Nobel Prize

Nobel Lecture, January 9, 1989 by Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like first of all, to once again thank the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the award they have made to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Their decision has been acclaimed all over the world. I take this…

Acceptance by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1988 (Translation) Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to thank you, Mr Chairman, and the other members of the Norwegian , for the award which I have…

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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1985 by Yevgeny Chazov, USSR Cardiological Institute, co-founder of IPPNW Tragedy and Triumph of Reason Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues, Physicist Leo Szilard, one of those who persuaded Albert Einstein to appeal to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to go on with the development of A-bomb, in his last years wrote science…

Acceptance by Yevgeny Chazov, USSR Cardiological Institute, co-founder of IPPNW on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1985 Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues, I am convinced that today is a great and exciting day not only for the members of our international movement but also for all…

Polish Przemowienie Lecha Wałęsy Láureata Pokojowej Nagrody NoblaOslo, Dnia 11 Grudnia 1983 Roku Panie, Panowie Zwracam się do Was jako laureat Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla za rok 1983, polski robotnik ze Stoczni Gdańskiej, jeden z organizatorów niezależnego ruchu związkowego w Polsce. Najłatwiej byłoby mi powiedzieć, że nie jestem godzien tego wyjątkowego wyróżnienia. Kiedy jednak wspominam chwilę,…

English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1983 (Translation) Ladies and Gentlemen, Addressing you, as the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, is a Polish worker from the Gdansk Shipyard, one of the founders of the independent trade union movement in Poland. It would be the simplest thing for me to say that I am not…

Interpreter’s note This is a live recording of members of AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, interpreting simultaneously at the Nobel Centennial Symposia. It is not intended to be a literal or definitive translation of the proceedings.  

As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1983, the acceptance was read by Mrs Danuta Wałęsa (Translation) Your Majesty, Honourable Representatives of the Norwegian people, You are aware of the reasons why I could not come to your Capital…