Speech by Professor , Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Nobel Foundation. (Translation of the Swedish text.) Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Nobel Foundation, I welcome you to the 1996 Prize Award Ceremony. I would especially like to welcome this year’s laureates to the Nobel festivities in…

José Ramos-Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Jointly with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. José Ramos-Horta Full name: José Ramos-HortaBorn: 26 December 1949, Dili, East TimorDate awarded: 11 October 1996 Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister and President After its liberation from Indonesia,…

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with José Ramos-Horta, for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Full name: Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloBorn: 3 February 1948, Wailacama, East TimorDate awarded: 11 October 1996 The courageous bishop of peace Shortly after…

has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1996, in two equal parts, to Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. In 1975 Indonesia took control of East Timor and began systematically oppressing the people. In the years that…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “This is the first time we have had a completely novel virus infection and we are trying to vaccinate our way out of it” In this conversation, conducted in January 2021, immunologist Peter Doherty speaks about how we should learn from the current corona pandemic to be better prepared for and…

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