The World Peace Council (WPC), a pro-Soviet non-governmental organization, has awarded a number of prizes, beginning in 1950.[1] These have been awarded to individuals, organisations, peoples, and places. Typically, several winners would be voted at one WPC congress; these, or their representative, would receive their prize at a later congress, or from a WPC delegation. Extra prizes were awarded in 1959 and 1964, to mark the WPC's 10th and 15th anniversaries.[1]
The awards include:
The WPC was allied with the Soviet Union and followed its foreign policy line during the Cold War. Some recipients of its prizes have also won the Lenin Peace Prize, a separate prize awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government.
Date | Awardee | Type | Country | Award | Notes | Refs | |
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1950 | Person | Czechoslovakia | Honorary International Peace Prize | Posthumous. | |||
1950 | Person | Spain | International Peace Prize | ||||
1950 | Person | Chile | International Peace Prize | ||||
1950 | Person | United States | International Peace Prize | ||||
1950 | Person | Turkey | International Peace Prize | ||||
1950 | Person | Poland | International Peace Prize | For her 1948 film Ostatni etap ("The Last Stage") | [4] | ||
1950 | Person | Brazil | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Person | France | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Person | Romania | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Person | Italy | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Person | Czechoslovakia | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Person | France | Gold Medal | ||||
1950 | Al-Tariq | Work | Lebanon | Gold Medal | Journal. | ||
1950 | Iunost' mira (Юность мира, "Youth of the World") | Work | Soviet Union / Hungary | Gold Medal | Documentary about the 1949 World Youth Festival in Budapest. | [5] | |
1950 | Place | Poland | Honorary International Peace Prize | An exceptional award to the city as "a symbol of peaceful restoration". | |||
1953 | Person | Bulgaria | Honorary International Peace Prize | Posthumous award. | |||
1953 | Person | Mexico | International Peace Prize | Member of the Comite por la Paz Mexicano | [6] | ||
1953 | Person | India | International Peace Prize | [7] [8] | |||
1953 | Person | United States | International Peace Prize | Won the Lenin Peace Prize in 1959. | [9] | ||
1953 | Person | France | International Peace Prize | ||||
1953 | Person | Iceland | International Peace Prize | ||||
1953 | Person | Germany DR | International Peace Prize | For directing Das verurteilte Dorf ("The condemned village"). | [10] | ||
1953 | Person | Germany DR | International Peace Prize | For co-writing Das verurteilte Dorf ("The condemned village"). | |||
1953 | Person | Germany DR | International Peace Prize | For co-writing Das verurteilte Dorf ("The condemned village"). | |||
1953 | Person | France | Gold Medal | ||||
1953 | Person | Czechoslovakia | Gold Medal | ||||
1953 | Person | Australia | Gold Medal | For his novel The Diplomat. | [11] | ||
1953 | Person | Brazil | Gold Medal | For his orchestral work Canto de Amor e Paz. | |||
1953 | Person | Argentina | Gold Medal | ||||
1953 | Person | Japan | Gold Medal | For Hiroshima panels | |||
1953 | Person | Japan | Gold Medal | For Hiroshima panels | |||
1953 | Person | Iran | Gold Medal | [12] | |||
1953 | Person | France | Gold Medal | ||||
1953 | Person | Romania | Gold Medal | For sculpture "Korean partisans" | |||
1953 | Carlos Augusto León | Person | Venezuela | Gold Medal | |||
1953 | Person | Colombia | Gold Medal | ||||
1953 | Person | Finland | Gold Medal | For statue entitled "Peace". | [13] | ||
1954 | Person | United Kingdom | International Peace Prize | ||||
1954 | Person | Soviet Union | International Peace Prize | ||||
1955 | Person | Hungary | Honorary International Peace Prize | Posthumous award | [14] | ||
1955 | Person | France | International Peace Prize | ||||
1955 | Person | Netherlands | International Peace Prize | ||||
1955 | Person | Italy | International Peace Prize | ||||
1955 | Person | Brazil | International Peace Prize | ||||
1956 | Person | France | Honorary International Peace Prize | Posthumous award | |||
1956 | Person | United States | International Peace Prize | [15] | |||
1956 | Person | China PR | International Peace Prize | ||||
1956 | Person | Greece | International Peace Prize | ||||
1957 | Person | United Kingdom | International Peace Prize | Refused award. | [16] | ||
1957 | Person | China PR | Joliot-Curie medal | [17] | |||
1959 | Person | Greece | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [18] | |||
1959 | Person | Goa | Gold medal | Posthumous award | [19] | ||
1959 | Organisation | International | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Organisation | France | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Czechoslovak Peace Committee | Organisation | Czechoslovakia | Gold medal | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Person | Romania | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Person | Lebanon | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Person | Chile | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Person | Canada | Gold medal | ||||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | silver medal | [20] | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [21] | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [22] | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [23] | |||
? | Person | Soviet Union | Silver medal | [24] | |||
1959 | Person | Australia | Medal | [25] | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [26] | |||
1959 | Person | Australia | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [27] | |||
1959 | Person | India | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [28] | |||
1959 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [29] | |||
1959 | Person | Cuba | Joliot-Curie silver medal | [30] | |||
1960 | Person | Italy | Gold medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Gold medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Gold medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Gold medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Jubilee Silver medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Jubilee Silver medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Jubilee Silver medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Germany FR | Jubilee Silver medal | ||||
1960 | Person | Soviet Union | Medal | [31] | |||
1961 | Person | Soviet Union | Gold medal | Marking his 70th birthday. | |||
