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The Niwano Peace Prize is a roughly USD$220,000 award, which is annually granted by a seven member committee, consisting of Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims.

The Tokyo based Niwano Peace Foundation was initiated by the Japanese citizen Nikkyo Niwano, founder of the buddhist lay organisation Rissho Kosei Kai; he was one of the few non-Christian observers of the Second Vatican Council. His son Nichiko Niwano is his successor as chairman of the movement, which is dedicated to the interreligious dialogue.

Laureates

2009: Reverend Canon Gideon Byamugisha, Uganda

2008: Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan

2007: Master Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu-Chi, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, Taiwan

2006: Rabbis for Human Rights, Israël

2005: Dr. Hans Küng, Germany

2004: Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI), Uganda

2003: Dr. Scilla Elworthy

2002: Samuel Ruiz García, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico

2001: Elias Chacour, bishop of the Melkite-Catholic Church in Israel

2000: Dr. Kang Won Yong, Korea

1999: Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy

1998: Maha Ghosananda, Cambodia

1997: Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland

1996: Marii Hasegawa, USA

1995: M. Aram, India

1994: Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

1993: Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, Israel [1]

1992: A. T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lanka

1991: Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Austria

1990: Norman Cousins, USA

1989: Etai Yamada, Japan

1988: not awarded

1987: World Muslim Congress, Pakistan

1986: Philip A. Potter, Dominican Republic

1985: Zhao Puchu, China

1984: Homer A. Jack, USA

1983: Dom Hélder Câmara, Brazil

External links

• Niwano Peace Prize