“Peace in Colombia: From the Impossible to the Possible” English Nobel Lecture by Juan Manuel Santos, Oslo, 10 December 2016. Your Majesties; Your Royal Highnesses; distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; dear fellow citizens of Colombia; citizens of the world; ladies and gentlemen, Six years ago, it was hard for we…

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Founding. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, a Belgian jurist and editor of the Revue de droit international et de législation comparée, provided the initiative for the founding of the Institute of International Law (L’Institut de droit international). In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), he entered into correspondence with some other leading jurists who were also beginning…

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The Call from Oslo, October 2016 Telephone interview, October 2016 Transcript of the interview Juan Manuel Santos: Hello. Adam Smith: Good morning President Santos. My name is Adam Smith representing Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. On behalf of all here we would like to…

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English Nobel Lecture, November 4, 1954 The Problem of Peace For the subject of my lecture, a redoubtable honor imposed by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, I have chosen the problem of peace as it is today. In so doing, I believe that I have acted in the spirit of the founder of…

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On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel’s will, one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the…

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded **num_prize_pea** times to **num_award_pea** Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and **last_awarded_year_pea**, **num_person_prize_pea** individuals and **num_organization_prize_pea** organisations. Since the International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times (in 1917, 1944 and 1963), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…