Acceptance by Charles Gates Dawes. Charles Dawes, vice-president of the United States, was not present to receive the Peace Prize for 1925, which he shared with Sir Austen Chamberlain. Given in recognition of his work as chairman of the Dawes Committee handling the problem of German reparations, the award (reserved in 1925) was made on…

Aristide Briand (March 28, 1862-March 7, 1932), while at the height of his influence within the League of Nations, attended a dinner in Geneva where the guests were given menu cards on which was printed a cartoon depicting the statesmen of the world smashing a statue of Mars while Briand, alone, talked to the god…

Science and Humanity in the 21st Century by Sir Joseph Rotblat 1995 Nobel Laureate in Peace 6 September 1999 The twentieth century saw more momentous change than any previous century: change for better, change for worse; change that brought enormous benefits to human beings, change that threatens the very existence of the human species. Many…

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Prizes related to the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize In 2008, Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve international conflicts. Find out here about previous Nobel Prizes relevant to his work. The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 Jimmy Carter “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts,…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the , Norwegian Storting When Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896, his will and testament revealed that he had instituted five Nobel Prizes: one for physics, one for chemistry, one for literature, one for medicine, and a peace prize. While Swedish institutions were entrusted with the…

Professor Francis Sejersted delivering his speech. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Presentation Speech by Professor Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1997, Oslo, December 10, 1997. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, There are those among…