Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu receiving his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma from Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee at the award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall, 10 December 1984.
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Desmond Tutu at the Nobel Centennial 2001, a conference titled ”The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century”, in Oslo, Norway.
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Desmond Tutu and Dalai Lama in conversation during the Nobel Centennial 2001.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Desmond Tutu in interview at the Nobel Centennial 2001 conference.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Desmond Tutu, John Hume and Joseph Rotblat at the banquet for the 2001 Nobel Prize laureates UN and Kofi Annan, 10 December 2001.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 10 December 2001 where Kofi Annan and the United Nations were awarded the 2001 peace prize, many previous laureates were present. From left: Joseph Rotblat, Jody Williams, José Ramos-Horta, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Lech Wałęsa, Desmond Tutu, John Hume, David Trimble, Elie Wiesel, Norman Borlaug, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Mairead Corrigan. The remaining are representatives for peace prize awarded organisations.
© Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum.
Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu, with Nobel Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel just behind him, leading a peace march in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 22 February 2006.
Photo and copyright: Sean Hawkey, 2006 Kindly provided by Sean Hawkey
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.