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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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Documentary
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…
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Nicolaas 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…
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