International Peace Bureau
International Peace Bureau (IPB) (Bureau international de la paix) is the world's oldest international peace federation. It was founded in 1891, and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910.
IPB was founded under the name Permanent international peace bureau (Bureau international permanent de la paix). From 1912 onward it used the name International Peace Bureau. Between 1946 and 1961, it was known under the name International Liaison Committee of Organizations for Peace – ILCOP (Comité de liaison international des organisations de paix – CLIOP).
Presidents
- Ernst Wolf - 1963-1974
- Sean MacBride - 1974-1985
- Bruce Kent - 1985-1992
- Maj Britt Theorin - 1992-2000
- Cora Weiss - 2000- 2006
- Tomas Magnusson 2006 - present
References
- Gobat, Albert, Développement du Bureau international permanent de la paix. Bern, 1910.
- Herz, Ulrich, The International Peace Bureau: History, Aims, Activities. Geneva, 1969.
- From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1901-1925, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972.