Presentation Speech by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1996, Oslo, December 10, 1996 Translation of the Norwegian text Your Majesties, Presidents, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, may I extend to everyone a warm welcome to this…

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Presentation Speech by Carl Joachim Hambro, Member of the Nobel Committee The of the Norwegian Storting [Parliament] has decided to divide the Peace Prize for 1963 between the two sister organizations of the Red Cross: the International Red Cross Committee and the League of Red Cross Societies. It is most appropriate that such a decision…

Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1910 Chairman of the Committee Løvland then announced that the Peace Prize for this year had been awarded to the permanent Peace Bureau in Bern. He then briefly reviewed the peace movement in Europe which, as we all know, has made steady…

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Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Lord Boyd Orr occupies a unique place among the many men and women who have received the Peace Prize over the years. For while most others have been statesmen or politicians, or international lawyers, or persons associated with peace organizations, John Boyd Orr is not an international…

  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…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2005. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the International Atomic…

Presentation Speech by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, member of the , on December 10, 1930 It might appear that this year’s two Peace Prize winners are widely separated, not only in the geographical sense by the ocean which separates their two countries, but also in the area of their activities and in the nature of their…