''For his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese war and for his interest in arbitration, having provided the Hague arbitration court with its very first case''
1919
''Founder of the League of Nations''
2002
''For his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development''
2009
''For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples''