Nobel Prize

English Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (Translation) The great honour bestowed on me by the awarding of this prize can only, I believe, be understood as an encouragement to my political endeavours, not as a final judgement upon them. I…

German Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (in German) Die hohe Ehre der Preisverleihung kann gewiss nur als eine Ermutigung meines politischen Strebens verstanden werden, nicht als ein abschliessendes Urteil. Ich nehme diese Auszeichnung an im Gefühl der Verbundenheit mit allen,…

Acceptance by David A. Morse, Director-general of the ILO, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1969. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Madam President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, No-one who rises to accept the Nobel Peace Prize either in his individual capacity or, as in my case,…

Acceptance by Henry R. Labouisse, Executive Director of UNICEF, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1965. After receiving the prize from Mr. Jahn, Henry Richardson Labouisse (1904- ), American attorney and diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Greece, who, before becoming executive director of UNICEF in…

Mr. John Alexander MacAulay delivered the Acceptance Speech in the name of the League of Red Cross Societies in the Auditorium of the University of Oslo on December 10, 1963, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is a very important day in the history of the League of Red Cross…

Mr. Léopold Boissier delivered the Acceptance Speech in the name of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Auditorium of the University of Oslo on December 10, 1963, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my great privilege to express, to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, the deep…

Linus Pauling’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1963 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. I shall not attempt to conceal from you the fact that I am a happy man today. I have been a happy…

Acceptance by Rolf Edberg, Swedish Ambassador to Norway, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1961 It is with infinite sadness that I have received, at the request of the administrators of the estate of Dag Hammarskjöld, the prize for the year 1961 awarded posthumously to a…

Philip Noel-Baker’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1959 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: How can I fulfill what must always be the first duty of every man or woman who stands where I stand now? Perhaps…

Georges Pire’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1958 (in French) Sire, Dans les innombrables lettres que j’ai reçues depuis le 10 Novembre, combien de correspondants inconnus, de pays divers et parfois bien lointains, se sont plu à souligner le geste profondément humain…