The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988 "for preventing military conflicts and providing circumstances for dialogue."
The Nobel Committee granted the prize because "United Nations peacekeeping forces have contributed to easing tensions where an armistice has been reached but a peace treaty has yet to be concluded."
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