Norwegian Nobel Committee
Henrik Ibsen Gate 51, N-o255 Oslo
Norway March 31, 2022 Distinguished Members of the Nobel Committee,
In light of historically unprecedented events we respectfully call upon the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to re-open and reconsider the 2022 nomination procedure for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The world is shocked by the images of war coming from Ukraine. Millions of families are now living in fear, their homes and livelihoods threatened by bombardments and an invasive army. We are witness to the courage of the people of Ukraine withstanding this war waged upon them by the Russian Federation.
Brave Ukrainian men and women are fighting to preserve democracy and self-government. From the defiance democratically elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the man with tears in his eyes saying goodbye to his family to fight for his country, people all over Ukraine are rising up to resist the forces of authoritarianism. Our words of sympathy and support can hardly do justice to the sacrifices they make for the principles of human rights and peace.
Right now and around the world fellow democratic citizens are all asking the same question: what can we do to support the people of Ukraine?
We believe that now is the time to show the people of Ukraine that the world is on their side. We therefore humbly call upon you, the Committee, to consider:
Extending and thereby re-opening the nomination procedure for the Nobel Peace Prize until March 31, 2022 to allow for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine.
Although we are aware that this is a break with procedure, we do believe that this break is justified by the current unprecedented situation. It is our democratic duty to stand up to authoritarianism and to support a people fighting for democracy and their right to self-government.
The veneer of civilization is paper-thin, we are its guardians and we can never rest.
With highest esteem,
- Ms. Atidzhe Alieva-Veli Member of the European Parliament (Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Renew Europe)
Bulgaria - Mr. Stanislav Anastasov Member of Parliament (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)
Bulgaria - Mr. Andrus Ansip Former Prime Minister, former European Commissioner, Member of the European Parliament
Estonia - Mr. Armando Armas Member of the National Assembly
Venezuela - Mr. Petras Auštrevičius Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe), Former Member of Parliament
Lithuania - Mr. Malik Azmani Member of European Parliament (VVD), Delegation Leader and first vice-president Renew Europe
Netherlands - Mr. Henrik Bach MortensenVice-President ALDE
- Ms. Eleni Bakopanos Former Member of the House of Commons Liberal Party of Canada)
Canada - Mr. Bert Bakker Former Member of Parliament (D66), chair Srebrenica Commission
Netherlands - Mrs. Ank Bijleveld Former Minister of Defence
Netherlands - Mr. Robert Biedro Member of the European Parliament (Nowa Lewica)
Poland - Mr. Franc Bogoviĉ Member of the European Parliament (Slovenska ljudska stranka, EPP)
Slovenia - Mr. Harry van Bommel Former Member of Parliament (SP)
Netherlands - Mr. Bernard Bot Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands - Mr. Vlad-Marius Botoş Member of the European Parliament (Uniunea Salvați România),
Romania - Mr. Han ten Broeke Director Political Affairs The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and former Member of Parliament (VVD)
Netherlands - Ms. Sylvie BrunetMember of the European Parliament (Mouvement Démocrate)
France - Mr. Dacian Cioloş Former Prime Minister of Romania, Former Eurocommissioner, Member of the European Parliament
Romania - Ms. Dita Charanzová Vice-President of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Czechia - Mr. Olivier Chastel Former State Secretary for European Affairs, Former Minister for Budget and Administrative Simplification, Member of the European Parliament (MR)
Belgium - Mr. Peter van Dalen Member of the European Parliament (ChristenUnie, EPP)
Netherlands - Mr. Laurens Dassen Member of Parliament (Volt) and delegation leader
Netherlands - Sir Edward DaveyFormer Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom - Mr. Dinesh Dhamija Former Member of the European Parliament (Liberal Democrats)
