--- description: The Nobel Committee awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Here's a transcript of their citation title: Juan Manuel Santos Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Transcript image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt438fa0286b87624e/6988a9120b72e315aa6eb449/gettyimages-458042754.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Colombia](/tag/colombia/) ## Colombia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Why the Nobel Committee Awarded Juan Manuel Santos the Peace Prize by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2016 10:21 AM CUT  President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos at the Presidential Palace for an Official Welcome in Bogota, Colombia, on Oct. 29, 2014. President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos at the Presidential Palace for an Official Welcome in Bogota, Colombia, on Oct. 29, 2014.Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2016 10:21 AM CUT The Nobel Committee awarded this year’s [Nobel Peace Prize](http://time.com/4522318/syria-war-zones-aleppo-hama-damascus/?xid=homepage "undefined") to Colombian President [Juan Manuel Santos](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2111817,00.html "undefined") for his [efforts to end a 52-year conflict ](http://time.com/4516337/colombians-reject-peace-deal/ "undefined")with the left-wing FARC guerrillas. Although his efforts were hampered when Colombians narrowly rejected the peace accord in a shock Oct. 2 referendum result, the Norwegian committee recognized Santos for his consistent work towards ending one of the longest civil conflicts in recent history. Here’s the committee’s full citation on the 65-year-old head of state: --- > “” --- [Read the full statement on their website here](https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel%5Fprizes/peace/laureates/2016/press.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4522568/juan-manuel-santos-nobel-committee-peace-prize/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4522568/juan-manuel-santos-nobel-committee-peace-prize/"},"headline":"Read Why the Nobel Committee Awarded Juan Manuel Santos the Peace Prize","datePublished":"2016-10-07T10:21:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:04:05.830Z","description":"A full transcript of the Nobel Committee's citation for the Colombian president","url":"https://time.com/4522568/juan-manuel-santos-nobel-committee-peace-prize/","keywords":["Colombia","Nobel Peace Prize"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt438fa0286b87624e/6988a9120b72e315aa6eb449/gettyimages-458042754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt438fa0286b87624e/6988a9120b72e315aa6eb449/gettyimages-458042754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Charles, Prince Of Wales And Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Colombia - Day 2","caption":"President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos at the Presidential Palace for an Official Welcome in Bogota, Colombia, on Oct. 29, 2014.","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/colombia/","name":"Colombia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4522568/juan-manuel-santos-nobel-committee-peace-prize/","name":"Read Why the Nobel Committee Awarded Juan Manuel Santos the Peace Prize"}}]}] ```