WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end the
A
foreign control of the diamond mines
B
discriminatory policy of apartheid
C
anarchy in Somalia
D
Boer War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1993 to Nelson R. Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 10 December 1993, de Klerk and Mandela were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo for their work in ending apartheid. South Africa held its first universal elections in 1994 from 26 to 29 April.

Detailed explanation-3: -Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican archbishop best known for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1984. In 1995 he was named head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated allegations of human rights abuses during the apartheid era.

Detailed explanation-4: -From Apartheid to Majority Rule Following the release, the two politicians worked together to bring an end to the policy of racial segregation. It was for his participation in this peace process that de Klerk was awarded the Peace Prize in 1993.

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