Nansen International Office for Refugees (1931-1938)

Awarded the Prize “in recognition of its effective work the devotion to the world peace.”

An organization authorized by the League of Nations, began active operations in 1931. The accomplishments of the Nansen Office include the adoption by fourteen ries of the Refugee Convention of 1933; the settlement of the Saar refugees in Paraguay after 1935; the construction of villages to house upwards of 40,000 Armenians in Syria Lebanon the resettlement of another 10,000 in Erivan; , most important, the material, legal, financial help given to almost a million refugees. The office was dissolved in 1938 succeeded by the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees.