# MSF wins Nobel Peace Prize

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/10/17/msf-wins-nobel-peace-prize/
- Published: 1999-10-17T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Medecins Sans Frontieres has won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of 
its “pioneering humanitarian work on several continents.”**

In announcing the award, the [Norwegian Nobel Committee](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1999/summary/)
stated “by intervening so rapidly, Médecins Sans Frontières calls public attention
to humanitarian catastrophes, and by pointing to the causes of such catastrophes,
the organisation helps to form bodies of public opinion opposed to violations and
abuses of power.”

The prize is accompanied by an award of about $960,000.

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## Past organisational winners

Previous charity and NGO winners of the Nobel Peace Prize include:

 * 1997: International Campaign to Ban Landmines
 * 1995: Pugwash Conferences on Science and Public Affairs
 * 1988: United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
 * 1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
 * 1981: UNHCR
 * 1977: Amnesty International
 * 1969: International Labour Organisation
 * 1965: UNICEF
 * 1963: International Committee of the Red Cross and League of Red Cross Societies

## WATCH: MSF International President reacts to the Nobel Peace Prize

 * **[Auction of Nobel Peace Prize medal raises millions for Unicef](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/06/24/auction-of-nobel-peace-prize-medal-raises-millions-for-unicef/)(
   24 June 2022)**
 * **[European Union donates Nobel Peace Prize money to four children’s charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/12/19/european-union-donates-nobel-peace-prize-money-four-children039s-charities/)(
   19 December 2012)**