Invitation to Nominate Candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize 2012

November 29, 2011 DOF MEMORANDUM FOR : Heads of Offices This Department Heads of Bureaus/Attached Agencies Department of Finance SUBJECT : Invitation to Nominate Candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 Attached for information and guidance is a copy of Memorandum dated November 22, 2011 from Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Office of the President on the above-captioned subject. aATCDI (SGD.) LOURDES Z. SANTIAGO Director IV Central Administration Office ATTACHMENT Office of the President of the Philippines Malacaang MALACAANG RECORDS OFFICE Manila, November 24, 2011 HON. CESAR V. PURISIMA Secretary Department of Finance Manila Sir: I have the honor to transmit, for your information and guidance, a certified copy of Memorandum from Executive Secretary, Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. dated 22 November 2011 re: "INVITATION TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2012". HDTSCc May we request that copy of the above memorandum be disseminated to the bureaus, offices, agencies and corporations under/attached to that Department. Thank you very much. Very truly yours, (SGD.) MARIANITO M. DIMAANDAL Director IV Office of the President of the Philippines Malacaang MEMORANDUM TO : ALL HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SUBJECT : INVITATION TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2012 DATE : November 22, 2011 The Norwegian Nobel Committee is accepting nominations for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on 10 December 2012. SaCIDT The Statutes of the Nobel Foundation specify categories of the following individuals who are eligible to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize: 1. Members of national assemblies and governments; 2. Members of international courts of law; 3. University chancellors, university professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology, leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs; TIcAaH 4. Former Nobel Peace Prize laureates; 5. Board members of organizations that have previously won the prize; 6. Present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; and 7. Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Institute. TCDcSE Nominators are strongly requested not to publish their proposals. Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize should be submitted before 1 February 2012 to The Norwegian Nobel Committee at Henrik Ibsens gate 51, NO-0255 OSLO, Norway. (SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary