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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1985 by Yevgeny Chazov, USSR Cardiological Institute, co-founder of IPPNW Tragedy and Triumph of Reason Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues, Physicist Leo Szilard, one of those who persuaded Albert Einstein to appeal to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to go on with the development of A-bomb, in his last years wrote science…

Acceptance by Yevgeny Chazov, USSR Cardiological Institute, co-founder of IPPNW on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1985 Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues, I am convinced that today is a great and exciting day not only for the members of our international movement but also for all…

Interpreter’s note This is a live recording of members of AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, interpreting simultaneously at the Nobel Centennial Symposia. It is not intended to be a literal or definitive translation of the proceedings.  

As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1983, the acceptance was read by Mrs Danuta Wałęsa (Translation) Your Majesty, Honourable Representatives of the Norwegian people, You are aware of the reasons why I could not come to your Capital…

Polish Przemowienie Lecha Wałęsy Láureata Pokojowej Nagrody NoblaOslo, Dnia 11 Grudnia 1983 Roku Panie, Panowie Zwracam się do Was jako laureat Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla za rok 1983, polski robotnik ze Stoczni Gdańskiej, jeden z organizatorów niezależnego ruchu związkowego w Polsce. Najłatwiej byłoby mi powiedzieć, że nie jestem godzien tego wyjątkowego wyróżnienia. Kiedy jednak wspominam chwilę,…

English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1983 (Translation) Ladies and Gentlemen, Addressing you, as the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, is a Polish worker from the Gdansk Shipyard, one of the founders of the independent trade union movement in Poland. It would be the simplest thing for me to say that I am not…

Alva Myrdal’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1982 (Translation) Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Chairman, I wish to assure you that the brevity of my speech is in no way a measure of the depth of my gratitude. I would like to…

Alfonso García Robles’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1982 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed a special privilege to have been distinguished with the Nobel Peace Prize for 1982. Such a high honor carries for me…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1982 Disarmament, Technology and the Growth in Violence Mr. Chairman, Honored guests: In the first place it is my obvious and at the same time most pleasant duty to express my gratitude for the honor that has been accorded me by the award of the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize. May I…