1981
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Speed read
Speed read
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees. Full name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesNative name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesFounded: 14 December 1950, Geneva, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 14 October 1981 Awarded the…
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Documentary
Lost and Found https://youtu.be/_hspKngQ-3E “If they lose a child, it is like a double persecution” In the chaos of the world’s largest refugee camp, Kamal Hussein is a beacon of hope. From his small ramshackle hut, and armed only with a microphone, he has taken it upon himself to try and reunite the thousands of…
moreNicolaas Bloembergen – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Nicolaas Bloembergen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege to address you on behalf of all three recipients of the 1981 Nobel award in physics. The reason that I have been chosen as spokesman is not clear; it would not be effective…
moreNicolaas Bloembergen – Biographical
Biographical
My parents, Auke Bloembergen and Sophia Maria Quint, had four sons and two daughters. I am the second child, born on March 11, 1920, in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. My father, a chemical engineer, was an executive in a chemical fertilizer company. My mother, who had an advanced degree to teach French, devoted all her energies…
moreTorsten N. Wiesel – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Torsten N. Wiesel’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege and pleasure to speak on behalf of the three laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Roger Sperry, David Hubel, and myself. We wish to express our deep gratitude to all concerned for the…
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