Peace
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Acceptance by Dr. G.J. van Heuven Goedhart, High Commissioner, UNHCR, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1955 I feel greatly privileged and honoured to represent here the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1954, which is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1955 Refugee Problems and Their Solutions On the tenth of December, fifty-nine years ago, Alfred Bernhard Nobel died in his villa at San Remo in Italy, sixty-three years old. The villa bore the name of “Mio Nido”, and I do not know whether he himself thus christened his house. Perhaps he…
moreAlbert Schweitzer – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1953 the acceptance was read by Mr. de Monicault, French ambassador (in French) Je tiens à dire à Sa Majesté le Roi Haakon, à vous les membres du Comité du Prix Nobel…
moreLéon Jouhaux – Conférence Nobel
Nobel Prize lecture
French Conférence Nobel, prononcé à Oslo le 11 décembre 1951 Cinquante ans d’action syndicale en faveur de la paix Mesdames, Messieurs, Je ne vous surprendrai certainement point en vous assurant qu’une des plus profondes émotions de ma vie, une des plus heureuses aussi, me fut causée le lundi soir 5 novembre 1951 par ce journaliste…
moreLéon Jouhaux – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1951 (Translation) Fifty Years of Trade-Union Activity in Behalf of Peace It will certainly come as no surprise to you when I tell you that one of the most moving, as well as one of the happiest, moments of my life occurred on the evening of Monday, November 5, 1951.…
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