Evaluations, awards, and criticism United Nations
2001 nobel peace prize un – diploma in lobby of un headquarters in new york city a number of agencies , individuals associated un have won nobel peace prize in recognition of work. 2 secretaries-general, dag hammarskjöld , kofi annan, each awarded prize (in 1961 , 2001, respectively), ralph bunche (1950), un negotiator, rené cassin (1968), contributor universal declaration of human rights, , secretary of state cordell hull (1945), latter role in organization s founding. lester b. pearson, canadian secretary of state external affairs, awarded prize in 1957 role in organizing un s first peacekeeping force resolve suez crisis. unicef won prize in 1965, international labour organization in 1969, un peace-keeping forces in 1988, international atomic energy agency (which reports un) in 2005, , un-supported organization prohibition of chemical weapons in 2013. un high commissioner refugees awarded in 1954 , 1981, becoming 1 of 2 recipients win prize twice. un whole awarded prize in 2001, shar