United Kingdom - Mr. Aron Emilsson Member of Parliament (Swedish Democratic Party)
Sweden - Mr. Engin ErogluMember of the European Parliament (Freie Wähler)
Germany - Ms. Agnès Evren Member of the European Parliament (Les Républicans, EPP)
France - Mrs. Kathleen Ferrier Former Member of Parliament (CDA)
Netherlands - Mr. Michael Gahler Member of the European Parliament (EPP)
Germany - Mr. Vlad Gheorghe Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Romania - Mr. Raphaël GlucksmannMember of the European Parliament (Place publique, S&D)
France - Mr. Bart Groothuis Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Netherlands - Mr. Hamid Hamid Member of Parliament (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)
Bulgaria - Mr. Martijn van Helvert Former Member of Parliament (CDA)
Netherlands - Mrs. Myrthe Hilkens Former Member of Parliament (PvdA)
Netherlands - Mrs. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Former Member of Parliament (VVD)
Netherlands - Mr. Pete Hoekstra Former Ambassador of the United Stated of America in the Netherlands
United States - Mr. Martin Hojsík Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Slovakia - Ms. Monika HohlmeierMember of the European Parliament (CSU, EPP)
Germany> - Ms. Danuta Huebner Former European Commissioner, Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Member of the European Parliament
Poland - Mrs. Jackie Jones Former Member of the European Parliament (Labour Party)
United Kingdom - Ms. Rasa Juknevičienė Former Minister of Defence, Former President NATO Parliamentary Assembly, former Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Lithuania - Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker Former President of the European Commission, Former Prime Minister
Luxembourg - Ms. Sandra KalnieteFormer European Commissioner, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Ambassador to the United Nations, France and UNESCO, Former Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Latvia - Mr. Mustafa Karadayi Member of Parliament and chair Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Bulgaria - Mrs. Karin Karlsbro Member of the European Parliament (Liberalerna)
Sweden - Mr. Ueda KiyoshiMember of Parliament, Former Governor of Saitama Prefecture
Japan - Mrs. Marieke Koekkoek Member of Parliament (Volt)
Netherlands - Mr. Bert Koenders Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands - Ms. Ewa Kopacz Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of Health, Former chair of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Poland - Mr. Andrey Kovatchev Member of the European Parliament (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria)
Bulgaria - Mrs. Neelie Kroes Former European Commissioner
Netherlands - Mr. Andrius Kubilius Former Prime Minister, Member of European Parliament
Lithuania - Ms. Miapetra Kumpula-NatriMember of the European Parliament (S&D)
Finland - Mr. Ilhan Kyuchyuk Member of the European Parliament (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)
Bulgaria - Mrs. Lousewies van der Laan Former Member of Parliament (D66), delegation leader, former Member of the European Parliament, delegation leader
Netherlands - Mrs. Esther de Lange Member of European Parliament (CDA), delegation Leader, vicepresidentEVP
Netherlands - Mrs. Katrin Langensiepen Member of the European Parliament (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
Germany - Olivier van LooIndependent political advisor, initiator nobelprizeforukraine.org
Netherlands - Benoit LutgenMember of the European Parliament (Les Engagés, EPP)
Belgium - Ms. Tanaka MakikoFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and Technology, Former Member of Parliament
Japan - Ms. Aušra Maldeikienė Member of the European Parliament (Independent, EPP) Former Member of Parliament
Lithuania - Mr. Marian Jean Marinescu Member of the European Parliament (Partidul National Liberal, EPP)
Romania - Mr. Liudas MazylisMember of the European Parliament (Homeland Union, EPP)
Lithuania - Ms. Iskra Mihaylova Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Bulgaria - Mr. Sven MikserFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Defence, Member of the European Parliament
Estonia - Mr. Tanaka NaokiFormer Minister of Defence, Former Member of Parliament
