<Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martti Ahtisaari </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liu Xiaobo </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ellen Johnson Sirleaf </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace - building work" </Td> </Tr>

Which is the only financial institution to be awarded the peace nobel prize