"Last year, the Japanese peace organization Nihon Hidankyo received the award for promoting a world free of nuclear weapons. Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Since August 1956, the organization has campaigned for greater healthcare provisions for survivors of the attacks, known as "hibakusha" (bomb-affected people), as well as a blanket ban on the development and use of nuclear weapons."
"Traditionally, the public does not know the identities of Nobel Prize nominees. However, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he deserves the award for resolving conflicts ranging from those between Pakistan and India to those between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On Thursday, the AFP news agency asked Trump what he thought his chances were of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He replied: "I don't know what they're going to do, really. But I know this, that nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months.""
Maria Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 in recognition of her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela. The Nobel Prize carries the name of its founder, Swedish industrialist and philanthropist Alfred Nobel. Last year, the Japanese peace organization Nihon Hidankyo won for promoting a world free of nuclear weapons; the group represents survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and has campaigned since August 1956 for healthcare for hibakusha and a blanket ban on nuclear weapons. US President Donald Trump has publicly claimed he deserves the prize, citing resolved conflicts and saying he stopped eight wars within nine months.
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