Japan - Mr. Javier Nart Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Spain - Ms. Angelika Niebler Member of the European Parliament (CSU, EPP)
Germany - Ms. Sofie Carsten NielsenFormer Minister of Higher Education and Science, Chair of the Danisch Social Liberal Party
Denmark - Mr. Juozas OlekasFormer Minister of National Defense, Former Minister of Health, Member of the European Parliament
Lithuania - Mr. Urmas Paet Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Minister of Culture, Member of the European Parliament (Eesti Reformierakond)
Estonia - Mr. Jan Paternotte Member of Parliament (D66), delegation leader
Netherlands - Mr. Alexander Pechtold Former Minister of Government Reform, former Member of Parliament (D66) and party leader
Netherlands - Ms. Tonino Picula Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Croatia - Mrs. Lilianne Ploumen Member of Parliament (PvdA) and party leader, former Minister forDevelopment Cooperation
Netherlands - Mr. Andrija Popović Member of Parliament, President of the Liberal Party
Montenegro - Mr. Tomasz Poręba Member of the European Parliament (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , ECRG)
Poland - Mr. Jan Pronk Former Minister for Development Cooperation
Netherlands - Mr. Paulo Rangel Member of the European Parliament (Partido Social Democrata, EPP)
Portugal - Mr. Thijs Reuten Member of the European Parliament (S&D, PvdA)
Netherlands - Mr. Taavi RõivasFormer Prime Minister, Former Minister of Social Affairs
Estonia - Mr Herman van Rompuy Former Prime Minister, former President of the European Council
Belgium - Mrs. Yvonne van Rooy Former Member of Parliament (CDA), former Member of European Parliament, former deputy Minister Economic Affairs
Netherlands - Mrs. Clémence Ross Former State Secretary of State for Health, Welfare and Sport, former Member of Parliament (CDA)
Netherlands - Mr. André Rouvoet Former Deputy Prime Minister
Netherlands - Mr. Taavi RõivasFormer Prime Minister, Former Minister of Social Affairs
Estonia - Mr. Elio Di RupoFormer Prime Minister
Belgium - Mr. Marjan ŠarecFormer Prime-Minister
Slovenia - Ms. Christine Schneider Member of the European Parliament (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands, EPP)
Germany - Mr. Michal Šimečka Vice-President European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Slovakia - Ms. Michaela Šojdrová Member of the European Parliament (EPP)
Czechia - Mr. Ivan Štefanec Member of the European Parliament (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie), Former Member of Parliament
Slovakia - Mr. Riho Terras Former Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, Member of the European Parliament (EPP)
Estonia - Mr. Tobas Tobé Member of the European Parliament (Moderaterna, EPP) Former Member of Parliament
Sweden - Ms. Romana Tomc Member of the European Parliament (Slovenska demokratska stranka, EPP)
Slovenia - Mr. Koizumi ToshiakiFormer Vice Minister of Infrastructure, Former Member of Parliament, Japan
- Mr. Dragos Tudorache Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
Romania - Ms. Inese Vaidere Former Minister of State of the Environment, Former Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament
Latvia - Mr. Tomas Valasek Member of Parliament
Slovakia - Mr. Giorgi VashadzeMember of Parliament, Former Deputy Minister of Justice, Party Leader New Georgia
Georgia - Mr. Maxime Verhagen Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Prime Minister
Netherlands - Mr. Guy Verhofstad Former Prime Minister, Member of European Parliament
Belgium - Ms. Barbara VisserFormer State Secretary of Defence, Former Member of Parliament
Netherlands - Mrs. Margo Vliegenthart Former State Secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport, former Member of Parliament (PvdA)
Netherlands - Mr. Joel Voordewind Former Member of Parliament (CU)
Netherlands - Mr. Joris Voorhoeve Former Minister of Defence
Netherlands - Ms. Louisa Wall Member of Parliament (Labour Party)
New Zealand - Ms. Isabel Wiseler-Lima Member of the European Parliament (Parti chrétien social luxembourgeois, EPP)
Luxembourg - Mr. Claude Wiseler Former Minister of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, Former Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, Member of Parliament
Luxembourg - Ms. Salima Yenbou Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe)
France