Nobel Prize

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1970 The Green Revolution, Peace, and Humanity Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the…

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The International Labour Organization was created in 1919 by Part XIII of the Versailles Peace Treaty ending World War I. It grew out of nineteenth-century labor and social movements which culminated in widespread demands for social justice and higher living standards for the world’s working people. In 1946, after the demise of the League of…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1969 ILO and the Social Infrastructure of Peace “Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice.” This statement, which opens the preamble to the ILO’s constitution, clearly and unmistakably places on the ILO a major role in the maintenance of peace. It shows that…

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,…

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English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1968 The Charter of Human Rights In the course of the December tenth session, I had the privilege of paying tribute to the Norwegian nation in the person of its Ring, to Alfred Nobel, founder of the Peace Prize, who died on December 10, 1896, and to all the laureates…

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French Conférence Nobel, Oslo, 11 décembre 1968 La charte des droits de l’homme Madame la Présidente, Mesdames, Messieurs, Dans la séance du 10 décembre, il m’a été donné de rendre un légitime hommage à la Nation norvégienne en la personne de son Roi, à Alfred Nobel, fondateur du Prix de la Paix, décédé le 10…

Since the Red Cross has figured four times in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize (, , and 1963), as well as in the award to (1901), and has therefore been made the subject of various presentation speeches and Nobel lectures which give details of its inception, history, and activities, the following brief summary…