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Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee has this year awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Belgian Dominican, Father Georges Pire, for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity. Father Pire’s work is known to all of us in Western…

Presentation Speech by Gidske Anderson, Chairperson of the Norwegian Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has made this award in recognition of the leading role he has played in the radical…

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Norwegian Tale av leder i Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Oslo, 10. desember, 2004. Dykkar Majestet, Høgvyrde Kronprinspar, Prisvinnar, Eksellensar, Mine damer og herrar, “Den Norske Nobelkomite har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2004 skal tildelast Wangari Maathai for hennar innsats for ei berekraftig utvikling, demokrati og fred. Fred på jorda avheng av at vi maktar å…

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No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

Jean Henry Dunant’s life (May 8, 1828-October 30, 1910) is a study in contrasts. He was born into a wealthy home but died in a hospice; in middle age he juxtaposed great fame with total obscurity, and success in business with bankruptcy; in old age he was virtually exiled from the Genevan society of which…