Nobel Prize

No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.

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Jane Addams (born Laura Jane Addams, September 6, 1860-May 21, 1935) won worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist. She was born in Cedarville, Illinois, the eighth of nine children. Her father was a prosperous miller and local…

Born 25th December 1918 in Tala District, Menufia Governorate, EgyptMarried to Jihan Sadat Education: Military College Editor Al Jumhuriya and Al Tahrir1955-56Minister of State1955-56Vice-Chairman National Assembly1957-60Chairman National Assembly1960-68General Secretary Egyptian National Union1957-61Chairman Afro-Asian Solidarity Council1961Member Presidential Council1962-1964Vice-president of Egypt1964-66, 1969-70President of Egypt1970Prime Minister1973-74Chairman Arab Socialist Union1970Member Higher Council on Nuclear Energy1975 Selected BibliographyThe…

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Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the The Nobel Peace Prize is one of six awards bearing the name Alfred Nobel that are presented today. Five of these awards are made in Stockholm, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the laureates who will be honoured in the…

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has decided to award the Peace Prize for 1982 to two persons who for many years have played a central role in the United Nations’ disarmament negotiations, namely, Alva Myrdal of Sweden and Alfonso García Robles of Mexico. In the disarmament negotiations in Geneva and in many other international bodies, as well as in her…

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