The World Peace Council (WPC), a pro-Soviet non-governmental organization, has awarded a number of prizes, beginning in 1950.
[1] These have been awarded to individuals, organisations, peoples, and places.
Extra prizes were awarded in 1959 and 1964, to mark the WPC's 10th and 15th anniversaries.
[1] The awards include: The WPC was allied with the Soviet Union and followed its foreign policy line during the Cold War.
[57][58] In 2002, the WPC denied news reports that it had given a prize to Meles Zenawi.