THE NOMINATION AND SELECTION OF NOBEL PRIZE LAURATES

The Conimittee bases its assessment of all nominations postmarked no later than 1 February each year. Later nomination are normally included in the following year's discussions. In recent years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has received well over 100 different nominations for the Peace Prize. (The actual numbers are much higher, but many are for the same candidates.)

The following are entitled to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize:

1. Present and past members of the Nobel Committee and the advisers at the Nobel Institute.

2. Members of national assemblies and governments, and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

3. Members of the International Court of Arbitration and the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

4. Members of the International Peace Bureau.

5. Members of the Institut de Droit International.

6. Present university professors of law, political science, history, and philosophy.

7. Holders of the Nobel Peace Plize.

The committee does not publish the names of nominees. Those who have submitted proposals, however, occasionally make them known; this sometimes results in the organization of campaigns in favour of particular candidates. These have little influence on the committee's decision and may in fact be counter-productive.

Working under the committee's secretary, its permanent advisers, or advisers speciailly called in for their knowledge of individual candidates, report on the nominations received Most work goes into reviewing the qualifications of the candidates on the committee's "short list", i.c. those which it has found most suitable. The advisers do not evaluate nominations; that is the committee's responsability.

The announcement of the Laureate's name is not scheduled for any fixed day but is often made in mid-October.