1968
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the , Norwegian Storting The last time the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an individual was in 1964. The prize for that year was given to . Today he is no longer alive. On April 4 of this year, so bitter a year for human rights,…
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Avocats au homard Sauce gourmet Selle d´agneau, morilles à la crème Sauce madère et salade Waldorf Parfait glace à l´ananas Petits fours VINS Pommery & Greno Brut Château d´Eyquem 1962 CAFE Liqueurs Crème de Cacao Brizard & Strega Cognac Courvoisier BUFFET
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René Cassin – Biographical
Biographical
A jurist, humanitarian, and internationalist, René Samuel Cassin (October 5, 1887- ) is one of the world’s foremost proponents of the legal as well as the moral recognition of the rights of man. Neither a pessimist nor an optimist, the peace laureate, eighty-one years old when awarded the prize in 1968, confessed that “men are…
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