1988
Press release
Press release
has decided that the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize is to be awarded to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. The Peacekeeping Forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has been negotiated but a peace treaty has yet to be established. In situations of this kind, the…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the . Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces is unfortunately a reminder to us that peace is not a matter of course here in our world. Peace has to be actively…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Folke Sjöqvist of the Translation from the Swedish text This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for the discoveries of important principles for drug treatment which have been applied successfully to the treatment of a wide variety of serious illnesses. Sir James Black’s findings have made possible…
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George H. Hitchings – Biographical
Biographical
My forebears all came from the United Kingdom. On my father’s side, they migrated from London and County Derry in Northern Ireland to Londonderry, New Hampshire. When the American Revolution came, they, as loyalists, moved on to Canada. My father, grandfather and great-grandfather were born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. In 1865, my grandfather, Andrew…
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