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President Kim Dae-jung was born on 8 January 1924* in a small village on an island of South Korea’s southwestern coast. He graduated from a commercial high school in 1943. When the Syngman Rhee Administration (1948-1960) began to become increasingly dictatorial, he decided to enter politics. His political career proved to be rather turbulent from…

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The prize to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) followed in the tradition of rewarding humanitarian work in the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen. A second purpose was to show support for the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. At the same time, the Nobel Committee wanted…

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  Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Dr. Ralph Bunche was born forty-six years ago in Detroit in the United States. So today he is still a young man and indeed, along with , the youngest to be awarded the Peace Prize. Consequently, while most laureates have left their best years behind them,…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Berge, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2000. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2000 to Kim Dae-jung. He receives the prize for his lifelong work for…

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