The Nobel Peace Prize remains inseparably linked to the person or organisation that won it, though the medal can be given away, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday, a day after last year\u2019s winner gave her medal to US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her medal on Thursday to Trump, who thanked her for it. The White House released a photo of Trump and Machado, with Trump holding up a gold-coloured frame displaying it, and a White House official said Trump intends to keep it.<\/p>\n
Machado\u2019s award also consists of a diploma and 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.19 million).<\/p>\n
\u201cRegardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize,\u201d the award body said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no restrictions in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation on what a laureate may do with the medal, the diploma, or the prize money. This means that a laureate is free to keep, give away, sell, or donate these items,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
\u2018Inseparably linked\u2019
\nThe medal and the diploma are physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the prize, said the five-strong award committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prize itself the honour and recognition remains inseparably linked to the person or organisation designated as the laureate by the Norwegian Nobel Committee,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The committee, which did not refer to Trump and Machado by name in its statement, said it does not comment on a laureate\u2019s statements, decisions or actions after the prize is announced.<\/p>\n
It was not the first time a Nobel laureate has given away the medal. In 1943 Nobel literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov sold his medal for $100 million to raise money for the UN children\u2019s fund UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugee children.<\/p>\n
In 2024, the widow of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan donated his 2001 Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma to the UN office in Geneva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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