1961 | Person | France | Gold medal | Marking her 80th birthday. | |||
1961 | Organisation | International | Gold medal | ||||
? | Persons | Spain | Gold medal | [32] | |||
? | Person | Soviet Union | Grand Silver medal | [33] | |||
? | Person | Soviet Union | Medal | [34] | |||
? | Person | Mexico | Joliot-Curie medal | [35] | |||
1963 | Person | Greece | Gold medal | ||||
1963 | Person | Greece | Gold medal | Posthumous award | |||
1963 | Person | Kenya | Gold medal | [36] | |||
1964 | Person | Spain | Gold medal | Posthumous award. | |||
1964 | Person | Iraq | Gold medal | Posthumous award. | |||
1964 | Person | Algeria | Gold medal | Posthumous award. | |||
1964 | Person | Hungary | Gold medal | Marking his 75th birthday. | |||
1964 | Person | Italy | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Germany DR | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Germany FR | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Germany FR | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | United Kingdom | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Poland | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Cyprus | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Argentina | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Venezuela | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | France | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Soviet Union / Poland | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Soviet Union | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | Soviet Union | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Place | Japan | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Place | Japan | Gold medal | ||||
1964 | Person | South Africa | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [37] | |||
1964 | Person | Poland | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [38] | |||
1965 | Person | Egypt | Gold medal | ||||
1965 | Person | Sudan | Gold medal | ||||
1965 | & A. M. Dickie | Person | Australia | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [39] | ||
1965 | Person | Australia | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [40] | |||
1966 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [41] | |||
1966 | Person | Angola | Joliot-Curie medal | [42] [43] | |||
1966 | Person | Cuba | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [44] | |||
1968 | Person | Chile | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [45] | |||
1969 | Person | Hungary | Joliot-Curie medal | [46] | |||
1969 | Person | Mongolia | Joliot-Curie medal | [47] | |||
1969 | Person | United Kingdom | Joliot-Curie medal | [48] | |||
1969 | Person | Peru | Joliot-Curie medal | Posthumous award. | [49] | ||
1970 | Person | India | Joliot-Curie medal | Posthumous award. | [50] | ||
1971 | Person | United States | Joliot-Curie gold medal | Posthumous award, accepted by Ralph Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. | [51] | ||
1971 | Organisation | Poland | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [52] | |||
1972 | Person | Guinea-Bissau / Cape Verde | Joliot-Curie medal | [53] | |||
1972 | Person | Cuba | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [54] | |||
1972 | Person | Mongolia | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [55] [56] | |||
1972 | Person | Egypt | Joliot-Curie medal | Posthumous award. | |||
1972 | Person | Chile | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [57] [58] | |||
1972 | Organisation | United States | Joliot-Curie medal | ||||
1972 | Organisation | International | Joliot-Curie medal | ||||
1972 | "the people of Lao fighting for independence and freedom" | Place | Laos | Joliot-Curie medal | |||
1973 | Person | Belgium | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [59] | |||
1973 | Person | Bangladesh | Joliot-Curie gold medal | For his contribution to the establishment of world peace. | [60] | ||
1974 | Person | Poland | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [61] | |||
1975 | Person | Finland | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [62] | |||
1975 | Person | Palestine | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [63] | |||
1975 | Person | Cyprus | Joliot-Curie gold medal | ||||
1975 | Organisation | Vietnam DR | Joliot-Curie gold medal | ||||
1975 | Organisation | Vietnam Rep | Joliot-Curie gold medal | ||||
1975 | Organisation | International | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [64] | |||
1975 | Organisation | International | Joliot-Curie gold medal | ||||
1975 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie gold medal | Considered a riposte to Andrei Sakharov's 1975 Nobel Peace Prize. | [65] | ||
1976 | Person | Mozambique | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [66] | |||
1977 | Place | Vietnam | Joliot-Curie medal | Presented to Nguyễn Hữu Thọ. The Vietnamese government had earlier awarded the WPC its Friendship Order. | [67] [68] [69] | ||
1977 | World Marxist Review | Work | Czechoslovakia | [70] | |||
1977 | Person | Romania | Joliot-Curie medal | The award was delayed by Soviet objections, but pushed through by Indira Gandhi. | [71] | ||
1978 | Person | Ethiopia | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [72] [73] | |||
1979 | Person | Laos | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [74] | |||
1979 | Person | Jamaica | Joliot-Curie gold medal | ||||
1980 | Person | Kampuchea | Joliot-Curie medal | [75] | |||
1980 | Person | Palestine | Ho Chi Minh award | [76] | |||
1980 | Person | Cuba | Medal | [77] | |||
1981 | Organisation | Nicaragua | Ho Chi Minh award | [78] | |||
1981 | Person | Uruguay | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [79] | |||
1983 | Person | India | Joliot-Curie gold medal | Director of the UN Centre against Apartheid | |||
1983 | Person | Nigeria | Joliot-Curie gold medal | Chairman of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid | |||
1985 | Person | United States | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [80] | |||
1986 | Organisation | South Africa | Ho Chi Minh award | Accepted by Oliver Tambo. | [81] | ||
1986 | Person | Namibia | Ho Chi Minh award | [82] | |||
1986 | Place | Town of Peace | [83] | ||||
1988 | Person | Tanzania | Joliot-Curie medal | [84] | |||
1988 | Person | Soviet Union | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [85] | |||
1989 | Person | Nicaragua | Joliot-Curie gold medal | [86] | |||
? | Person | Jamaica | Joliot-Curie medal | [87] |
In 2002, the WPC denied news reports that it had given a prize to Meles Zenawi.[88]