Peace
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo – Biographical
Biographical
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1907 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was born in Milan in 1833. At the age of fifteen he took part in the war of liberation against the Austrians, and in 1859 he fought at Garibaldi’s side in both North and South Italy. In 1866…
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1996
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…
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