The Recipients (1954 – 2013) 1954 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ................................................................................................................. USA 1955 H.M. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands ......................................................................... Netherlands 1956 Mrs. Dorothy D Houghton ............................................................................................................. USA Dr. Gerrit J van Heuven Goedhart, ......................................................................................... Norway first United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1957 The League of Red Cross Societies 1958 Mr. David Hogget .......................................................................................................United Kingdom Mr. Pierre Jacobsen (posthumously) ....................................................................................... France 1959 Mr. Oskar Helmer ..................................................................................................................... Austria 1960 Mr. Christopher Chataway .........................................................................................United Kingdom Mr. Colin Jones ..........................................................................................................United Kingdom Mr. Trevor Philpott ......................................................................................................United Kingdom Mr. Timothy Raison ....................................................................................................United Kingdom 1961 H.M. King Olav V of Norway .................................................................................................... Norway 1962 Sir Tasman Heyes, CBE ....................................................................................................... Australia 1963 The International Council for Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) 1964 Dame May Curwen, DBE .........................................................................................United Kingdom Mr. Fançois Preziosi (posthumously) ...........................................................................................Italy Mr. Jean Plicque (posthumously) ............................................................................................. France 1965 Mrs. Lucie Chevalley ............................................................................................................... France Mrs. Ana Rosa Schliepper de Martinez Guerrero (posthumously) ................................... Argentina 1966 Mr. Jorgen Norredam (posthumously) ................................................................................. Denmark 1967 H.R.H. Prince Bernard of the Netherlands .................................................................... Netherlands 1968 Mr. Bernard Arcens .................................................................................................................Senegal Mr. Charles H Jordan (posthumously) ......................................................................................... USA 1969 H.R.H. Princess Princep Shah of Nepal ...................................................................................Nepal 1972 Ms. Svana Fridriksdottir .......................................................................................................... Iceland 1974 Mr. Bishop Helmut Frenz ............................................................................................................. Chile 1975 Mr. James J Norris ........................................................................................................................ USA 1976 Dr. Olav Hodne ......................................................................................................................... Norway Ms. Marie-Louise Bertschinger (posthumously) ............................................................. Switzerland 1977 The Malaysian Red Crescent Society 1978 H.E. Sir Seretse Khama, KBE ............................................................................................. Botswana 1979 Mr. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic .......................................... France 1980 Mrs. Maryluz Schloeter Paredes ........................................................................................Venezuela 1981 Major General Paul A Cullen ................................................................................................. Australia 1982 H.R.H. Crown Princess Sonja of Norway ............................................................................... Norway 1983 H.E. Julius Nyerere ............................................................................................................... Tanzania President of the United Republic of Tanzania 1984 Captain Lewis M Hiller .................................................................................................................. USA Mr. Jeff Kass .................................................................................................................................. USA Mr. Gregg Turay ............................................................................................................................ USA 1985 Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of Sao Paulo ......................................................... Brazil 1986 The People of Canada ............................................................................................................ Canada 1987 H.M. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain .............................................................................................. Spain 1988 Mr. Syed Munir Husain .......................................................................................................... Pakistan 1991 Dr. Paul Weis (posthumously) .................................................................................................. Austria Dr. Libertina Appolus Amathila ...............................................................................................Namibia 1992 Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker .................................................................................................. Germany President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1993 Médecins sans Frontières 1995 Ms. Graça Machel ........................................................................................................... Mozambique 1996 Handicap International 1997 Sister Joannes Klas ...................................................................................................................... USA 1998 Mr. Mustafa Dzemiley ............................................................................................................. Ukraine 2000 Ms. Jelena Silajdzic .................................................................................... Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Abune Paulos .................................................................................................................... Ethiopia Mr. Lao Mong Hay ............................................................................................................... Cambodia Mr. Miguel Angel Estrella ..................................................................................................... Argentina United Nations Volunteers 2001 Maestro Luciano Pavarotti .............................................................................................................Italy 2002 Captain Arne F. Rinnan ........................................................................................................... Norway The Crew of the M/V “Tampa” (Norway) and Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA .................................. Norway 2003 Dr. Annalena Tonelli ......................................................................................................................Italy 2004 Memorial Human Rights Centre .......................................................................... Russian Federation 2005 Ms. Marguerite Barankitse ..................................................................................................... Burundi 2006 Dr. Akio Kanai ............................................................................................................................ Japan 2007 Ms. Katrine Camilleri ................................................................................................................... Malta 2008 UNMACC & 1000 Lebanese civilian deminers in South Lebanon......................................Lebanon 2009 Edward Moore Kennedy............................................................................................................USA 2010 Alixandra Fazzina........................................................................................................................UK 2011 Nasser Alim Ali Al-Hamairy and the Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS)....................Yemen 2012 Hawa Aden Mohamed..........................................................................................................Somalia 2013 Sister Angélique Namaika..........................................................Democratic Republic of the Congo .