Peace
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Carl Joachim Hambro, Member of the Nobel Committee When Cadet First Captain George Catlett Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, was meeting to discuss the awarding of Nobel’s Peace Prize for the first time. And on the day when Marshall, who had not yet completed his twenty-first year, received a letter…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2004 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Peace Prize Laureate, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 to Wangari Maathai for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.…
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Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
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Press release
Press release
has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992 to Rigoberta Menchú from Guatemala, in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. Like many other countries in South and Central America, Guatemala has experienced great tension between the descendants of European immigrants…
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