Peace
Léon Bourgeois – Biographical
Biographical
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (May 21, 1851-September 29, 1925), the «spiritual father» of the League of Nations, was a man of prodigious capabilities and diversified interests. A statesman, jurist, artist, and scholar, Léon Bourgeois, in the course of a long career, held almost every major office available in the French government of the Third Republic.…
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1919
Banquet speech
Remarks at the Award Ceremony by Anders Johnsen Buen, President of the Norwegian Parliament, on December 10, 1920 The letter from the of the Norwegian Parliament reads as follows: “The Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament has the honor of announcing herewith its decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1919 to the President…
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ML PUBLIC “-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.2//EN”> NOBELS FREDSPRIS 2007 Den Norske Nobelkomite har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2007 skal delast, i to like store delar, mellom Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) og Albert Arnold (Al) Gore jr. for deira innsats for å skape og spreie større kunnskap om menneskeskapte klimaendringar og for å leggje…
moreCarlos Saavedra Lamas – Biographical
Biographical
Born in Buenos Aires, Carlos Saavedra Lamas (November 1, 1878-May 5, 1959) was a member of the «aristocracy» of Argentina. A descendant of an early Argentinian patriot, he married the daughter of a president of the Republic. Saavedra Lamas achieved renown not only as foreign minister of Argentina for his practical work in drafting international…
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