Philip Noel-Baker’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1959 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: How can I fulfill what must always be the first duty of every man or woman who stands where I stand now? Perhaps…

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Georges Pire’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1958 (in French) Sire, Dans les innombrables lettres que j’ai reçues depuis le 10 Novembre, combien de correspondants inconnus, de pays divers et parfois bien lointains, se sont plu à souligner le geste profondément humain…

Acceptance by Dr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart, High Commissioner, UNHCR, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1955 I feel greatly privileged and honoured to represent here the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1954, which is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1955 Refugee Problems and Their Solutions On the tenth of December, fifty-nine years ago, Alfred Bernhard Nobel died in his villa at San Remo in Italy, sixty-three years old. The villa bore the name of “Mio Nido”, and I do not know whether he himself thus christened his house. Perhaps he…

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As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1953 the acceptance was read by Mr. de Monicault, French ambassador (in French) Je tiens à dire à Sa Majesté le Roi Haakon, à vous les membres du Comité du Prix Nobel…

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