Peace

Biographical

Alfred Hermann Fried (November 11, 1864-May 4, 1921) was born in Vienna, but pursued most of his active journalistic career in Germany. Leaving school at the age of fifteen, he worked in his native city as a bookseller, then a few years later went to Berlin where he opened his own press in 1887. Influenced…

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Biographical

Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a…

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Biographical

Co-founder of Community of Peace People with Mr. Ciaran McKeown and Mrs Betty Williams – Founded 14/8/76 Name: Mairead Corrigan (Miss)Age: 27 January 1944Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern IrelandParents: Father – Window Cleaning ContractorMother – Housewife – (Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Corrigan)Family: 5 Sisters and 2 Brothers Education: St. Vincent’s Primary School, Falls Road, BelfastMiss…

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Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the . Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces is unfortunately a reminder to us that peace is not a matter of course here in our world. Peace has to be actively…

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