Since
1954, The Nansen Refugee Award (formerly known as the Nansen Medal), has been
given each year by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to an individual
or organization for "outstanding
services in supporting refugee causes." The Award is named after Fridtjof
Nansen, a Nobel Peace Prize winning Norwegian arctic explorer who was apointed
in 1921 by the League of Nations as the first High Commissioner for Refugees.
Some of the prize winners are listed here. For more information about the Nansen
Refugee Award: www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/events?id=3fb359bd4
(BetterWorld
Heroes is not associated with the Nansen Refugee Award - BetterWorld Hero portraits
are provided for illustration purposes only - no endorsement is implied)