Nobel Prize

English has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace. Such rights are a prerequisite for the “fraternity between nations” of…

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Interview with Kailash Satyarthi on 12 December 2014, during his visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Can you a share a memory from the Nobel Days? Kailash Satyarthi: Actually when I was giving my Nobel Lecture, I lost my manuscript, some pages. You remember, ja, so I was just looking here and there…

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Nobel Prize Talks: Jody Williams Released 2014-03-13 She describes herself as “a grass roots activist”. Jody Williams was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing organizations and countries together to ban the use of land mines. Her focus is on the future, working to prevent the development of killer robots and supporting those fighting…

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Interview, September 2013 Interview with 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 13 September 2013. Mairead Corrigan on what made her believe she could make an impact. Mairead Corrigan on what inspires her. Mairead Corrigan gives advice to a young person who wants to…

Interview, December 2013 Interview with Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2013, on 12 December 2013. OPCW’s Ahmet Üzümcü on being informed of the Nobel Peace Prize. Ahmet Üzümcü on the origin of OPCW. Ahmet Üzümcü on OPCW’s definition of chemical weapons.…