@junezhang2128]

Let's strive for peace!

[@Leo-Fernandes]

Well, I always believe there were people who deserved it more than anyone else.

[@Lyonlionify]

like me

[@jdlmpo]

Congrats for this year's laureates (2021)!

[@rishabhsinha7250]

Your vids are phenomenal

[@ollynolly4592]

I'm born on the 10th December. That's all I want to say.

[@blehless._.2782]

Same!

[@Rajesh-sh4qg]

Just realised me too

[@bealatorre9657]

Same

[@kendallcarter3792]

Me too

[@silentsmurf]

Me too

[@adrielsebastian5216]

"All information about nominations remain secret for 50 years." Well, unless the nominators decide to speak about it, which seems to be the trend now. For instance, we know who nominated Maria Ressa, who won half of this year's prize: Jonas Gahr Store, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and incoming prime minister.

[@raphaelsimbulan57]

thanks for the info

[@smithaanilkumar2390]

Awesome explaining

[@benjarferandez5517]

With the current peace prize winners as renowned brave journalists, i'm glad that the dicipline to actually be nominated much more to win, doesnt have to be strictly physics, chemistry, medicine, lit and humanitarians. Congratulations to the 2020 winners! May they continue to inspire everyone to fight for truth!

[@whatthefisfilipinx]

Can you please make a video about the Ramon Magsaysay Award? Which is the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

[@JjamoNdaba10-ld4gu]

I have a test tomorrow so I gotta watch this

[@huseyinates3420]

may you don't know the 126.wikipedia are saying 892. 5:13 892 individuals Between 1901 and 2017, the Nobel Prizes and the NobelMemorial Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 585 times to 923 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 892individuals (including 844 men, 48 women) and 24 organizations

[@emGiinKO]

How long does it take to make such animations ?

[@shionmoon384]

Aung sang suu.. is like example of.. "you live long enough to become villain"

[@xiaolong4467]

Shame on you

[@juniesyestanislao7605]

Balang araw, makakakuha rin tayo nito, Junie. Tiwala lang. 🙏

[@gabyroberts9601]

Thank you very much

[@reiseninaba8540]

are you going to ignore the fact that Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were nominated for the Nobel peace prize.

[@doubled6490]

anyone could be nominated, but not everyone can get the prize...

[@tobiasdahmen8583]

Well, they were nominated and did not get the prize. If you listen to the video, you will see that it is not the committee that decides who gets nominated but a wide array of different institutions and people. So I don't think this is an argument why the Nobel peace price might be worthless.

[@LStudios78]

Flare Hitler got the nobel Price because he kickstarted the german industry and the german Economy, also all this happened before he invaded poland, if anyone hast the Date i would Love to know

[@doubled6490]

Tobias Dahmen He meant nominated smartass...

[@hayttman]

What does that have to do with anything? besides, getting a nomination is fairly easy as a lot of people can nominate so it is not that weird that such big leaders where nominated by atleast someone

[@aminawinterwater2915]

The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony is on my birthday! If I win the Nobel Peace Prize (unlikely, but if I do), then that would be the greatest birthday party.

[@____________________K]

THANKS ! =)

[@MrCoolprax]

thank you so much

[@StrawberryNinjaNibbles]

Why can’t it be awarded posthumously? What is the reasoning behind that? Also, can the prize ever be taken away from a laureate?

[@sevenguardians7517]

I’ve read a few books by Desmond TuTu great man helped me through some hard times I think everyone should read his book of forgiveness

[@rhiko7]

I found 2 books of forgiveness. Can you please tell me what should I pick first?

[@HabibFRANCOISCHALABI]

Thanks for the video. It would have been nice to know who select the 5 people ? on which criteria ? and who change the rules too ?

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

Good questions! :) The five members of the Nobel Committee are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament for a 6-year term. The rules are decided by the Nobel Foundation in Sweden.

[@HabibFRANCOISCHALABI]

Thanks a lot !!!

[@NobelPeaceCenter]

You're welcome!

[@jmr1920]

you get the award as long as you are qualified, or have friends in hieghest place, a boat loads of money also workds

[@foxtratromeo2213]

What a Nobel imagination!