Peace
Barack H. Obama – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
English A Just and Lasting Peacef Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations – that for all the cruelty…
moreThe Red Cross: three-time recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Article
by Ivar Libæk The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in , and – on the third occasion jointly with the League of Red Cross Societies. This makes the Red Cross unique: no recipient has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as often as this organisation. The very first…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the on 10 December 1964 Not many years have passed since the name Martin Luther King became known all over the world. Nine years ago, as leader of the Negro people in Montgomery in the state of Alabama, he launched a campaign to secure for Negroes the…
moreAndrei Sakharov – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance Speech
As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1975, the acceptance was read by Elena Bonner Sakharova (Translation) Mr. President, honourable members of the , Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here today because, due to certain strange characteristics of the…
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