more

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. From their different points of departure, Mandela and de Klerk have reached agreement on…

Presentation Speech by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, 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…

more

more

Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936. He is the son of Senator Jan de Klerk, a leading politician, who became minister in the South African government. His brother Willem is a liberal newspaperman and one of the founders of the Democratic Party. F.W. de Klerk graduated with a law…

more

more

2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. Leymah is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s…

Norwegian har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2013 skal tildeles Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for dens omfattende arbeid for å avskaffe kjemiske våpen. Under første verdenskrig ble kjemiske våpen brukt i betydelig grad. Geneve-konvensjonen av 1925 forbød bruk, men ikke produksjon og lagring av kjemiske våpen. Under andre verdenskrig ble kjemiske…