The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded five times to the United Nations and its organizations

 1954

     Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, for its assistance to refugees

 1965

     United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), for its work in helping save lives of the world's children

 1969

     International Labour Organisation (ILO), Geneva, for its progress in establishing workers' rights and protections

 1981

     Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, for its assistance to  Asian refugees

 1988

     United Nations Peace-keeping Forces, for its peace-keeping operations

 
The Prize was also awarded to:

 1945  

     Cordell Hull, U.S., ex-Secretary of State, for his leadership in establishing the UN

1949

     Lord John Boyd Orr, United Kingdom, first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture  Organization (FAO)

1950

     Ralph Bunche, U.S., UN Mediator in Palestine (1948), for his leadership in the armistice agreements signed in 1949 by Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

1957

     Lester Pearson, Canada, ex-Secretary of State, President, 7th Session of the UN General  Assembly, for a lifetime of work for peace and for leading UN efforts to resolve the Suez  Canal crisis

1961

     Dag Hammarskjöld, Sweden, Secretary-General of the UN, for his work in helping to settle the Congo crisis

1974

     Sean MacBride, Ireland, UN Commissioner for Namibia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, for its assistance to European refugees