The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was founded in 1917 by members of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States in order to provide young Quakers and other conscientious objectors to war with an opportunity to perform a service of love in wartime. In the ensuing years, the Committee has continued to serve…

Since the Red Cross has figured four times in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize (, 1944, and ), as well as in the award to (1901), and has therefore been made the subject of various presentation speeches and Nobel lectures which give details of its inception, history, and activities, the following brief summary…

Since the Red Cross has figured four times in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize (1917, , and ), as well as in the award to (1901), and has therefore been made the subject of various presentation speeches and Nobel lectures which give details of its inception, history, and activities, the following brief summary…

The International Peace Bureau (IPB) was founded as a result of the third Universal Peace Congress in Rome, 1891, with one of its principal founders and its first president. Established at Bern as the central office and executive organ of the International Union of Peace Societies «to coordinate the activities of the various peace societies…

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Acceptance by Henry R. Labouisse, Executive Director of UNICEF, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1965. After receiving the prize from Mr. Jahn, Henry Richardson Labouisse (1904- ), American attorney and diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Greece, who, before becoming executive director of UNICEF in…

Established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 and originally known as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the UN Children’s Fund has employed three approaches in discharging its mandate.* For the postwar period 1946 to 1950, the “emergency needs approach” meant swift action to meet the food, clothing, and…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1965 UNICEF: Achievement and Challenge If Alfred Nobel had been alive today, I venture to believe that he would have welcomed the award of his Peace Prize to the United Nations Children’s Fund. He would have commended its purpose, its effectiveness, and achievement. He would have understood the infusion of new…

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Question: When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born? Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on Tuesday, 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Question: What were the names of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s family members? Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr. was the second child and first son to the Reverend Martin Luther King and Alberta…