Nobel Prize

Nobel Minds 2020 Five of the 2020 Nobel Laureates met digitally on 10 December 2020 and talked about their research and careers in the roundtable discussion, ‘Nobel Minds’, moderated by Cecilia Gralde. The laureates discussed the theories, discoveries and research behind their awards, and the value of science in dealing with the global pandemic.…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpP4iUzNyVc Announcement of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme, presented by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 9 October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sax60UwOc “Hunger is used as a weapon” Immediately following the announcement, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was interviewed by freelance journalist Stig Arild Pettersen regarding…

Links to other sites Video Celebration of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize On 10 October, the Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Olav Njølstad, revealed the Nobel Peace Prize diploma of 2020. The artist behind this year’s diploma, Vanessa Baird, was also present. The Nobel Committee leader, Berit Reiss-Andersen, spoke on this year’s laureate, World…

English Announcement The need for international solidarity and multilateral cooperation is more conspicuous than ever. has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force…

Norwegian Kunngjøring Behovet for internasjonal solidaritet og multilateralt samarbeid er tydeligere enn noensinne. har bestemt at Nobels fredspris 2020 skal tildeles Verdens matvareprogram (WFP) for dets innsats i kampen mot sult, for dets bidrag til å skape forutsetninger for fred i konfliktutsatte områder, og for å være en pådriver i arbeidet mot bruken av sult…

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Interview with Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on 12 December 2013. What were you doing when you got the message of being awarded the Nobel Prize? Ahmet Üzümcü: I was at a meeting with members of the delegations and the meeting starts at 10 o’clock and we got…

An Unfinished Symphony https://youtu.be/VllbifRKR5s “I honestly believe that music can bring people together. Music is a universal language” In this film you get to follow the two South African musicians; Tsepo Pooe, who grew up in Soweto Township; and Lize Schaap, who grew up in wealthy Pretoria. They are both part of a very special…

Lost and Found https://youtu.be/_hspKngQ-3E “If they lose a child, it is like a double persecution” In the chaos of the world’s largest refugee camp, Kamal Hussein is a beacon of hope. From his small ramshackle hut, and armed only with a microphone, he has taken it upon himself to try and reunite the thousands of…