Wateler Peace Prize

Wateler Peace Prize
Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize. The building on the image is the Peace Palace in The Hague. Translation from Latin of “Pacis Palmae Digniores Quam Tropaea Belli”: The Palms of Peace are More Honorable than the Trophies of War.

The Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize is a biennial award presented by the Carnegie Foundation to individuals or institutions that have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of peace through words, actions, or writings. The Wateler Peace Prize has been awarded at the Peace Palace since 1931 and is the second oldest permanent peace prize after the Nobel Peace Prize.

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