Nansen Refugee Award

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The Nansen Refugee Award is a prestigious humanitarian honor presented by the United Nations to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding service to refugees, displaced, or stateless people.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf UNHCR award
humanitarian award
administeredBy UNHCR Division of External Relations
alsoKnownAs Nansen Medal
awardFor outstanding work on behalf of displaced people
outstanding work on behalf of refugees
outstanding work on behalf of stateless people
awardingBodyType United Nations agency
category United Nations prize
human rights award
refugee-related award
country Switzerland
eligibleRecipients groups
individuals
organizations
field human rights
humanitarianism
refugee protection
frequency annual
hasComponent Nansen Refugee Award ceremony
Nansen Refugee Award medal
Nansen Refugee Award monetary prize
hasLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasMotto for outstanding service to the cause of refugees
inception 1954
locationOfCeremony Geneva
Switzerland
namedAfter Fridtjof Nansen
namedAfterOccupation Norwegian explorer
diplomat
humanitarian
notableFor recognizing exceptional dedication to refugees
organizer Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
presentedBy UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
purpose to recognize outstanding service to displaced people
to recognize outstanding service to refugees
to recognize outstanding service to stateless people
relatedTo League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Nansen passport
scope international
sponsor UNHCR partners and donors

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Eleanor Roosevelt
Graça Machel
Julius Nyerere
René Cassin
René Cassin
awardReceived
Nansen Refugee Award ("Nansen Refugee Award ceremony")
Nansen Refugee Award ("Nansen Refugee Award medal")
hasComponent
Nansen Refugee Award ("United Nations prize")
category
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
honor
Nansen Medal
officialName

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