Norwegian har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 1999 skal tildeles Leger uten grenser (Médecins Sans Frontières) for organisasjonens banebrytende humanitære innsats på flere kontinenter. Leger uten grenser har siden opprettelsen tidlig på 1970-tallet hatt som grunnprinsipp at alle ofre for natur- og menneskeskapte katastrofer har krav på profesjonell hjelp så raskt og effektivt som mulig.…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the Nobel Committee In the will and testament drawn up by Alfred Bernhard Nobel on November 27, 1895, he laid down the conditions to be fulfilled by a recipient of the Nobel Prize. Paragraph One states, inter alia, that the award of the prize shall be made…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in nearly 70 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existent, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination…

Norwegian Tale av leder av Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Oslo, 10. desember, 2006 Tale av Ole Danbolt Mjøs. Dykkar Majestetar, Høgvyrde Kronprinspar, Prisvinnarar, Eksellensar, Mine damer og herrar, “Den Norske Nobelkomite har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2006 skal delast i to like store delar, mellom Muhammad Yunus og Grameen Bank for arbeidet deira…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2006. Ole Danbolt Mjøs delivering his presentation speech. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Laureates, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006, divided into two equal parts, to…

Short biography Kostøl, Esther Marie 1936 – Trade union leader and politician Labour Esther Kostøl worked for the Norwegian Civil Servants’ Association (Norsk Tjenestemannslag) in 1977 and in the period 1978-1985, she worked for the Civil Servants’ Cartel (Statstjenestemannskartellet). She was Secretary of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in 1985-1989, its Deputy Chairman in…

has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994, in alphabetical order, to Yasir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East. For several decades, the conflict between Israel and its neighbour states, and between Israelis and Palestinians, has been among the most irreconcilable and menacing…

has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983 to Lech Wałęsa. In reaching this decision the Committee has taken into account Wałęsa’s contribution, made with considerable personal sacrifice, to ensure the workers’ right to establish their own organisations. This contribution is of vital importance in the wider campaign to secure the universal freedom to organise…

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