Nobel Prize Talks: Jody Williams Released 2014-03-13 She describes herself as “a grass roots activist”. Jody Williams was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing organizations and countries together to ban the use of land mines. Her focus is on the future, working to prevent the development of killer robots and supporting those fighting…

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Interview, September 2013 Interview with 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 13 September 2013. Mairead Corrigan on what made her believe she could make an impact. Mairead Corrigan on what inspires her. Mairead Corrigan gives advice to a young person who wants to…

Interview, December 2013 Interview with Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2013, on 12 December 2013. OPCW’s Ahmet Üzümcü on being informed of the Nobel Peace Prize. Ahmet Üzümcü on the origin of OPCW. Ahmet Üzümcü on OPCW’s definition of chemical weapons.…

Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862-December 7, 1947) was an educator and university president; an adviser to seven presidents and friend of statesmen in foreign nations; recipient of decorations from fifteen foreign governments and of honorary degrees from thirty-seven colleges and universities; a member of more than fifty learned societies and twenty clubs; the author…

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by Francis SejerstedChairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, 1991-1999 Alfred Nobel’s will In 1895 Alfred Bernhard Nobel drew up a according to which his wealth was to be devoted to the annual award of five prizes “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” That three of the…

Presentation Speech delivered by Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1978, Oslo, December 10, 1978. Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: has awarded the Peace Prize for 1978 to Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt, and Menachem…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the The environment in which a child is brought up almost invariably leaves a distinct and indelible mark on its character. This appears to have been the case with Emily Greene Balch. Born in Boston in 1867, she comes from an old New England family and grew up…